----------------------------------------------------------------------- Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service & circulated by Goa Civic & Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ph:2252660 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Awareness on garbage segregation --------------------------------------------------- Residents of Curca village will be taught to segregate garbage at source, according to Agnelo Cardozo, who is secretary of the garbage committee under the Curca-Bambolim village panchayat. Informing this to Herald on Monday evening, Mr Cardozo said the programme would help residents to avoid mixing litter in a heap of plastic and other waste into dustbins, for stray animals to rummage.
"This would help us to maintain cleanliness throughout the village," Mr Cardozo opined, adding that they will be soon submitting the proposal to the village panchayat.According to the Raj Panchayat, every village panchayat has to work hand-in-hand with the committee they appoint. The five-member garbage committee of the Curca- Bambolim panchayat was set-up six months back.
Mr Cardozo informed that the matter becomes worse during the monsoons, as it sends laterite soil, alongwith garbage particles from its dumping site, which gushes down into the wells and thereby spoils the water.
"The garbage dumping site is situated on top of the hill and as a result, rain gushes down so heavily that muddy water gets into our wells," he said urging more help from the villagers in this regard. The committee will meet the panchayat members soon to discuss the issue, he added. ------------------------------------ HERALD 23/7/03 page 4 -------------------------------------
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