The Goa State Wetland Authority (GSWA) has issued a public notice informing residents and landowners that officials will be visiting notified wetland areas across the state to carry out physical delineation and ground verification.
Supreme Court Mandate
The exercise has been mandated by the Supreme Court, which has directed that all notified wetlands in the country undergo digital verification and physical delineation. The GSWA, functioning under the state’s environment department, is required to complete this exercise within Goa in compliance with those directions.
Cooperation from Landowners
The public notice specifically calls upon survey holders whose properties adjoin, fall within, or are situated in the vicinity of notified wetlands to take note of the upcoming field visits and extend full cooperation to the authorised officials and agency personnel conducting the ground verification.
Environmental Significance
Wetlands in Goa have long been a subject of environmental concern and legal scrutiny, with encroachments and land-use changes in ecologically sensitive low-lying areas drawing repeated interventions by courts and green bodies. The present verification drive is expected to precisely map the boundaries of all notified wetlands in the state, a step that could have significant implications for land use and construction activity in the affected areas.
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