• Recently, NGT set aside order passed by Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority in which it had dismissed proceedings against some people for carrying out illegal construction and illegal filling of eco-sensitive, low-lying khazan lands in Cavelossim village, Salcete taluka.

ABOUT KHAZANS

• Khazans are coastal wetlands of Goa.
• It is a low-lying, saline water-logged area that is influenced by tidal flows.
• They are reclaimed from mangrove forests, probably in the pre-Christian era by an intricate system of dykes, sluice gates and canals and put to multiple productive uses such as agriculture, aquaculture and salt panning.
• They act as a main drainage system for flood water in the area.