Goa’s Curlies beach nightclub faces demolition as NGT dismisses appeal
Hindustan TimesThe National Green Tribunal has dismissed an appeal against demolition filed by Goa’s nightclub ‘Curlies’ and upheld the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority’s order for being in violation of CRZ norms. Disposing an appeal filed by owner Linet Nunes, the NGT bench of Dinesh Kumar Singh and Dr Vijay Kulkarni called the evidence, submitted by the owner that a structure was in existence prior to 1991, the year the Coastal Regulation Zone notification came into existence, as unsubstantiated, inconclusive or downright fabricated. to show that he was operating from the said offending structure prior to 1991… the same has not been proved by cogent evidence by the appellant,” the NGT ruled. The Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority, which defended its initial demolition order also claimed that the evidence to claim prior existence of the structure was fabricated.