Margao and Mormugao, being the largest municipal councils, received seven trucks each. The trucks were distributed by Urban Development Minister Francis D’Souza.
These tippers have been provided under Swacch Bharat Nital Goem Mission to municipal councils for collection of solid waste in the towns.
On the occasion, D’Souza said that the revenue generation and recovery are major issues plaguing many municipalities in the State.
“Several municipalities have no effective work on revenue collection and regeneration. It has been nine months since the councils took over, but the revenue collection is low and are not doing enough,” D’Souza said.
He also informed that the new municipal Act would be tabled in monsoon session of the Assembly and the monitoring committees would also be included in the new Act.
“Ward wise monitoring committees have been included in the new Act. These committees will be giving their ideas on schemes and developments; but they are not statutory committees but recommendatory committees,” the deputy chief minister said.
He said that the new Act would make declaration of assets by councilors mandatory.
On the occasion, Director of Municipal Administration Elvis Gomes said that Swacch Bharat requires lot of time and effort and its success depends on the work and effort put in by the municipalities.
Margao civic chief Babita Angle Prabhudessai expressed her unhappiness over the failure in collecting 100% segregated garbage and demanded that there has to be a check on the garbage coming to towns from adjoining villages.
“Lots of scientific processes are being worked out at Sonsodo and we have almost finalised the outsourcing of the garbage collection,” Babita said.
Meanwhile, Sanquelim civic chief Dharmesh Saglani complained that the resolutions taken by the municipality are not executed at all levels of the administration. “Why no action has been taken against the engineers and administration who failed to execute the works and resolution?” he asked.
