What's concrete at Bambolim Beach?

According to reports Hotel Grand Hyatt at Bambolim, Goa has resumed work of constructing concrete wall in the waters of Zuari river. Fishers site visit yesterday found around dozen workers working in water along with Poklein deployed on site. In the past some years hotel had constructed retaining walls of different material with metal wires as binders. However spot visit shows that retaining walls after collapse has swallowed the beach space. Large portion of Bambolim Beach is occupied with stones brought in by hotel. Bambolim Beach was prestine and favored picnic destination of local people. However installation of Hotel Grand Hyatt has increased coastal stress hugely with fishers on the beach being pushed to the margins. 

Over the past several people have filed complaints before various agencies like Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) against construction of concrete wall on Bambolim beach by Hotel Grand Hyatt. St. Andre MLA Viresh Borkar had even led public protests against construction of concrete wall on Bambolim beach including candle light protest. 

They are filling the beach with laterite soil?

Yesterday laborers were seen laying iron bars on sands of Bambolim beach as preparation to pour concrete to erect a wall.

Are they building a retaining wall?

Yes, inspite of all the protest Hotel Grand Hyatt is sureptiously going ahead inch by inch to concretize Bambolim beach. This hotel is single handedly responsible to mess up Bambolim beach chiefly by putting politicians and beaurocrats on their soft favor rolls. 

The way state functions in Goa is colonial inflicting violence on Coastal ecology like brutes in this case of Hotel Grand Hyatt. If beach is concretized beach sand might dissappear. 

Do visit Bambolim beach and see for yourself. You can even experience Hotel Grand Hyatt security guards as you seek to visit the beach.

Get organise in teams and visit to Bambolim beach. We cannot let Goa turn into memory in picture post cards with luxury hotels dictating our destiny. It's time to re-claim!