MARGAO
While Colva panchayat has kicked off its door-to-door waste collection programme, beginning with the first ward represented by Village Sarpanch Anthony Mama Fernandes, the Cavelossim panchayat along with other village institutions carried out a regular monthly garbage (plastic) drive in the panchayat jurisdiction.
At Colva, Sarpanch Anthony Fernandes told The Goan that the panchayat has roped in a private contractor to carry out the door-to-door waste collection exercise. "We have started the dri
ve from the first ward represented by me. The drive will begin in the second ward from Wednesday and the exercise will continue till all the wards are covered under the door-to-door waste collection programme," he said.
Replying to a question, the Sarpanch said that the contractor will initially collect the waste from the wards once a week, adding ‘depending upon the success of the programme, we will see whether the drive can be carried out thrice a week."
At Cavelossim, considered the hub of starred resorts, a regular monthly garbage (plastic) collection drive was carried out by Cavelossim panchayat along with other institutions from the village on Sunday.
Newly-elected Sarpanch Dionisio Dias along with panch members kicked off the day-long exercise at 10 am before culminating the drive in the evening. Desmond Dias (panch), Francis Rodrigues, Viriato Mendes and Serafino Cotta participated in the collection drive.
The waste collection drive had figured prominently at the Cavelossim gram sabha wherein members had called for sustained efforts to tackle the menace. Sarpanch Dionisio told The Goan that the panchayat would streamline the waste collection system in the village and would also install CCTV cameras at designated places to keep the miscreants dumping waste along the roadsides at bay.
Replying to a question, the Sarpanch said that the contractor will initially collect the waste from the wards once a week, adding ‘depending upon the success of the programme, we will see whether the drive can be carried out thrice a week."
At Cavelossim, considered the hub of starred resorts, a regular monthly garbage (plastic) collection drive was carried out by Cavelossim panchayat along with other institutions from the village on Sunday.
Newly-elected Sarpanch Dionisio Dias along with panch members kicked off the day-long exercise at 10 am before culminating the drive in the evening. Desmond Dias (panch), Francis Rodrigues, Viriato Mendes and Serafino Cotta participated in the collection drive.
The waste collection drive had figured prominently at the Cavelossim gram sabha wherein members had called for sustained efforts to tackle the menace. Sarpanch Dionisio told The Goan that the panchayat would streamline the waste collection system in the village and would also install CCTV cameras at designated places to keep the miscreants dumping waste along the roadsides at bay.
