Madel locals up in arms over dumping of construction debris
Unloading of construction debris at Madel witnessed an uproar on Thursday with local residents demanding to know whether the low-lying fields, acquired by the Margao Municipality for parking, has become the dumping ground for the city's waste and debris.
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Local resident Milagres Fernandes sought to know the rationale behind dumping the waste and debris in the low-lying acquired fields without taking any safeguards. He pointed out that the waste and debris is being dumped in the fields by throwing all norms to the winds. Council Angelis Pereira, representing Pajifond ward, who had come to the spot, had to face the ire of the local resident, holding him responsible for dumping the waste from his ward. Angelis, however, clarified that no waste from his ward had come to Madel, adding that only a truck load of construction debris was unloaded at the site as per the nod from the Margao Municipal Council. "I had sent a truck load of construction debris at the site since the land is being filled up for vehicular parking. No other waste from my ward has come to Madel," Angelis clarified.
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's promise to work out a monetary package to look after ageing cows may have found many takers. But, will the present government authorities work out a solution and help the local bodies tide over the problem with stray cattle virtually laying a siege on the NH-17 passing through the villages of Chinchinim and Sarzora, besides the Cuncolim Municipal Council?
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Published Jul 28, 2017, 4:48 AM IST
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MARGAO Stray cattle holding motorists to ransom along the Cuncolim-Sarzora-Dandeavaddo-Chinchinim National highway stretch is an open secret. Road accidents have not been uncommon on this stretch of the NH-17 with the stray cattle laying a siege along the entire stretch. Sadly, successive governments have utterly failed to address the issue, with the authorities only passing the buck on the local bodies to take care of the strays. Take the recent correspondence received by…
