Goa, May 31 -- The Colva Civic and Consumer Forum (CCCF) has strongly condemned the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) for allegedly granting illegal permission to set up a temporary restaurant and wooden bio-fencing on protected sand dunes in Betalbatim.

The forum expressed dismay that the GCZMA approved the project during its 452nd meeting on May 22, despite prior directives from both the Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal (NGT) calling for complete ecological restoration of the dune site.

According to CCCF president Judith Almeida, the GCZMA was expected to enforce its 2019 directive, which required the demolition of all unauthorized structures and restoration of the area in coordination with the Goa State Biodi...