Terming the Sonsodo garbage dump site cleaning work as illegal and hazardous, the United Goa Foundation (UGF) warned that the mud dumped from the site at Fatorda would create health hazard and urged the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) to step in to ensure the safety of Goans and survival of Goenkarponn.
Ashish Kamat of UGF said that the so called extension was a fraud as no tenders were issued to carry out the work at Sonsoddo which was an illegality.
Tender for carrying out bioremediation of the garbage dump site at Sonsoddo was even awarded earlier till the MMC raised some objections and argued that maybe the said contractor who had bagged this tender would have done the work at a lesser price.
GSPCB inspected the Madel open space followed by a complaint by the UGF
The GSPCB official went to the Sonsoddo dump and took samples of the mud there.
Engineer Shashank Dessai said, “There is no sought permission on record by GSIDC as far as our office is concerned.”
