India, Feb. 4 -- Calangute beach near Tito's Lane is rapidly turning into an unauthorised garbage dumping site, with large heaps of waste raising serious concerns over environmental degradation and public health risks.

Calangute beach near Tito's Lane is rapidly turning into an unauthorised garbage dumping site, with large heaps of waste raising serious concerns over environmental degradation and public health risks.

Advertisement - Advertisement - Local biodiversity activists have alleged that protected sand dunes were illegally cleared to create a dumping ground barely 50 metres from the high-tide line, in violation of coastal protection norms.

Benedict Lobo, chairperson of the Calangute Panchayat Biodiversity Management Committee, s...