National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued a notice to the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) on the issue of an amendment to Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) 2011 to allow shack operators to retain their structures during June-August monsoon season. MoEFCC had carried out the amendment on a pre-condition that the shacks remain non-operational during that period. Social activist Kashinath Shetye, Aleixo Arnolfo Pereira, Ketan Govekar and three others have challenged the amendment, alleging that non-demolition of these structures would have an adverse impact on the beach morphology. The shack operators erect their shacks traditionally in September/October at the start of the tourism season and dismantle them in May. Arguments were heard in the matter and the tribunal has fixed the matter again on July 7, 2017. The amendment followed a demand by shack operators about losses sustained by them in erecting and demolishing the temporary structures on the beach. The state government had pursued the matter with the central government and the ministry had issued a draft notification dated April 25, 2016, for suggestions and objections from the public. The amendment states that the clearance granted to projects under the notification will be valid for five years.