Team Herald
PANJIM: St Andre MLA Francis Silveira has urged the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) to reject the Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) and to delete the legend ‘Port Limits’ shown extended in Zuari River from Agassaim to Nauxi in the plan.
Silveira has also requested the GCZMA to consider all the suggestions and objections made by the seven village panchayats of Sant Andre constituency and to act accordingly.
Silveira, who demanded re-hearing of public consultation on CZMP, said that the primary objective of the villagers is to safeguard and to ensure the livelihood and security of fishermen and other traditional communities living along the coastal area.
Silveira said that seven village panchayats of Sant Andre constituency have direct link to the coastline of Zuari River and that traditional fishermen, toddy tappers and farmers are living along the bank of the river.
