Team Herald
KHARIWADO: Hundreds of Khariwado locals and some activists met the Chief Officer of Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) to ask for more time on the house demolition issue. Activists demand regularisation of houses from the fishing village, which were built prior to 1991.
Social activist Capt Viriato Fernandes claimed he and few fishermen intimated the chief officer of MMC that there are some discrepancies in the survey and legal houses are being demolished, which should not have happened.
“Chief Officer has told us to approach the Land and Surveys Department and inquire about this issue. I have had to get some intimation from the Land and Surveys Department,” said Fernandes.
He also pointed out that CRZ law came in 1991, and said that structures built before that in the village could be regularised as per the law. Because of any discrepancies, poor fishermen should not face any losses,” said Fernandes.
Olencio Simoes, General Secretary of National Fishworkers Forum, pointed out that the Khariwado fishermen are poor and uneducated and therefore they cannot understand the implication of law.
He further claimed that the CRZ act protects the interest of the fishermen communities; since the Khariwado is a fishing village, the houses of the fishermen prior to 1991 should be regularised.
