The garbage black spot at Aquem-Rawanfond on fire on Tuesday evening. Captured by : Santosh Mirajkar
MARGAO
Thick black smoked billowed near the Rawanfond bridge as hundreds of tons of garbage dumped at the black spot along the ring road was set afire on Tuesday evening.
As the dump was engulfed by fire, a fire tender rushed to the spot to bring the fire under control, but many a question remains unanswered, including the question whether the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) will pull up the civic body as per the NGT’s polluter pays principle.
Take note the ring road at Aquem-Rawanfond has been a black spot over the years, which has become difficult for the civic body to handle. Questions are raised why the Margao Municipality had allowed the waste to take the shape of a dump, indicating that the civic body did not collect the waste over the last several days.
Questions have bene further raised whether the civic body had not been clearing the waste in view of the fact that the Sonsodo waste treatment plant has not been functioning for over a year now.
When contacted, a MMC official said miscreants must have set the waste afire, but questions are being raised how miscreants will benefit out of the fire.
The thick black smoke billowing could be seen from a distance, even as stray cattle, which feast on the waste, were seen amidst the fire.
The Margao Municipal Council had been struggling to handle the black spot at the Aquem-Rawanfond ring road, with waste, including meat waste, from the neighbouring villages had been finding its way into the city over the years.
“This waste comes from the neigbouring villages as unscrupulous vendors dealing with meat, besides others have been used the ring road as a dumping spot for their garbage”, remarked a civic official.
As the dump was engulfed by fire, a fire tender rushed to the spot to bring the fire under control, but many a question remains unanswered, including the question whether the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) will pull up the civic body as per the NGT’s polluter pays principle.
Take note the ring road at Aquem-Rawanfond has been a black spot over the years, which has become difficult for the civic body to handle. Questions are raised why the Margao Municipality had allowed the waste to take the shape of a dump, indicating that the civic body did not collect the waste over the last several days.
Questions have bene further raised whether the civic body had not been clearing the waste in view of the fact that the Sonsodo waste treatment plant has not been functioning for over a year now.
When contacted, a MMC official said miscreants must have set the waste afire, but questions are being raised how miscreants will benefit out of the fire.
The thick black smoke billowing could be seen from a distance, even as stray cattle, which feast on the waste, were seen amidst the fire.
The Margao Municipal Council had been struggling to handle the black spot at the Aquem-Rawanfond ring road, with waste, including meat waste, from the neighbouring villages had been finding its way into the city over the years.
“This waste comes from the neigbouring villages as unscrupulous vendors dealing with meat, besides others have been used the ring road as a dumping spot for their garbage”, remarked a civic official.
