TEAM HERALD
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PORVORIM: Stating that the State government will set up a garbage plant each for north and south Goa, Minister for Environment and Forest Alina Saldanha also highlighted the importance of segregating garbage at home.
“One can see heaps of garbage in every nook and corner of the State and Goa is drowning in garbage,” remarked the minister after laying the foundation stone of Garbage Treatment Plant at Penha da Franca village.
Emphasising the importance of segregating garbage at home, Saldanha said people should treat the State as their big home and should ensure that garbage is disposed off properly.
“The need of the hour is to segregate garbage at home. Wet garbage can be disposed off within the compound wall of the building or house, while dry garbage can be collected by the panchayat,” she said.
Aldona MLA Glen Ticlo commended the Penha-da-Franca panchayt for taking initiative to set up a garbage treatment plant and he said this would motivate other panchayats to follow in a similar manner.
Earlier, the sarpanch of Penha-da-Franca Panchayat thanked the Goa Housing Board for offering 1,000 sq. mtrs to set up the garbage treatment plant.
