calangute water sports operators commenced their water sports activities in goa on thursday in time for the extended holiday weekend even as beach shacks are yet to start their operations calangute mla michael lobo told toi that following a request from water sports operators who wanted to start their operations in anticipation of the huge holiday crowds during the current long holiday weekend chief minister manohar parrikar issued instructions to all concerned to clear the file pertaining to the start of the water sports activities many tourists come to goa for the thrill of water sports and boat cruises keeping this in mind it is learnt that the chief minister instructed the tourism minister tourism director captain of ports etc to expedite the clearances and permit water sports operations from thursday onwards lobo said there is no clarity on when the beach shacks will be allowed to start john lobo secretary of the shack owners welfare society said the tourism department is currently in the process of demarcating the shack areas following which they will be given the permit to begin erecting shacks as all government offices are closed till october 6 permission to erect shacks will come only after that pointing out that erecting a shack takes around eight days lobo said were hoping to start by october 15 which is the date the authorities said we could start that will be in time for the diwali holidays when tourists will again flock to goa tnn