CALANGUTE: The Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) has, in a recent order, directed that a beachside club at Candolim be sealed for causing environmental damage. The order comes following a complaint lodged by the Calangute Constituency Forum (CCF).
The CCF, through a resident of Candolim, had filed the complaint in March alleging that a beachside club at Vaddy, Candolim, had been constructed by damaging the beach, sand dunes and beach vegetation.
According to the CCF, the structures comprised a restaurant, wash rooms, swimming pool, a deck and other amenities.
Following the complaint, the GCZMA had issued a show cause notice to the owner of the beach club, but they failed to appear for any of the hearings.
As the owners failed to respond, the GCZMA recently passed an order stating, “The authority is of the opinion that major environmental damage is being caused in the property under consideration and inorder to avoid further environmental damage, the property needs to be sealed and commercial operations should be stopped immediately.”
However, despite the GCZMA order dated October 14, the beach club premises have not yet been sealed as of Wednesday evening, CCF president Premanand Divkar said.
