panaji india resort fashion weeks irfw beach festival on saturday has run into rough weather as parties of any nature are banned on four beaches including morjim under the new crz regime 2011 the authorities have not yet cleared the request from the organizers to use sound for the highly billed show which concludes on sunday in morjims turtle nesting beach pernem deputy collector ajit panchwadkar confirmed that a request had been received from the organizers we have not issued permission for use of sound he said the official is authorized to issue permission for use of sound within the permitted decibel limit and up to 10pm by the supreme court as per the rules greens have raised a protest over the use of the beach for the event with several known fashion majors alleging that the event coincided with the full moon and likely arrival of olive ridley turtles for nesting goas fashion designer wendell rodricks urged the organizers to shift to any other beach if the turtles sense disturbance they may visit our shores less and less and that would be the ultimate tragedy that irfw does not need in its debut season he said though turtle conservation in goa began in morjim the number of nestings has sharply declined to three or four on an average per season sources said the new crz 2011 was notified in january this year and it has listed the twin beaches of morjim and mandrem in pernem taluka and agonda and galigbaga in canacona taluka as turtle nesting sites goa coastal zone management authority gczma had stepped in with a circular under the provisions of the new regime and banned beach parties of any nature in these four spots other than traditional or religious festivals no beach parties can be held here as these areas have been notified under the wildlife protection act 1972 gczma member secretary michael dsouza said gczma had shot off a nononsense circular to tourism department north and south goa collectors deputy collectors of pernem and canacona chief electrical engineer and superintendents of police sps north and south on november 4 2011 the circular which included aspects about the ban on beach parties in turtle nesting sites and also guidelines for beach shacks operating along the 105km coastline was followed by another circular on december 1 1011 reiterating the same points this was to stress the importance of following the guidelines dsouza added the government agencies especially tourism department which grants licences to shacks to operate them have been directed that the beach shacks operating on the beach should switch off any artificial or laser lighting or any other lighting on these beaches by 9pm similarly all sounds will have to be put off by 8pm a source said the pr agency for the organizers could not be contacted despite repeated attempts on a blog the organizers had promised twodays of powerpacked music and dance and heart pumping fashion shows