Seit Jahren bemüht sich die Landesregierung eine Küstenschutz Zone zu etablieren. Sie ist als Streifen von 200 m definiert, ab Hochwasser Marke (siehe Bild) in dem keine festen Bauten errichtet werden dürfen. Heute nun war ein Vermessungstrupp, zwecks Begehung, vor Ort. Neue Markierungspunkte aus Beton wurden eingesetzt, die zu schwer sind, um sie kurz mal, den Gegebenheiten anzupassen. 

Pläne wurden ausgerollt, mit Listen verglichen und ein schweres Bandmass aus und wieder eingerollt. 

Von dem Markierungspunkt bis zu unserem Bungalow sind es keine 100 m, eher 60. Wat nu? fragte der naive Tourist. Abwarten, Tee trinken und Bakschisch zurecht legen. Angekündigt sind "Demolition Works" für Mitte März. Thomas und Susanna werden berichten. 

Als Nachtrag zu "Roadblock" sei berichtet, dass nach Zeitungsmeldungen die "Vereinigung der Straßenbauer" droht, mit sofortigem Beginn alle Arbeiten einzustellen, bis die Regierung die noch offenen Rechnungen der letzten vier Monate beglichen habe.

Ein Artikel aus der lokalen Presse:

Hue and cry in Canacona over CRZ notification

 NT News Service 

 Canacona, June 20. 2007 

A hue and cry has been raised by the coastal villagers of the entire Canacona taluka over a public notice in local dailies, regarding the dwelling units and all other structures and constructions which are existing in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ).

  As per the notice, the High Court of Bombay at Goa has directed the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority to conduct a survey and inquiry as regards the numbers of dwelling units and all other structures and constructions which were existing in the CRZ-III Zone in Goa, as on February 19, 1991 and the increase in number thereafter, date wise.

  As per the notification, the Government of Goa has selected an agency from Hyderabad to conduct the ground level survey and inquiry of such dwelling units/structures, developments, which have come up after 1991.

  The coastal residents have been requested and advised to keep handy and make available all the documents pertaining to their dwellings to the survey agency to facilitate the verification, and those failing to produce the documents would be presumed to be dwelling illegally and such persons would be held for contempt of court and action would be initiated as per law.

  This has worried many of the coastal residents who were seen running helter skelter in search of advice in order to save their ancestral, age-old as well as new houses.

  Meanwhile, former minister, Mr Sanjay Bandekar from Canacona, has asked for resurvey of the houses in coastal Canacona as the last time it was done only in 1971-72.

  He claimed that people are now unnecessarily being targeted and issued with show-cause notices threatening demolitions of their residential houses.

  At a press conference held at Agonda-Canacona, Mr Bandekar said that show cause notices served under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act-1986 (Central Act 29 of 1986) by the Goa Costal Zone Management Authority would affect many residents of the taluka, and it was required to first re-survey the area as regards to the residences built since 1972 till date.

  Mr Bandekar further said that survey of the coastal houses of Canacona taluka was done in the year 1971 and 1972, and the Coastal Regulation Act was passed in the year 1991, so the concerned authorities should first carry out a thorough re-survey in order to find facts about the existing houses in coastal areas of Palolem, Patnem, Ovrem and Agonda.

  He further said that so far many poor and affected residents of the coastal areas have approached him in order to find out a solution to save their ancestral property and houses from constant threats of CRZ authorities.

  The member secretary of Goa Coastal Zone Management (GCZM) has also sent show cause notices to many coastal residents to produce required documents, informed Mr Bandekar.

  As per the show cause notices issued to the residents, the entire belt of 100 meters from the high tide line (HTL) of the river and 200 meters from the sea is No Development Zone (NDZ) and hence no constructions whatsoever are permissible in the said belt.

  CRZ authorities are still not clear about the high tide line, and in such circumstances it is not advisable to go on threatening residents, he observed.

  The notices further say that all proposed reconstruction, construction, development and repair between 200 meters to 500 meters from the high tide line required the prior approval under the Environment Protection Act, 1986, he further observed and maintained that this should be made applicable to the latest constructions and not every body should be threatened by way of notices.

  It is learnt that show cause notices were served to the coastal residents after the GCZMA received a report from the Office of the Collector (South) Margao, over blatant and serious violation of CRZ in the No Development Zone.