Summary:
more-inThe district administration has ordered the private agency in charge of maintenance of St.
Mary’s Island near Malpe here to remove all structures which were in violation of the provisions of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification, 2011, on the island. The department had found that a private agency was running a food court and other activities prohibited under CRZ 1. Permission from the Karnataka State Coastal Zone Management Authority was a must for starting such an activity related to tourism. No private functions or programmes would be allowed on the island without prior permission, the order said. Besides these, no other construction activities should be taken up on the island, the order said..