MAPUSA
After a lull of couple of months, complaints of loud music have begun to surface once again along the coastal belt in Vagator.
On Sunday, members at the Anjuna gram sabha expressed concern against music being played loudly and much beyond the stipulated time.
"There is so much noise pollution along the Vagator-Ozrant coast. The music played loudly goes on till late in the night and sometimes drags on till the wee hours of the next day," said Julie Fernandes.
Besides disturbing the sleep of senior citizens, Fernandes said school children find it difficult to focus
on studies. "We know everyone has to do something for a living. But at least spare us the noise by maintaining the sound within the permissible limits," she opined.
Seconding Fernandes was Balbhim Malvankar who said loud music has become a curse along the Anjuna-Vagator coastal belt.
He said police and officials concerned refuse to take calls against sound pollution. "It appears noise pollution is here to stay, no matter which government comes to power," Malvankar said.
A local resident, Pradeep Harmalkar, who earlier moved a resolution thanking local MLA Vinoda Paliencar for not allowing trance music also acknowledged the return of loud music along the Vagator coast.
Nodding to the concern of the gram sabha members, Sarpanch, Savio Almeida said the panchayat will write to the authorities concerned regarding the issue.
"That's the least we can do as a local body. The government should take action against law breakers," Almeida said.
Raising the issue of controversial construction activities taking place from hill top to Vazran hill, Pradeep Harmalkar questioned whether the panchayat was planning to take any action against these.
On cleanliness and the panchayat's failure to place garbage bins at every street corner, Harmalkar wondered what were the plans of the sarpanch to make the village garbage-free.
The sarpanch said the panchayat has organized a cleanliness drive from August 14 to 21 in all the 11 wards of the village.
He also said the panchayat has obtained technical approval to procure 3,500 dustbins which is awaiting nod from the Directorate of Panchayats.
Highlighting the mess labourers create at construction sites, Siddhesh Prabhu informed that many of these labourers go to answer nature's call in private properties. "The panchayat should ensure that all these labourers have proper health cards as they are carriers of malaria parasite," he said.
He also stated that day-to-day garbage collection was not taking place properly and those who were entrusted to collect waste came only after two weeks.
The sarpanch informed that the panchayat along with the health authorities took steps to create awareness and prevent malaria and other water-borne diseases in the monsoon.
After a lull of couple of months, complaints of loud music have begun to surface once again along the coastal belt in Vagator.
On Sunday, members at the Anjuna gram sabha expressed concern against music being played loudly and much beyond the stipulated time.
"There is so much noise pollution along the Vagator-Ozrant coast. The music played loudly goes on till late in the night and sometimes drags on till the wee hours of the next day," said Julie Fernandes.
Besides disturbing the sleep of senior citizens, Fernandes said school children find it difficult to focus
on studies. "We know everyone has to do something for a living. But at least spare us the noise by maintaining the sound within the permissible limits," she opined.
Seconding Fernandes was Balbhim Malvankar who said loud music has become a curse along the Anjuna-Vagator coastal belt.
He said police and officials concerned refuse to take calls against sound pollution. "It appears noise pollution is here to stay, no matter which government comes to power," Malvankar said.
A local resident, Pradeep Harmalkar, who earlier moved a resolution thanking local MLA Vinoda Paliencar for not allowing trance music also acknowledged the return of loud music along the Vagator coast.
Nodding to the concern of the gram sabha members, Sarpanch, Savio Almeida said the panchayat will write to the authorities concerned regarding the issue.
"That's the least we can do as a local body. The government should take action against law breakers," Almeida said.
Raising the issue of controversial construction activities taking place from hill top to Vazran hill, Pradeep Harmalkar questioned whether the panchayat was planning to take any action against these.
On cleanliness and the panchayat's failure to place garbage bins at every street corner, Harmalkar wondered what were the plans of the sarpanch to make the village garbage-free.
The sarpanch said the panchayat has organized a cleanliness drive from August 14 to 21 in all the 11 wards of the village.
He also said the panchayat has obtained technical approval to procure 3,500 dustbins which is awaiting nod from the Directorate of Panchayats.
Highlighting the mess labourers create at construction sites, Siddhesh Prabhu informed that many of these labourers go to answer nature's call in private properties. "The panchayat should ensure that all these labourers have proper health cards as they are carriers of malaria parasite," he said.
He also stated that day-to-day garbage collection was not taking place properly and those who were entrusted to collect waste came only after two weeks.
The sarpanch informed that the panchayat along with the health authorities took steps to create awareness and prevent malaria and other water-borne diseases in the monsoon.
