MARGAO: Goa Forward Party President Vijai Sardesai on Friday accused the BJP government of playing politics with the issue of clearing the Sonsoddo garbage dump site.
He also pointed out that the government has been caught napping by the second wave of coronavirus infections.
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Speaking to the media persons, Vijai said it is indeed quite an irony that while the Central Board of Secondary Education has cancelled or postponed the SSC and HSSC exams in the State, the government wants to have these exams offline neglecting the students demand to have them online.
“The Centralised manner of dealing with COVID-19 has resulted in India recording the highest number of cases as the infection rate is now at 28 per cent,” he said and added that he supported Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s demand that the vaccination age be lowered as 65 per cent of the new infections are in the age group of 35 years.
Vijai also accused the BJP government of using the Sonsoddo garbage dump yard to play politics and wondered why it has not been cleared as yet even though Margao Municipal Council has paid Rs 42 crore to the Solid Waste Management Corporation to clear it.
He said garbage treatment has totally failed in Margao which generates every day 75 tonnes of dry waste and an equal amount of wet waste. “The wet waste is proving to be a problem as the Winrow Composting System adopted has totally failed.”
“”It takes 45 days for the wet waste to be treated in this manner and after some time it starts smelling and therefore what is required is a system that will treat the garbage within 24 hours so that there is no odour generated,” he said.
Vijai added that this is the reason why the MMC decided to set up seven bio-methanation plants each of which would clear five tonnes of wet waste every day.
