This week, I posted online (including on Google Maps) photos of raw sewage/garbage at Colva Creek and the entrance to Colva Beach over quite a significant area, adjacent to the government-constructed toilet block on the beach. Hope the Goa government doesn’t take action against me for spoiling Goa’s image or file some defamation case. In my defence, I would like to mention that there is a High Court order passed on 16th October 2019 with respect to PIL (Writ Petition No. 15 of 2011) asking the Tourism Department to take charge and work with stakeholders, including GSPCB, Health Department, Colva Panchayat, and Colva Police, to address the menace.
The Goa Chief Minister, Tourism Minister, and other ministers seem to be more concerned about their personal reputation and are in denial of the actual poor state of governance in the state of Goa. Examples of so much sewage/garbage all over Goa are aplenty; I request visitors to just visit our food markets selling meats/fish, etc. (Example: SGPDA market in Margao). All this filth is something one does not see at the expensive roadshows the Tourism Minister conducts abroad to market Goa as a great tourist destination.
