Environment Minister Nilesh Cabral has asserted that until the Coastal Zone Management Plan 2019 is ready, environmental clearances will continue to be granted for all proposed public and private structures along Goa’s coast based on CZMP 2011. Though the NCZMA has directed to keep permissions in abeyance for new coastal structures till the new CZMP 2019 is ready, the mantri has dismissed it by stating that these are ‘merely’ internal file notings and that the Goa government has received no such orders.
It almost borders on disbelief that the Centre has not instructed the Goa government about this crucial subject. It is as clear as day that the Centre and Sawant sarkar are working in tandem to ravage whatever is left of the state to favour the builder lobby which is looking forward to minting tonnes of money at the cost of Goa’s land and environment.
Election season is fast approaching and the double engine sarkar wants to collect the maximum amount of moolah to fund it’s campaign and purchase of opposition MLAs in the off chance that it loses at the hustings in some states. Every right thinking individual whose heart beats for Goa needs to counter this brazen flouting of laws tooth and nail. We need to save Goa from such rapacious politicians.
