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The inspection was in response to complaints from locals on blatant hill-cutting carried out at Chapora Fort and against a hotel project in
the vicinity.
“We have visited the site and are in the process of compiling a report. We will need additional inputs from other government departments to verify facts,” said Suhas Godse, member of GCZMA.
Officials from Archaeology, PWD, TCP, forest and bio-diversity board besides GCZMA comprised the strong inspection team that visited the site.
Sagardeep Sirsaikar, a resident of Anjuna, had filed a complaint with GCZMA, alleging that the illegal hill cutting and development of a road near the fort was being done in a property at Chapora, Anjuna, in blatant violation of CRZ notification 2011 and its rules.
Anjuna-Caisua Bio-Diversity Committee, Chairman, Michael D’Souza has also written to the GCZMA against the hill-cutting along the fort without
any permissions.
“Everybody can see what is going on there. I can’t say more than that,” was Godse’s crisp reply when questioned whether prima facie he found the work illegal.
The directorate of archives and archaeology (DAA) was constructing a road to the Chapora Fort ostensibly for easy access to tourists visiting the fort.
The DAA’s road project suffered a setback after GCZMA based on complaints from locals issued an order to immediately stop the work a
month back.
