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Goa government has demolished a portion of a hotel owned by Russian nationals in the state for violating Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) law.
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The construction at Goa"s Morjim beach had gathered much political debate in the Legislative Assembly with state Environment Minister Aleixo Sequeira conceding his inability to demolish the construction due to "non-cooperation by district administration."
Certain structures in the resort, owned by True Axis company, were violating Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) law and were ordered to be demolished by Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA).
The firm comprising of two Russians – Rashid Valiulin and Ana Litvinova – on its Board of Directors (BoD), received demolition notice from GCZMA a year back.
But the notice remained unexecuted forcing the district collector to issue another notice in December, last year, which resulted in the demolition of controversial structures.
Officials said that the issue had attained serious proportion as, despite being termed illegal by the state authorities and minister assuring the demolition on the floor of the House, certain political interference had managed to stall the demolition.
The district administration brought down the construction yesterday.