GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Office of the District Collector, North Goa

Revenue Branch

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Order

No. 4-7-2018/CZMP/hearing/RB

Sub.: Public Hearing for Draft Coastal Zone

Management Plan (CZMP) in terms of CRZ,

2011 at Kala Academy, Campal, Panaji,

Tiswadi Taluka, North Goa District, Goa.

10.30 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. by Goa Coastal Zone

Management Authority (GCZMA).

Whereas, Public Hearing for Draft Coastal Zone

Management Plan (CZMP) in terms of CRZ,

Notification 2011 was scheduled at Taleigao

Community Hall on 7th of March, 2021 and the said

venue of the Public Consultation has been

scheduled now at Kala Academy, Campal, Panaji,

Tiswadi Taluka, North Goa District, Goa, on 7th of

March, between 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.

And whereas, the undersigned being the District

Magistrate, prescribes the following procedure for

the conduct of the process of Public Consultation—

a) The GCZMA shall restrict the number of

persons gathered to 50 percent of the capacity

at the venue for the Public Consultation with

adequate social distancing and other safe

guards in view of COVID-19 as issued by the

Government from time to time.

b) Use of virtual platform/online facilities shall

also be employed in addition to the physical

Public Hearing Process.

c) Public consultation will be held from 10.30 a.m.

to 5.00 p.m. on 07-03-2021. Given this time

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Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: [email protected]

limit, and given the need to give slots to

maximum participants, it has been decided

that one speaker will not be permitted to

speak beyond a time limit of five (5) minutes.

d) A time keeper will keep the track of time

taken by every speaker. A warning bell will

ring after four (4) minutes and final bell will

ring after five (5) minutes.

e) This also means that not more than 100 or

120 speakers will get an opportunity to speak.

Speakers will get time slots as per the time

of registration on the first come first serve

basis. These speakers will be from both the

categories– physical participants as well as

those participating through virtual mediums.

They will get slots on the first come first

serve basis as explained above.

f) Given this limitation, not more than 150

participants will be registered as speakers

including both the mediums. Remaining

participants can give their representation as

explained below at (u) and (v).

g) In case the speakers are less, the hearing

will conclude as soon as the last speaker has

spoken and will not continue thereafter.

h) To register as participant/speaker, he/she

shall send following details to GCZMA at

[email protected] or at the Office

of the Collector and District Magistrate,

North during office hours on or before 5th of

March, 2021 by 5.00 p.m. positively.

a. Name:

b. Gender:

c. Address:

d. Mobile No.:

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e. Email Id:

f. Participate as: Participant/speaker.

g. Mode of participation: Virtual Mode/

/Physical Mode.

h. Valid ID Proof to be sent as attachment to

email.

i) Participants/speakers, who wish to join virtual

hearings, must sign an undertaking (as per

the format enclosed as Annexure A) and send

the same along with above details (scanned

copy).

j) Valid ID proof shall be one of the identification

documents as prescribed by the Election

Commission of India and participation will be

allowed only for those having valid ID proof.

No persons shall be allowed inside the venue

or allowed to attend Virtual Hearing without

valid ID proof as prescribed.

k) The details at Sr. No. (h) shall reach GCZMA

or Collector and District Magistrate, North by

5.00 p.m. on 05-03-2021.

l) The participants will be communicated

through SMS on the registered mobile number

latest by 06-03-2021 of their registration as

Speaker for physical or virtual participation.

m) Those who have registered as participants for

attending through Virtual Mode would be sent

meeting details on their registered email IDs.

n) Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and

General Instructions for Virtual Hearing are

annexed as Annexure B.

o) Only registered participants/speakers would

be allowed to enter the venue or attend

Virtual Hearing.

p) The GCZMA may also obtain responses in

writing from concerned persons having a

plausible stake in the environmental aspects

of the project or activity, through electronic or

paper means.

q) The NGOs who wish to express their views

shall do so through only one authorized

representative per NGO who shall also

compulsorily register as per Sr. No. (h). The

NGO should be registered NGO. The NGO

representative shall send an authority letter

in original from the competent official of the

NGO to GCZMA or the Collector & District

Magistrate, North through electronic or paper

mode.

r) The speakers shall be allowed to speak in the

allotted time slot only. In case the speaker in

not available at the particular slot when his/

/her name is announced then he/she will not

be allowed to express his/her view thereafter

when his time slot is missed.

