Team Herald
PONDA: The Bandora gram sabha on Sunday passed a resolution asking the panchayat and the Sewerage and Infrastructural Development Corporation of Goa Ltd (SIDCGL) to stop the ongoing road digging work for laying sewerage lines, construction of septic tanks in the village till such time when the SIDCGL shows the place where it plans to set up for a treatment plant.
The villagers of Undir in Bandora have been agitating, since last year, against plans to build a sewerage treatment plant in residential area at Undir. The people fear that pollution from the plant would affect their health. The gram sabha has also passed several resolutions against setting up a sewerage treatment plant in residential area at Undir.
Accordingly, the panchayat had sent a letter to SIDCGL asking the agency to stop work of road digging for laying sewerage lines and constructing septic tanks.
However, since the SIDCGL failed stop work, the gram sabha passed a resolution asking the agency to stop the ongoing work of laying sewerage lines until a new place is found for locating the plant.
