SUNDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER 2026

GTDC sulabh toilet polluting Colva creek

Giving credit where due, I commend Colva Sarpanch, respective panchas, and villagers who caught the Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) Sulabh toilet employees discharging raw sewage into the Colva creek and appreciate reports have been filed with the Colva police and relevant authorities.

However, saying all that, it is well known that there is a bleak chance of seeing this issue being resolved, given the high level of apathy/complacency and high corruption in the government administration including the Tourism Department. I suggest that the solution is in taking the matter to courts and making the Tourism Director and Tourism Minister party to the same.

This could be done by (A) people who have businesses or residences in the area. (B) The Panchayat also could do it, but appreciating the politics/intimidation by the administration, this might not be a viable option.


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Kudos to Siolkars for protecting heritage

JERRY FERNANDES, Saligao
Published Mar 15, 2024, 12:26 AM IST
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The High Court's stay on the ongoing felling of trees for road widening in Siolim till March 26 is a small victory for those who have been silently fighting to stop this madness of some vested political interest to turn their village into a concrete jungle under the guise of development.Most politicians have indeed made it a fashion to hypnotise a few gullible poor people from villages to carry such type of destruction everywhere by calling it development. Today, these…

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