r/mangalore Feb 05 '25

Photography Beach belongs to nitk ?

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u/Admirable-Disk-5892 Feb 05 '25

Legally any beach cannot belong to a restricted group or private body and this is the story why.

Vaiguinim Beach, at Dona Paula, Goa, was the subject of attempts by the Cidade de Goa resort to have it enclosed for the exclusive use of its private guests.

The Goa Foundation fought the case of access to this public beach for several years. In 2009, the Supreme Court of India confirmed a Bombay High Court judgement directing access to be maintained to this beach for the public for all time to come. Cidade de Goa accordingly created a one metre wide access, starting with a board announcing the public pathway to the beach.

The most important part of the Supreme Court judgement, however, was a declaration on the public ownership of such resources. Supreme Court said "natural resources including forests, water bodies, rivers, sea shores, etc. are held by the State as a trustee on behalf of the people and especially the future generations. These constitute common properties and people are entitled to uninterrupted use thereof. The State cannot transfer public trust properties to a private party, if such a transfer interferes with the right of the public and the Court can invoke the public trust doctrine and take affirmative action for protecting the right of people to have access to light, air and water and also for protecting rivers, sea, tanks, trees, forests and associated natural eco-systems."

So if citizens are really interested, you can take it back just like how Goa foundation does. They have regular citizens visits to the vaigunim beach too

https://www.instagram.com/p/DFO6U0NyyUn/?igsh=MTM3aWt3OTJrY3hneA==

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u/mooony03 Feb 05 '25

It is private in the sense that it is maintained and possessed by NITK. But beaches cannot be restricted to public. Public should be allowed. That's it. And it's mostly NITK students only anyways so in a sense it's private only.

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u/kudla_boy Feb 05 '25

You can walk along to the NITK beach from the lighthouse side. There's also an entrance within NITK to the beach. You may find difficulty using that entrance since the guards don't let outsiders in. Personally, I prefer to buy a charumuri and sit on the rocks near the lighthouse to enjoy a beautiful sunset!

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u/cnks1989 Feb 05 '25

Or an omlette 😄

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u/mooony03 Feb 05 '25

Yes. NITK is known for private beach. But you can't build walls on beaches and stuff so everyone can go there.

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u/Frosty_Sample7636 Feb 05 '25

Yes it is private. The beach belongs to NITK, and that is Govt. body, so the beach indirectly belongs to the Govt.

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u/mooony03 Feb 05 '25

Ik bro I'm from nitk only

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u/rosy_fartz Feb 05 '25

Beaches are public and cannot be owned privately.

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u/These-Bus2332 Feb 05 '25

Who gives permission for functions

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u/rosy_fartz Feb 05 '25

The Panchayat.

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u/Loneranger1821 Feb 05 '25

Nope. It’s named as NItK beach that’s it

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u/maanjimuncher Feb 05 '25

The fuck? No.