PANAJI
Union AYUSH Minister Shripad Naik on Saturday led a delegation comprising villagers of Old Goa and members of Pornem Goencho Nagrik Monch (PGNM) which submitted a written representation to Chief Minister Pramod Sawant voicing their continued opposition to the proposed garbage treatment plant at Bainguinim.
The group of around 10 persons met the CM and reiterated their apprehensions and concerns about having a garbage treatment plant in the vicinity of a UNESCO world heritage site.
Shripad is the second prominent BJP leader to stand up with the villagers against his own party's government, the first being Cumbarjua MLA Pandurang Madkaikar.
President Of PGNM Ambar Amonkar informed that the delegation along with AYUSH Minister Shripad Naik and ZP candidate Siddesh Naik submitted memorandum with signatures of residents from Old Goa to CM opposing the proposed garbage treatment plant.
