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Banguinim plant will not be scrapped. That's our dream- Sanjit

The first document on top of a small heap of important files on the table of CCP Commissioner Sanjit Rodrigues, is a project report of the Bangunim Plant.

It’s a neat folder with precise colour drawings of the workprocess at the plant. It outlines how plastic, paper , glass will be treated atone level, organic waste at another, wood chips at the third and constructiondebris at the forth layer.

“I believe in segregation. So does Patricia. She hasmisunderstood the Chief Minister. I agree Panjimhas gone too far down the segregation route to think of treating garbage in amixed manner. But what about the rest of Goa which will take time to catch upwith Panjim”

Rodrigues, credited for introducing door to door segregatedcollection  in Panjim,  said “ We need to collect waste form theshacks all over Bardez and Pernem and form elsewhere. The government can’t waitfor people to segregate there. Garbage has to bepicked up and mixed waste is the only solution outside Panjim. Both processeshave to be parallel”

Rodrigues agreed that Patricia’s exit couldn’t have come ata worse time. Barely two days before she quit ,Pinto and Rodrigues had met to further planning work on the Bainguinim plant. The project report needs her touch and the city residents wants the Nightingale's healing touch to rid their town of the mess and stink. 

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Panjim champion cleaner bows out

Patricia Pinto quits as CCP councilor over government's reported decision to scrap the Bainguinim plant

Arpita Srivastava / The Goan
Published Aug 8, 2012, 2:29 PM IST
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Panjim champion cleaner bows out

Patricia Pinto, Panjim’s Florence Nightingale who nursed her town to rid it of its garbage scientifically has given up. Co-opted corporator of the CCP, Patricia Pinto who had single handedly steered a permanent solution to Panjim’s garbage woes has resigned from her position on Tuesday.Mayor of the corporation, Vaidheyi Naikand Commissioner Sanjit Rodgrigues has confirmed that Ms. Pinto has resigned aftershe served for CCP 17 months. Vaidehi Naik, Mayor of CCP said that…

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