On January 1, a walk onto the Colva beach and its creek and beach square was an extremely upsetting experience. Garbage/glass bottles/plastics (including cups and cutlery) etc all over the place coupled with a horrible sewage flow from the polluted creek into the main beach area, courtesy those restaurants/eateries/hotels releasing sewage without fear into the creek. Is the Goa State Pollution Control board in hibernation mode ? And this is something thing which we witness in Colva for past so many years. Is it really difficult for the Colva Panchayat and the Tourism Dept to coordinate and put simple things like dustbins at least at these peak times and organize hourly cleanups at least on such days. Where are all the fees/taxes collected by the panchayat and Tourism dept going ? Needless to say this is a common thing on most prominent beaches in Goa. The Goa government boasts that it spends thousands of crores on new development but cannot spend comparatively small amounts on such basics. Surely this can’t be the way to attract premium tourists but of course a way to attract low grade tourists.
