"All shacks will compulsorily have to install CCTV cameras and shoot the activities there for 24 hours. Those who fail to set up the cameras will have their licences cancelled," Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said after the Goa Cabinet approved the policy guidelines on regulating the functioning of these temporary restaurants allowed to be set up during monsoon.
Parrikar said that the number of shacks at the beaches having high tourist density has come down by 10 percent in Calangute-Sinquerim belt.
The new norms ban setting up of shacks at the turtle nesting spots like Morjim and Agonda which are protected places under the Wildlife Protection Act. It is also mandatory for shacks surrounding these spots not to play loud music after 6 PM and resist from having bright lights.
As part of the stringent measures to curb illegalities on the seashore, the Parrikar government has set up a Task Force, headed by tourism department officials, who will take action on daily basis against such activities.
Around 250 policemen will be the part of the special unit which is given mandate to confiscate illegal beach beds and take action against unauthorised vendors.
The beach beds are now allowed only within three meters of shacks.