The Calangute Constituency Forum (CCF) in a memorandum submitted on Thursday to the Chief Secretary, the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) and other officials has called to take immediate action on multiple complaints regarding violations of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules and the Environmental Protection Act (EPA). The memorandum has listed multiple alleged violations, including irregularities in the renovated Aguada Jail Complex, CRZ breaches by builders in Candolim, building permissions granted based on false documents, and destruction of sand dunes and beach vegetation.Well, the degradation of coastline, right from Candolim, Calangute, Baga is indeed going in full swing and the officials are deliberately seen turning a Nelson's eye despite of several complaints being filed before the GCZMA regarding the blatant violations of CRZ rules and the Environmental Protection Act, 1986. The reason behind this is the 'officials' of most of the above agencies (which include those in panchayats) are more interested in accepting bribes from the builders lobby, non-Goan land grabbers/developers etc. I think that as long as these people are not taken to task for illegalities in different parts of the state, nothing is going to change.
