DC submits report on Baina evictions

The Uttara Kannada Deputy Commissioner Ujwal Kumar Ghosh has submitted a comprehensive report on the demolition of Kannadigas’ houses on Baina beach in Goa.

A team of officials comprising Deputy Commissioner Ujwal Kumar Ghosh, Additional Deputy Commissioner H Prasanna and Assistant Commissioner S B Prashanthkumar visited Goa on the instructions of the chief minister on Sunday. The team spoke to Kannadiga’s who have lost their houses.

The Goa government on Saturday demolished as many as 157 houses of Kannadigas on Baina. The house-losers said that the Goa government had been throwing Kannadigas to the  streets by its eviction operation.

The deputy commissioner also spoke to South Goa collector Sachin Shindhe, who told that the 157 houses were constructed in violation of Coastal Regulation Zone Rules. District in-charge minister R V Desphande said in a press release that he had held talks with  Goa Chief Minister Laxmikanth Parsekar over the Baina issue.