MARGAO
A day after The Goan exposed how the Margao Municipal Council has failed to adhere to the undertakings on setting fire mechanism at Sonsodo, the Shadow Council for Margao has appealed to the High Court to appoint an independent commissioner to submit an actual status report on the waste management system of the Margao Municipal Council.
Strongly condemning the Margao Municipal Council and the concerned authorities for their repeated failures to meet assurances given to the High Court, Shadow Council for Margao stated that it was time for the High Court to realise that these unconcerned authorities are only wasting precious time of the court, by giving false submissions. “The actual picture and status at Sonsodo is far different than what is portrayed on paper to the Court, SCM convener Savio Coutinho charged.
He said the SCM and concerned citizens of Margao and Fatorda have umpteen number of times attempted to draw the facts before the High Court.
“All through we have the Council invoke that the High Court is monitoring the works of waste management. However this statement about High Court monitoring is only when they have to push forth a dubious scam of theirs, Coutinho said. He added: We had raised the door-to-door waste collection scam which was the root cause of accumulation of waste at Sonsodo, as the waste delivered could not be treated due to its mixed nature.
The SCM convener charged that emergency like situations are deliberately created so that the vested interests can push forward their dubious schemes of expenditures by following short cut methods without following codal formalities, and awarding works to handpicked contractors and agencies, who will in return take care of the interests of their masters.
The SCM has hoped that the High Court takes a serious view of the actual facts with respect to the waste management at Sonsodo, lest the matter before the Court will be a never ending one; and will only waste the precious time of the court.
