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MAPUSA: Calangute panchayat demolished structures of three restaurants for encroaching in CRZ area.
The Calangute Panchayat along with MLA Michael Lobo demolished structures of three restaurants namely Ratna Sagar, Lobo’s Farm & Sea King located at Calangute Beach on Saturday for encroaching CRZ area.
These three restaurants were located at Calangute Promenade and had encroached on more space outside their permanent structures.
Meanwhile, the owners of these restaurants said that the panchayat has demolished their structures without giving them prior notice. They did not receive any notice from panchayat or NGPDA informing that their structures will be demolished if they do not clear the encroachment.
Sarpanch Anthony Menezes said that the encroachment issue was raised during the last gram sabha in which a resolution was taken to clear all the encroachments in CRZ area and accordingly it was followed.
Menezes said that from now on, PDA along the panchayat would clear all the encroachments along the coastal belt.