s) No separate audio/video presentation of any

kind will be allowed on the part of public

participants/speakers. Such presentation if

any, shall be submitted in the form of soft

copy before the end of the public hearing and

at the designated desk at the venue which

will be considered.

t) Those participants who are unable to attend

the public hearing and/or those who could

not get the slot to express their views, will be

allowed to submit their written representation

at the Desk set up or in the Office of the

GCZMA during the Public Consultation on

7th of March, 2021 OR at fourth floor, Dempo

Tower, EDC, Patto Plaza, Panaji-Goa OR the

Office of the Collector and District

Magistrate, North OR by email on

[email protected] by 15th of March,

2021 by 5.00 p.m.

u) Participants can also submit their concern in

writing to the GCZMA on or before 15-03-2021

by 5.00 p.m.

v) The participants shall strictly restrict their

suggestion/objections to the matter in

question and shall refrain from making long

speeches. Further, the suggestions/objections

already raised by the previous speaker shall

be avoided.

w) The speeches of participants shall also be

strictly restricted only to the matter in

question and shall not contain any political or

personal criticism of any nature which will

not be permitted.

Now therefore and in view of above, all the

participants are hereby required to strictly adhere

to the above prescribed procedure for conduct of

Public Hearing without any deviations.

Given under my hand and seal of this office on

this 3rd March, 2021.

Panaji.— The Collector & District Magistrate,

North Goa District, Ajit Roy, IAS.

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ANNEXURE A

Format of Undertaking

“I, ................. aged about ........... years, participant/

/speaker for the Public Hearing for the Draft Coastal Zone

Management Plan (CZMP) in terms of the CRZ 2011 at

Kala Academy, Campal, Panaji, Tiswadi Taluka, North

Goa District, Goa, on 7th March, 2021 between 10.30 a.m.

to 5.00 p.m. by Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority

(GCZMA) do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under:

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That I shall strictly maintain the in camera nature

of the proceedings before the Chairperson.

ii.

That I shall not share/disclose/disseminate the

video conferencing link shared with me for the

purposes of virtual hearing with any other person

except as allowed by the Chairperson.

iii.

That I shall not allow any unauthorized person to

remain present during the virtual hearing.

Signature of Participant/Speaker:

Name of Participant/Speaker:

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ANNEXURE B

Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Virtual

Hearing

Participants shall the following protocol for hearings

through virtual mode.

1. For conducting hearing through Virtual Mode (VM),

details would be sent through email advance to all

participants/speakers who opted to join the hearing

through Virtual Mode.

2. The participants/speakers, who wish to join virtual

hearings, must sign an undertaking as given in

Annexure-A and send a scanned signed copy

thereof through email to GSPCB.

3. The participants speakers are expected to conduct

in a decorous manner at all times during virtual

hearings.

4. The participants speakers shall not share/

/disclosed/disseminate the link shared with them

for the purposes of VM with any other person.

General Instructions

5. For enhanced Virtual Meeting quality, use of

headphones is recommended.

6. The standard protocol about one person speaking

at a time in Virtual Meeting shall be strictly

followed.

7. The speakers shall be given opportunities to present

their case. Any attempt to jump in during the

presentation by another speaker may disrupt the

proceedings. Such conduct may also invite ‘muting’

of the microphone of the disrupting speaker.

8. Cross talking or discussion could be done only after

the microphone has been put in ‘mute’ mode.

9. The participants/speakers must ensure that no

other device or application is connected to or using

the bandwidth when the hearing is in progress.

10. The participants/speakers while joining the VM,

shall enter their name in the following format: First

name-Second name- Participant/Speaker.

11. Upon having joined the hearing in virtual mode, the

speaker shall introduce himself/herself to the

Chairperson and thereafter, shall wait for the

instructions from the Chairperson. On being asked,

the speaker may make submissions and on

completion of the submissions, shall at once ‘mute’

the microphone of the respective device. If the

Chairperson requires the speaker to make further

submission(s), the Speaker may then ‘unmute’ the

microphone of the device and again, on completion

of the submission, put the microphone on ‘mute’

mode.

12. Simultaneous submissions by more than one

speaker at any given time shall be allowed.

13. Parties are required to stay online (but in Self Mute

mode) till the Chairman concludes the hearing of

their matter, whereafter the parties may disconnect

from video-conference.

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