Panchayats flunk at garbage management
Courtesy : HERALD GOA 13 May 2012
Garbage to be off Goa's beaches by September
2 May 2012 : Headlines India:
Plastic, waste and other forms of garbage will be off Goa's beaches by September says Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.
"By September you won't see garbage on the beaches," Parrikar told reporters at the state secretariat. Goa's main tourism season begins in October and stretches through March. "By May 20, garbage and construction debris will be picked up by PWD (Public Works Department) from national highways and other roads. Goa has to look clean to the lakhs of tourists who come here," he said. He said several sites would be identified to dump the construction debris. Dumper trucks are used to surreptitiously dump along the roads, the waste of demolished homes and commercial structures which make way for new ones. Although illegal, the inability of successive governments to identify zones for the accumulation of such debris has only added to the problem of disposal of non-biodegradable waste. The absence of an effective mechanism to treat biodegradable waste in Goa has also reduced open areas, in its infrastructurally over-burdened coastal areas and towns, to virtual garbage pits.(IANS)Our Hon. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's vision is to make Goa Plastic Free.
But the concerned Government Authorities, Panchayats and Municipalities does not care. They do not want GOA to be Plastic Free.
Here are some glimpses of plastic litter in the paddy fields and by the road sides. (Watch for daily updates. If it is your village please volunteer your self to clean up the litter)
JURISDICTION OF CANACONA
MUNICIPALITY AREA
Cattle eating plastic bags : Palolem Beach Canacona
Plastic carry bags less then 20 microns litter Palolem Beach
Garbage at Palolem Beach
Plastic litter in the paddy fields on the road to
Lalit Resort from Canacona
Plastic litter in the paddy fields at Chawdi Bazar
Plastic litter in the paddy fields at Chawdi Bazar
Plastic litter in the paddy fields at Chawdi Bazar.
Most of the plastic carry bags are below 20 microns.
JURISDICTION OF VILLAGE
PANCHAYAT DAVORLIM AREA
Rain water drain full of plastic waste opp Davorlim Panchayat
Man in Black - Rest in Plastic
On the Ground.....Tree.... Where ever you see.
Very nice thank you for such a nice essay and the photos are too good really we have to free our Goa from plastic not only Goa but all the countries and states so thank you.............
ReplyDeleteThank you Muskan
ReplyDeleteHi Elito,
ReplyDeleteGarbage is a real menace in Goa and its only getting worse. Unless and until people are made aware of ill effects of this menace, unless and until we conduct and promote cleanliness drives, then only Goa will sustain.