TOURIST UNFRIENDLY GOA.

 

 

 

In a shocking incident today 18^th February 2015,  two Shacks, on Lucky 7 and the other Paradise,  at Candolim Beach were demolished at about 2.00 pm by the demolishing squad from Tourism Department in co-operation with the local Police squad.  After completing the demolition, the local MLA Michael Lobo reached on the scene and stopped further demolition by intervening directly into this matter.

According to the demolition squad, the demolished Shacks are unlicensed ones but according to the Shack owners they already have licenses to run their Shacks and they even paid the license fees for three years.  In view of this the government should have refrained from touching these Shacks.

One of the demolished Shacks

 

Both the owners of these demolished Shacks are Goans and they are totally dejected the way the demolishing squads have ruthlessly did this operation in an inhuman manner with lightning speed.  Good that Michael Lobo reached on the scene in time otherwise with the same excuse some more Shacks  would have been demolished. If these Shacks are illegal, the action should have been taken in the beginning only.  Besides, advance notice for this demolition was imperative and not suddenly appearing on the scene  

 

Another demolished Shack in total disorder

 

The European guests enjoying their food in these Shacks had to be evacuated and they were very much angry to see this type of harassment for the tourists.  Some of them have already declared their intention never to come back again to Goa where they say the government is Tourists Unfriendly.  Some of them have even vowed to spread the news of harassment for tourists to other Western tourists thru their network.

Seen how the Poles are cut to demolish Shacks

A. Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim, Goa.
Tel:7507394349.