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Goa: Cooking & Drinking on Beaches Prohibited
As per the latest order by the government, drinking, cooking, and more than 10 activities have been banned, and failing to comply with these rules will attract heavy penalties.
As per the notice issued by the Goa government recently, cooking in open spaces and driving on beaches are now prohibited. Moreover, if a person is found littering beaches or breaking bottles (while drinking), He/she will be heavily penalised.
As per the government order, “Any person, company, association, firm or any other body, who fails to comply with this order or obstructs any person acting on the direction of this order, shall be punishable with a fine of Rs. 5,000 which may extend up to Rs. 50,000, or shall be liable for action under Section 188 of Indian Penal Code.”
The other activities that the Goa government has prohibited include all water sports activities from areas other than those permitted and conducted within demarcated zones. The tourism department has termed such activities “nuisances.” The order signed by the Director of Tourism Nikhil Desai has empowered the Goa Police to take action against activities mentioned in the order. While prohibiting these activities, Desai has directed the concerned persons, companies, associations, or any firms “not to undertake any such activities, process, or operation in tourist places with immediate effect”.
The activities related to selling of items/goods from unauthorised handcarts and unauthorised hawkers would be banned in tourist places, the order also stated. The department has also banned the unauthorised sale of water sports tickets or packages to tourists for services offered outside Goa in places such as Malvan, Karwar etc. The ban is also imposed on illegal placement of deckbeds, tables and other items on all the beaches of the state without valid permission from the prescribed or competent authority.