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MARGAO
Are Margao city fathers really serious about implementing its decision on segregation of waste at source, beginning from February 1?
Consider this. It’s now exactly a fortnight since all the 25 councillors were requested on January 7 to compile data of the number of households and establishments in their respective wards, including housing societies, bulk waste generators, hotels, eateries and institutions.
The compilation of data was ordered by the civic body in the presence of the Director of Municipal Administration R Menaka to get an insight into the number of establishments located in the city in order to make infrastructural provisions required for the segregation of waste at source.
DMA Menaka had a meeting with the Margao city fathers after she personally came to the civic body on
January 7.
Chairperson Babita Angle Prabhudesai had set a week’s deadline for the councillors to submit the data of their respective wards.
A fortnight later, The Goan understands that only eight out of the total 25 city fathers have submitted their data to the municipality.
The Chairperson Babita went into a damage control mode by maintaining the remaining councillors are expected to submit their data in a day or two.
Not taking chances, more so with the city fathers playing truant, the MMC administration has dispatched a provisional list of requirements to the DMA’s office on Monday after Menaka called for the list from the civic body.
“We have submitted a provisional list of the requirements concerning bins for households, housing societies and establishments. The final list will go to the DMA’s office after the civic body receives the data from all the 25 city fathers,” informed a municipal official in the know.
The MMC Chairperson, however, pointed out that though eight councillors
have so far submitted their data, she expects the remaining ones to do so within a day or two.
“So far, we have received the data from the councillors mostly representing the Fatorda area of the civic body. I have personally asked some of the councillors to
submit their data on utmost priority,” the Chairperson said, while virtually conceding that the civic body is running out of time to implement the waste segregation at source from February 1.
