Mauvin leading effort for garbage treatment plant

Mauvin leading effort for garbage treatment plant
HERALD REPROTER
VASCO, JULY 17
At a time when most panchayats are struggling to dispose off their garbage due to lack of a disposal site, Deputy Speaker and Cortalim MLA Mauvin Godinho has taken an initiative to set up a garbage treatment plant to cater to all six panchayats in Mormugao taluka.
A meeting of various State government heads, Central government officials, elected representatives from six different panchayats from Mormugao taluka, NGOs and social workers was convened on Saturday morning to work out a short, medium and long term solution to tackle garbage and maintain cleanliness in the taluka.
Godinho said he has plans to set up a garbage treatment plant for six panchayats and added that Chief Minister Digamber Kamat had agreed to allot land either at the Sancoale industrial estate or Verna industrial estate.
“We have been pursuing this matter continuously for some time and this plan should be finalized within the next three months,” added Godinho.
He said a large chunk of land has been acquired by GIDC at Verna Industrial Estate, as he had demanded 50,000 sq mtrs for the garbage plant.
“I have sought an additional 50,000 sq mtrs to ensure that half the area is covered by trees to cover the garbage treatment plant and to avoid any foul odor at the site,” said the deputy speaker.
He informed that the Airports Authority of India does not want the garbage treatment plant to be set up within a 10-km radius of the airport, which covers almost the whole of his constituency, because of bird hits that could pose a serious threat to planes. As a result, most panchayats in the vicinity have been struggling to find a garbage disposal site in the area.
“The new garbage plant would even cater to Vasco town, as its existing garbage treatment plant is in a mess and large heaps of garbage accumulated at the plant is seeping into the sea,” said Godinho.
He announced that a massive plastic cleanliness drive along the Chicalim garden, Airport junction, MES college junction and Meta Copper Alloy, Sancoale, would be carried on July 31 from 9 am, with the participation of villagers, elected representatives, school students and NGOs.