Colva VP serves show cause notices on 6 establishments
HERALD REPORTER
MARGAO, MARCH 31
The Colva village Panchayat has cracked a whip against hotels and establishments for discharging their sewage and waste waters in the open drains.
Taking serious note of the waste water discharge in the storm water drains as highlighted by local NGOs, the Panchayat has served notices on six establishments to show cause why action should not be initiated against them for causing nuisance.
Incidentally, two of the establishments have denied their hand in the discharge of the waste waters in the drain, while the remaining hotels are yet to reply to the notices.
In the meantime, the Panchayat has decided to write to the Health Services to inspect the premises of the concerned establishments to ascertain the discharge of waste water and the health hazard and nuisance caused to the village.
Panchayat secretary informed that the Health Department is being approached by the Panchayat given the technical issues involved in the matter.
Local NGOs including the Colva Civic and Consumer Forum had petitioned to the Colva Panchayat to serve notices on the hotels and establishments responsible for discharging the sewage and waste waters in the storm drains.
In fact, it was pointed out that the situation has reached alarming proportions in the backyard of some of the hotels in the absence of common sewage treatment plant in the village.
Complaint are galore that waste water flows down into the storm water drains before emptying into the water creek at the entrance to the world famous Colva beach.
Incidentally, the Goa State Pollution Control Board had recently ordered closure of a hotel in Colva for violating the sanitary conditions and causing pollution in the area by the discharge of waste waters.
