Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday promised to examine "all forms of compensation from the government" to residents of Meluali village in North Goa, who have been protesting the setting up of an Indian Institute of Technology campus in their village jurisdiction, citing loss of land and cash crop farming.

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Sawant on Monday met representatives of village groups, who have been protesting for months now, while also accusing the state government of imposing the decision of setting up the IIT campus without taking the local residents into confidence.