https://heraldgoa.in/review/no-more-sonsoddo-please/216198
No more SONSODDO please!
The Bombay High Court at Goa in 2022 had directed that 15 panchayats, who hadn’t set up material recovery facilities (MRF) for garbage segregation, be barred from issuing new construction licences until they comply with orders of the High Court. When the long-pending petitions concerning solid waste management in the state were taken up, Amicus Curiae Norma Alvares brought to the notice of the court that as per the report dated December 12, 2021, filed by the Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC), 15 Village Panchayats — Gaondongri, Assolda, Xeldem, Naqueri-Betul, Morpila, Kalem, Tivrem-Orgao, Curti-Khandepar, Shiroda, Cundaim, Chinchinim-Deussua, Seraulim, Loutolim, Sarzora and Raia had not set up MRFs and they did not have any temporary shed for collection and storage of the waste in their jurisdiction. Last year, the High Court imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on Aldona Sarpanch for filing a false affidavit and neglecting to set up a mandatory MRF at the Panchayat. JULIO D’SILVA takes a stock of the progress made by the village panchayats in the State regarding setting up of MRF facilities for garbage segregation since then and how much time it will take to implement the court’s directives for waste segregation
