PANJIM: Drishti Marine has stated that it has ramped up the beach cleaning facilities by deploying additional resources keeping in mind the New Year celebrations.
“Goa is one of the most preferred destinations for New Year celebrations. The beaches attract thousands of party revelers each year. That also leads to an increase in garbage. With this in mind, we have deployed additional resources at the popular beaches – Baga, Calangute, Candolim and Colva. The teams will work round-the-clock to ensure that the beaches are kept free of garbage and to ensure that collection from shacks is done within the stipulated time,” Ravi Shankar, CEO, Drishti Marine said in a press statement issued on Friday.
It’s been a year since Drishti Marine was roped in by the State government in an effort to improve the cleanliness on Goa’s beaches. Since then the agency has mobilised manpower and equipment for clearing garbage from the beaches of Goa which is then transported to the Saligao Waste Management plant.
Drishti Marine has also implemented a unique public awareness campaign #TeraMeraBeach aimed at visitors coming to Goa especially domestic visitors. #TeraMeraBeach is a 150-day beach awareness campaign to a cleaner Goa which was rolled out in mid-November. The campaign involves daily drum circles held between 4.30 pm and 5.30 pm every day and a community art installation. The innovative campaign is presently run at Baga and will eventually spread across Baga, Calangute and Miramar beaches.
Since December 17, 2016 till December 17, 2017, the agency has collected and transported 10,72,230 kgs of garbage from along the State’s coast and cleaned the beaches.
The agency has an existing framework which includes infrastructure and management capability to effectively carry out the exercise along the beaches. Presently, Drishti Marine employs 322 workers on a daily basis to clear the garbage from the beaches.
