SANGUEM
Sanguem Deputy Collector Sagar Gaude and Sanguem Mamlatdar Manoj Korgaonkar have directed Water Resources Department (WRD) officials to place restrictions on visitors in the backwaters of Selaulim Dam at Curdi village with immediate effect.
The officials took the decision following many complaints that miscreants had been visiting Curdi village and were leaving behind waste, including empty plastic bags, cans and bottles.
They inspected the site on Thursday and later met with WRD Assistant Engineer Jason Menezes and asked him to take precautionary measures, since the garbage would lead to severe problems at the Selaulim Water Treatment Plant, as all waste would finally land in the Selaulim water from where water is supplied to the Water Treatment Plant.
They also pointed out people visiting Curdi had not been following Covid-related SOPs and this could lead to an outbreak of Covid cases in the locality.
As precautionary measures, WRD officials were directed to erect barriers on all roads leading to Curdi village, which is visited by a large number of people between April and June.
Meanwhile, the officials also laid to rest an issue pertaining to religious celebrations by a community at Angadi ward of Curdi village.
A video of a community performing prayers at Angadi ward had gone viral and officials went to investigate in the incident.
Inquiries by officials revealed that some families were residing in Angadi ward much before the construction of Selaulim Dam and were conducting regular prayers though these families did not have a place of worship.
Since the last few years, these families also started holding their prayers at Angadi-Kurdi once in a year, as is done by people of other religions.
“The original families who resided at Angadi are now rehabilitated at Valkini Colony No 1 in Sanguem,” informed a villager, Manoj Paryekar.
