MARGAO
Residents of Benaulim, who stay in the close vicinity of the Benaulim panchayat building called on the Benaulim Deputy Sarpanch, Nilesh Prabhudessai on Wednesday morning over the panchayat’s proposed move to install machinery to treat wet garbage.
The residents claimed the work of constructing Material Recovery Facility for dry waste is currently going on. Led by Remedious Pinto, the residents had earlier submitted a representation to relocate the dry waste sorting centre in Dec 2019 to another suitable location considering the foul smell that is emanating from the waste and particularly due to previous incidents of waste catching fire.
When a resident, Matheus Fernandes requested to put on hold the installation of the machinery till a new location is identified, the Deputy Sarpanch claimed that the panchayat has got all the necessary permissions and will go ahead with the machinery.
Residents are now weighing options of taking legal route.
