MARGAO
Congress leader Moreno Rebello has said that the hundreds of sachets of gutkha strewn on Colva and Calangute beaches and piles of garbage collected during the beach cleaning drive undertaken as a part of India’s G20 Presidency have once again confirmed that there is a complete collapse of law and order and scam in the beach cleaning contract.
He said the BJP government under Chief Minister Pramod Sawant is promoting the gutka mafia in Goa.
Reacting to the event organised by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences, the Department of Environment and Climate Change, the Goa State Biodiversity Board and the Goa State Climate Change Cell on Sunday, May 21, 2023, Moreno Rebelo stated that “Mission Total Commission” of the BJP government has completely ruined the beautiful State of Goa.
"The BJP government is spending almost Rs 35 crore on the beach cleaning contract. Unfortunately, piles of garbage are collected on the beaches every time a beach cleaning drive is undertaken by NGOs and other social organisations. This happens because the contractor is not doing his job satisfactorily," Moreno stated.
He said there is a complete ban on the sale and consumption of gutka in the State, but gutka sachets were found in large quantities along the beach belt.
"This exposes that the Health Department is in connivance with the gutka stocks in Goa. The BJP government is all out to finish the young generation," said Moreno.
He said it is a shame that the G20 Presidency had to undertake the beach cleaning drive in Goa when the government is spending crores of rupees on the beach cleaning contract.
"Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte should feel ashamed of the fact that noted Comedian Bharti Singh in a way exposed the failure of the government to maintain the beaches in Goa," stated Moreno.
