Karnataka sends police team to inquire about demolition

VASCO: A police team from Karnataka visited the Vasco police station on Tuesday afternoon to inquire about the demolition of hutments at Baina beach. According to police sources, "An MLA raised questions in the Karnataka assembly as to how the huts were demolished during the monsoon, which led to a team being sent here."
The Karnataka team consisted of a DySP, PI and PSI, who spoke to Vasco DySP Lawrence D'Souza and PI Sagar Ekoskar.The team was told that the demolition was ordered by the South Goa collector Valencio Furtado and he was the authority to talk to.
On July 11, the district disaster management authority under the supervision of Furtado demolished about 66 shanties, at the mouth of the sea, which were vulnerable to the monsoon's rising sea water levels.
To avoid the risk of lives and property being washed away, Furtado had ordered the demolition of these illegal shanties.