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Time of India
25-05-2025
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- Time of India
‘Structures legal if they predate land's declaration as khazan'
Panaji: Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) has said that henceforth coastal regulation zone (CRZ) norms will not be made applicable retrospectively to structures which have been existing on lands declared khazan areas in the Coastal Zone Management Plan, 2011. GCZMA said that the plan was notified only in 2022, while some structures on khazan lands have been in existence much before that. The coastal body had received a complaint from the general secretary of the tenants' association of Camarkhazan, Mapusa, alleging that an illegal construction of permanent nature was carried out on the khazan land of the Moira river. The association said that a bar and restaurant were being run from this structure. It was alleged that no permission was taken to convert the khazan land to carry out the construction. Based on the complaint, an inspection was carried out by GCZMA and it was found that the site is completely identified as khazan land as stipulated by the Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP), 2011. The authority noted that the land was declared a khazan area on Sep 7, 2022. 'With regards to the whole plot falling within the khazan land area, as per the CZMP 2011 as declared on Sep 7, 2022; these structures will not be affected as these structures were standing long before the area was declared as a khazan land,' GCZMA said. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 축하드립니다! 임플란트 5월 할인 이벤트에 선정되셨습니다. 플란치과 더 알아보기 Undo 'This declaration in the CZMP 2011 on Sep 7, 2022, will now not apply retroactively to any structure existing before the area being declared as khazan land area.' The show-cause notice against the person who constructed the structure has been withdrawn. GCZMA also said that the person who constructed the structure had all the necessary permissions since 2018. 'The structures are outside the CRZ II area and since the structures are outside the mangrove buffer; this show-cause notice is dropped, as moreover, the respondent had earlier already obtained the necessary relevant permissions,' GCZMA said. Representative image
Time of India
07-05-2025
- Time of India
Sinquerim wall spurs plaint, coastal body inspects site
Calangute: The Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) on Wednesday conducted a site inspection in a property bearing Survey No. 88/1A and 1B at Sinquerim, Candolim, following a complaint about an illegal complaint had been filed by the Calangute Constituency Forum alleging that the compound wall violates coastal regulation zone (CRZ) well-known, scenic property changed hands a few years complaint to the member-secretary of the GCZMA and other authorities states that the 'construction is in violation of…the Environment Protection Act, and falls in the CRZ and no-development zone (NDZ).'The complaint adds, 'It is pertinent to note that as per official records, the NGPDA ( North Goa Planning and Development Authority ) had denied permission to its previous owner for doing any such development in the said property.'The complaint goes on to say, 'Despite this, the present owner has undertaken a new construction of a compound wall disregarding the directions given by the GCZMA and environmental regulations/coastal protection laws and other laws in force.' However, the owners of the property were not present during the GCZMA team consisted of Radha Rao, Bhargavi Kelkar and Raunat Dessai.
Time of India
27-04-2025
- Time of India
Coastal body warns CoP of penalty if illegal filling in Salcete CRZ not removed
Panaji: The Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) has warned the Captain of Ports (CoP) of a penalty if the illegal filling of a khazan land , which partly falls in Ambelim and partly in Assolna in Salcete , is not removed. The GCZMA said that its earlier directions had not been complied with by the CoP . The authority had received a complaint from a local that the illegal filling of low-lying area had been carried out, which land included khazan land, CRZ area, fields and water bodies. An engineer and a field surveyor of the GCZMA then carried out an inspection and found 'gross illegal construction resulting in violation of CRZ Notification 2011'. Huge amount of sandy soil was found dumped, as per the report, in a no development zone of CRZ, 'thereby destroying the natural ecosystem , vegetation, rice cultivation and topography of the area'. The inspection also found that trenches have been excavated in the property which were connected to the opening of the water body in the area. Thereafter, show cause notice was issued to the CoP, which during the hearings before GCZMA agreed to remove the land filling. At its 429th meeting, the GCZMA directed, 'The authority noted that since the CoP has appointed a contractor to carry out the works, direction is given to clear the site by removing the sandy soil dumped in the property and also to undo the trenches that has been excavated in the property as it is connected to the opening of the water body. The CoP to remove the violation through their contractor concerned and send a compliance report within one month.' However, at a meeting earlier this month, the GCZMA said that the CoP had not complied with the earlier directions. 'From compliance report it is noted that directions are not followed hence opportunity granted till next hearing to comply failing which penalty proceedings will be initiated against CoP,' the GCZMA has said. The CoP had committed to remove the mud filling before May 30, 2024, at a hearing last year and file a compliance. However, for several GCZMA meetings thereafter the CoP representative remained absent. Finally, at a hearing earlier this year, the CoP submitted that the violation was not carried out by the department but a contractor appointed by it and agreed to remove the mud filling. The CoP subsequently told the GCZMA that the directions had been complied with but the authority found that the compliance was not carried out by the CoP. Representative image
