BAGA, April 24 -- AUGUSTO RODRIGUES

Noise pollution from beach shacks along the Baga creek has been making life difficult for the residents of Xavier Retreat House in Baga, but there has been no respite despite repeated complaints. While the establishment falls within the jurisdiction of the Anjuna Police Station, the noise-making shacks are in the Calangute police station area - and the problem of which police station addresses the issue has left the elderly in a fair bit of

distress.

During a meeting of the North Goa Noise Monitoring Committee (NMC) held on April 4 at the North Goa Collectorate conference hall, the committee directed the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) to instruct beach shacks and other commercial establish...