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MARGAO
The axe finally fell on one of South Goa’s popular restaurant, the Furtado Guest House at Sernabatim-Goa on Tuesday, nearly four years after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had ordered demolition of the house property and its entire construction.
Given the magnitude of the operation, deputy Collector, Uday Prabhudesai on late Tuesday evening issued directions to the PWD to deploy at least 5-6 JCBs at the demolition site so that the operation is completed by Wednesday.
A week after officials of the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) played truant, forcing postponement of the demolition, the South Goa demolition squad headed by Salcete Mamlatdar Prataprao Gaonkar entered the Furtado guest house on Tuesday morning with heavy machinery and strong police force.
While a JCB was on the job to raze the pucca structures, a group of 20 labourers were busy engaged in removing the floor tiles from the restaurant. While a strong pose of policemen maintained a vigil to ward off any law and order problem, GCZMA officials identified the structure to be razed by demolition squad.
