PANAJI
In a sort of relief to the shack operators, the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) has sharply reduced the fees for erection of new temporary season structures from Rs 1,000 per sq metre to Rs 700 for shacks and Rs 400 per sq mts for huts and cottages from existing Rs 500.
However, the new rates will pinch the common man as the Authority has hiked the fees for repair and renovation (Rs 25,000) and reconstruction of existing houses or structures (Rs 35,000) and for granting permission for construction of new houses or structures (Rs 60,000). The fees are revised from existing Rs 15,000, Rs 25,000 and Rs 50,000 respectively.
The Authority has kept the fees for beach weddings unchanged. The beach wedding organizers will have to shell out Rs one lakh for five-day event and Rs 10,000 per every additional day.
The authority, has however, granted 75 per cent concession to educational institutions, government, autonomous bodies or any other non-profit organisation.
For holding events in open air or lawns, the organizers can take permission for seven years at a cost of Rs 5 lakh or will have to pay Rs 30,000 for per event for a period of five days and 10,000 for every additional day.
The authority has also increased the fees for construction of new hotels. An amount of Rs 1,250 per sq meter of built up area would be charged as against the existing fee of Rs 1,000 per sq meter built up area.
Also, the fees for granting permission for construction of wooden jetty or floating jetty are hiked from Rs one lakh to Rs 1.25 lakh and for temporary jetties Rs 2.50 lakh from existing Rs two lakh.
However, the authority has decided to impose a Rs 60,000 fee for undertaking repair of jetties from Rs 50,000.
