NGT notice to ex-GCZMA for perjury
THE GOAN NETWORK
PANAJI
The National Green Tribunal has issued notice to a former Member Secretary of the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority - Srinet Kothawale, after an applicant battling the cause of private shacks along Goa’s sand dunes has alleged that he filed a false affidavit before the Tribunal.
The applicant Aleixo Pereira contended that the Advocate General on instructions of the Member Secretary of the GCZMA made a false statement regarding the completion of demolition drives at Salcete and Canacona even though shacks have not been demolished yet.
“Issue notice to Shri Srinet Kothawale to show cause as to why action as contemplated in the application should not be taken against him for perjury. GCZMA is directed to place before us all the records vividly showing demolition of shacks referred to in the application before us,” the NGT ruled.
Pereira has been battling the issue of illegal private shacks along the sand dunes of Goa and based on his petition the National Green Tribunal decreed that all permissions issued for such shacks be revoked and shacks be demolished. No fresh permissions were to be issued by the GCZMA.
