Panaji

With the monsoon expected to arrive in Goa soon, the state government today issued an advisory asking tourists to refrain from swimming in sea waters along the beaches for four months starting tomorrow.

The tourism department issued a circular asking all shack owners to dismantle their structures on the beaches.

It also asked the private lifeguard agency, which has been manning the state’s beaches, to put up signboards marking the waters as ‘no swimming’ zones.

The department has formed teams to ensure that shacks are removed from the beaches and signboards are installed to warn tourists against venturing in the sea.