Team Herald
PANJIM: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed a CRZ offender, to carry out demolition of his multiple illegal structures at Calangute, within 50 days or pay Rs 5 lakh each day if the violation continues.
A CRZ offender had approached NGT praying to quash an order by the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA), who had imposed Rs five lakh penalty for violation and directed to demolish the structure.
After examining the matter, the tribunal did not find the violator’s case fit for relief. “It is directed that the appellant shall comply with the order and carry out directions given by GCZMA within a period of 50 days positively, failing which an amount to be calculated at the rate of Rs 5 lakh per day till full removal of offending structures shall be payable by the appellant to be deposited in the Environment Relief Fund,” the bench chaired by Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh said.
The offender was first found to have constructed 18 cottages illegally in 2012 in the CRZ area at Saunta Vaddo, Calangute. The violator was seen to have constructed new structures like a swimming pool illegally, for which the GCZMA issued further demolition orders in 2020.
