India, April 14 -- Goa tourism minister Rohan Khaunte has redflagged an "approval" granted to a proposed Rs.8-crore yacht jetty in Penha da Franca, complaining that he and other local authorities were kept in the dark about the clearance to a private jetty in a riverine village in his constituency.

The Inland waterways Authority of India (IWAI) last week issued a no-objection certificate to Marina India Infrastructure Private Limited, a Mumbai-based company to set up a 'private jetty' at Malim on the northern bank of the Mandovi river opposite the state capital Panaji, with a capacity to berth up to 16 yachts and other crafts of up to 30 meters length.

The approval was the first to be granted since the Goa government signed a tripartite...