Centre nods for Goa like beach shacks across coastal states to lift tourism

Shacks are crucial to tourism and local businesses in Goa and Maharashtra and currently, they have to be removed in the monsoon months (June to August)

The Environment Ministry has given a nod to setting up Goa-like beach 'shacks' across all coastal states, reported the Economic Times. The ministry has also allowed the removal of sand bars by the local communities through a non-mechanised manual method but decided against exploratory drilling for oil and natural gas in coastal regulation zones (CRZ) without prior approval, which was introduced under its 2021 proposal. 

According to media reports, the decisions were taken earlier in the week and were part of an amendment to the Island Coastal Zone Regulation and the Coastal Regulations Zone notifications of 2019. The move also