PANJIM: Taking note of the measures taken by the Margao Municipal Council towards garbage handling at the Sonsoddo garbage treatment site, the High Court of Bombay at Goa on Monday lifted restrictions and permitted the municipality to issue construction licences to only single dwelling units, which are individual houses that are being constructed by an individuals.
Hearing a public interest litigation writ petition filed by Citizens For Sonsoddo, the Court also allowed the Margao municipal council to grant renewal of licences. But the Court did not allow the council to issue construction licences to multi dwelling and multi storied buildings for now.
In July this year, the Division Bench of High Court had asked the Margao municipal council not to issue any fresh construction licence till the date of next hearing regarding the Sonsoddo garbage dump site.
During the last hearing, the Goa waste Management Corporation (GWMC) had filed a status report in the Court stating that it had started transporting 20 MT of wet waste from the Sonsoddo garbage dump site to the Cacora Solid Waste Management (SWM) facility on a daily basis from September 1.
On the other hand, the Margao Municipal Council has also issued necessary work orders to install fire hydrants at the Sonsoddo site.
