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After suffering from garbage stench for over a month, vigilant villagers of Ambaulim successfully nabbed the culprit found dumping garbage in their village.
After authorities washed their hands off to remove the illegally dumped garbage in their village, the residents decided to maintain a chain vigil around the clock and at around 4 am caught red-handed a truck dumping garbage near the roadside in their village.
Later, the truck driver along with the supervisor in the truck were arrested by the police and the truck was also attached.
Around a month ago, villagers of Tank-Ambaulim in Quepem were in for a rude shock one early morning when they found a heap of unsegregated garbage dumped near the roadside in their village.
Within a few days, more garbage was found dumped at the site. The villagers tried contacting various authorities to get the garbage removed, but no one was ready to do so, on grounds that they were not aware who was responsible for dumping the garbage.
Meantime, tempers were running high as some cattle died after eating the unsegregated garbage. The villagers then decided to keep a round-the-clock vigil and successfully managed to catch the culprit red-handed.
The truck driver reportedly confessed that he had been bringing garbage from Vasco and that, he had dumped the garbage 3-4 times at the site. The driver was accompanied by a person said to be the supervisor, who was allegedly monitoring the dumping of garbage.
Angry villagers demanded that the person who gave them instructions to throw garbage in their village be brought to the site. The supervisor and the driver assured to remove all garage which they had thrown in their village.
On receiving information, Quepem Police rushed on the site and took control of the situation. The police pacified the villages and took the two accused to Quepem police station, where they were later arrested.
According to sources, an agency involved in collecting garbage from some place in Vasco has been accused of dumping garbage at various places at night. Quepem Police are further investigating the matter.
