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MARGAO
Rising sea water has hit the erection of the shacks along the Betalbatim-Majorda-Utorda stretch, with locals saying the government should take steps to get the shacks little behind on the shore instead of allowing the temporary structures to come up right near the sea water.
As the season of shack erection has begun ahead of the new tourism season, a couple of shacks had to face the nature’s fury when their stands and wooden planks used in the shacks were washed away by the sea incursion.
A local resident Marcus D’Souza told the media on Tuesday that the Tourism department ought to have carried out a study before taking the decision on the location of the shacks on the Betalbatim-Majorda-Utorda shore. “On this beach stretch, the shacks are set up close to the sea. One of the shack owners found his wooden plank and stands washed into the sea. Even the stage/platform erected inside the shack faces the threat by the rising sea water,” he said.
Marcus said the Tourism department should understand the ground reality on the beach belt, saying the situation does not augur well for the foreign tourists, patronising the beach shacks. “Just imagine a situation when the sea water rises when the guests are holed up in the shacks. Such a situation will only paint a negative picture of Goa tourism,” he said.
While calling up the government to ensure that the shacks are allowed to be erected little behind along the beach belt, Marcus demanded to know whether the Tourism department had conducted any study of the ground reality before mandating the shack owners to erect the temporary structures right near the water.
Incidentally, when the beach belt was inundated by rising sea water during the last season, the Betalbatim-Majorda-Utorda beach belt had borne the brunt of nature’s fury, leaving the shack owners with heavy losses and destruction of property.
“When the rising sea water is an annual phenomenon along the Betalbatim-Majorda-Utorda beach belt, the Tourism department ought to have checked the ground situation before marking the area on the beach for the erection of temporary structures,” he added.WHAT THE SHACK OWNER SAYS
The Tourism department ought to have carried out a study before taking the decision on the location of the shacks on the Betalbatim-Majorda-Utorda shore
The Tourism department should understand the ground reality on the beach belt, claiming that the situation does not augur well for the foreign tourists, patronising the beach shacks
The government should ensure that the shacks are allowed to be erected little behind along the beach belt
The rising sea water is an annual phenomenon along the Betalbatim-Majorda-Utorda beach belt
A couple of shacks had to face the nature’s fury when their stands and wooden planks used in the shacks were washed away by the sea incursion
