Until recently, Goa held considerable allure for a marvellously mixed clientele from around India and the world. According to state authorities, there was 30% growth, from roughly three million tourists to four million, from 2013 to 2014. Since no attempt is made to sensitize the growing number of visitors to the state, Goa’s environment reels from a wholly unsustainable onslaught. Also, rather typically, instead of worrying about what has happened to overburden the fragile state environment, he said last year: “Today almost six million tourists come to Goa. If the NGT in Pune has so very many cases from Goa, it is not because—or not just because—the people of Goa are litigious....

Source: Mint December 16, 2017 03:11 UTC