Environmentalists must wake up and counter whether there is any impact of sewage discharge in Mandovi River. I don't agree with the statement that was made in Rajya Sabba. According to me the STP plant in St Inez Tonca is overloaded with the sewage tankers coming from various sources like 5-star hotels and offshore casinos. This pollution can be verified by renowned agencies and National Institute of Oceanography.
I have inspected the STP plant and found the sewage tankers are discharging sewage in the STP plant and found overloaded beyond the capacity of the plant and excess is discharged into the creek which leads to Mandovi River. Also when I wanted to inspect the sewage from casinos being loaded via supply boats at platform jetty I was not allowed to verify and was stopped by security at the Captain of Ports jetty.It is very clear that the St Inez Creek water is polluted with sewage coming from various sources such as high rise buildings, migrants housing and overloaded STP plant. That means the reporting to Rajya Sabha by vested interests needs to be further verified to substantiate that claim.
