TEAM HERALD
bureau@herald-goa.com
TIVIM: Acting on a Herald report on tension at Morjim after locals blocked buses carrying tourists from a beach party, the Pernem deputy collector has issued a show cause notice to the beach restaurant at Ashvem as0king why action should not be initiated for having played loud music on Wednesday night.
Pernem deputy collector Narayan Gaad told Herald that a show cause had been issued to the beach restaurant at Ashvem in the wake of media reports on Thursday and confirmed that no permission had been granted to play loud music.
“It is been learnt from media reports that you had organized a party in your premises/area at Ashvem in Pernem in the evening/night on February 12, wherein loud music was played by you. It has been noticed from office records that no sound permission to play music was issued to you by this authority under the Noise Pollution Rules on February 12,” the show cause notice states.
Gaad has directed the beach restaurant management to show cause within 48 hours as to why action should not be initiated against them for violating the provisions of the Noise Pollution Rules.
He has also directed the management “not to play any music in violations of the rules in their premises indoor or outdoor, without the sound permission issued under the rules.”
Gaad told Herald that he has forwarded a copy of the show case notice to the Pernem police inspector Tushar Lotlikar, besides instructing the police to step up surveillance and to keep a vigil on all the restaurants, hotels and clubs in their jurisdiction.
“The police have been asked to take strict action on those persons violating the Noise Pollution Rules, including the seizure of musical instruments and registering of FIRs,” said Gaad.
A copy of the notice has also been forwarded to the sarpanchas of Mandrem and Morjim, as well as to the Pernem taluka noise pollution monitoring committee, advocate Prasad Sahapurkar and Nivrutti Shirodkar.
When contacted, Lotlikar told Herald that the Arambol police outpost staff and the PCR staff have been instructed to ensure that no music is been played along the Pernem coast beyond the permissible time and without permission from the deputy collector.
