PANJIM: The garbage and debris from the new District and Sessions Court building has been dumped in the low-lying field areas outside the building at Vaddy-Merces by the contractor.
Total packaging material and other waste like wooden packing, thermocol, plastic, etc, have been dumped in the low-lying field area next to the court building. It appears that the government is allowing the contractor to dump the garbage because no authority had bothered to take action against the culprits.
The Merces Village Panchayat has time and again ask the contractor to clear all the waste. Inspections were also held but the contractor paid no need.Since it is a court building, the authorities concerned should intervene in the matter and direct the contractor to clear the dump waste and take suo motu action in the matter, the villagers demanded.
Sarpanch Pramod Kamat said, “We lodged a complaint with Old Goa Police and submitted photos of vehicles throwing debris. The vehicles were caught, but were released later. But nothing happened after that. There is no correspondence after that. We have written to Imagine Panaji Smart City Development Limited and also verbally told Smart City contractors because they are also throwing the debris. We have told them not to throw debris here.”
Former sarpanch and present panchayat member Walter D’Souza said that it was a very serious issue and demanded immediate measures before it turns into a dumping site. He said that more debris and garbage were dumped on Tuesday.
