It is learnt that in a fresh bid to address the dark spots in the commercial capital, Margao, the civic body may go for two garbage suction machines one each for Margao and Fatorda at the cost of Rs 29 lakh each. The drawback with these suction machines is that they do not have an inbuilt mechanism to segregate wet waste from the dry waste. Dark spots are an issue all across the state. Despite the door-to-door collection of garbage, people still dump their garbage at these dark spots. It is learnt that in Margao the door-to-door waste collection tender mandates the contractors to clean up the dark spots as part of the operations. These waste collection workers have to segregate the waste at the dark spots before sending them to the garbage dump. Collecting garbage from the dark spots is not a permanent solution to the problem. The more effective way of getting rid of the dark spots would be to convert them into “beauty spots”. These spots need to be beautified with potted plants and even benches could be put up for the people to sit and relax along with fencing.
