Over the years successive governments have miserably abdicated in their bounden duty to address the issue of garbage disposal. Now people have been dumping their waste all over even throwing it brazenly in our rivers and lakes. The gravity of the situation has been highlighted by our High Court consistently over the last few years. It has even necessitated the creation of a Ministry for Waste Management. The flow of high-end tourists into Goa has been adversely affected on account of our towns, villages and even the beaches being inundated with garbage. Over the last few years the Tourism department has spent crores on so called beach cleaning. Goa needs three or four more garbage disposal plants to ensure proper handling of garbage across the State. Effective Garbage disposal needs a complete and total solution. Furthermore, it needs a programme of education with clearly laid down procedures for the people. There must also be effective honest policing of the guidelines coupled with punitive action for persistent wrongdoers. All this necessitates a sizable investment from the Government which must be fully utilized for the purpose intended and is an investment worth making.
