Bevinda,
While not condoning the garbage-bags syndrome, I think this is a small part of the overall problem.
The all-out grab (often with political support) of nature's resources, the battle over resources (water, forests, beachfront, fish, the red earth -- see interior Goa and mining), the inappropriate industrialisation of Goa, wholesale corruption of the planning process (including in BJP times), the unchecked plastic menace, basic greed, and middle-class overconsumption... these are more serious factors that is taking Goa to where it is.
Also the overall pressures from tourism and the re-packaging of Goa as a 'fashionable' place to live in (which cannot cope with the added rush, as is obvious from just the water and sewage fronts).
Taking our share of the blame is fine; appropriating more than is due to us could lead to avoiding pinpointing quarters who deserve to be blamed.FN
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I think we Goans have ourselves to blame. Look at the garbage bags thrown in green open areas by motorists. They know they are doing something wrong, but still they do it. If they can drive with a garbage bag on the seat beside them what stops them from driving to a bin and dropping it there? The chucking of garbage bags should be taken seriously and the perpetrators punished. The registration number of the car could be reported to the cops and the culprits could be made to sift through garbage to separate the biodegradable from the non-biodegradable for a month.
