MARGAO
With Covid cases in the commercial capital rising by the day, the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) is bracing up for the worst, to sanitize the residential houses and public places and to take care of the Municipal front line workers to ensure that basic services such as garbage collection and disposal remains unaffected.
Chief Officer Agnelo Fernandes has also made a fervent plea to Madgaonkars not to panic, saying the markets and essential goods and services will remain open. He appealed to the people to stay indoors during the period of lockdown to break the Covid chain and stop the further spread of the virus.
The MMC has constituted two teams of workers to carry out sanitization of the public places as well as housing societies where Covid has raised its ugly head. The teams have already sanitized a couple of public buildings, including the district Collectorate, where a host of COVID positive cases were detected in the last couple of days.
The MMC has also decided to streamline collection of garbage and waste from residential houses which has reported Covid cases. The Chief Officer informed that civic workers had been handing over a bag to the houses and apartments where COVID has been reported and the same is collected after 17 days.
Chief Officer Agnelo also disclosed plans to equip the Municipal front line workers, especially those engaged in garbage collection and disposal with Covid safety kits. “It is essential that we take care of our front line workers so that the basic Municipal services such as collection and disposal of waste is not affected by the prevailing situation”, he said.
To a query, whether the Municipal markets, New market and the Gandhi market will remain closed during the lockdown, the Chief Officer said his office has been waiting for an order from the district Collector, South how to go about the situation.
