-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | | | | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | | | | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The views of South Goa Public Interest Action Group BGO based in Margao with jurisdiction over the entire South Goa District, were distributed to the members of the public at the function held today 17.10.2005 at Mermaid Garden Panaji,organised by Fashion designer Wendall Rodricks, Ms Ethel Da Costa and Ms Margaret Mascarehnas to highlight the issue of Garbage Problem in Goa. The public meet was preceded by a short walk from the Panaji Church square with placards of the participating NGOs (including the SGPIAG from South Goa ) to the mermaid Garden.
Please offer your comments suggestions on the points listed as we intend to prusue the demands with the Minister of Urban Development the Minister of Panchayats the Minister for Environment the Minister for Mining besides the Chief Minister of Goa. 1) ban on all plastics of less than 100 microns in the State 2) ban on all PET bottles in the State. We also take this opportunity to request the organisors to bring the movement to South Goa as well, if the issue is to be pursued in right earnest and to the logical conclusion. GOA ---- FROM STONE AGE TO GARBAGE Goa abounds with sun, sand, lush trees, sea, rivers lakes springs rivulets hills mountains and extensive biodiversity. Tribals have always lived in harmony with Nature. There was never any problem. SOLID WASTE is inevitable in the form of bio-degradable contents. later with the industrial revolution and the information era non biodegradable came into being.. But is all the SOLID WASTE now generated unavoidable? Ponder a bit . Roll back the clock pre 1980s ---- women carried bags to the market , children their water bottles to school, food was carted home in tiffins our morning milk came in bottles so also the cold and hot drinks. What then went wrong --- unregulated use of Plastics takes the blame. Plastics is just fine when it replaces the galvanized iron (GI) pipes that distributes potable water. Plastic is fine where it is used as a substitute for wood . Did we not say Lets save our forests Government through the local self government bodies the Villages Panchayats and the Municipalites have the statutory responsibility to dispose of the solid waste, directly or indirectly through private bodies. They cannot shun of this responsibility. Our taxes take care of this exigency. But wait a minute post 1980s there has been a large component of unauthorized solid waste. Why disposable satchets for our milk? . Why PET bottles for our hot & cold Why do women need to discard their market bags? Why do we need to have less than 100 microns to cart our food . Is it just a fashion ??? Do we have valid answers, for the filth that we generate, and then cry hoarse pointing fingers to others. This avoidable plastic waste generated is the ONE single factor for the garbage menace that has plagued our state. POLLUTER PAYS says the highest court of the land . But can we expect our Government to make the multinationals and others subservient to them, when money plays a dominant role in our live WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SOLID WASTE . WE DEMAND STOP THE AVOIDABLE USE OF PLASTICS. NO PET BOTTLES NOT PLASTICS LESS THAN 100 MICRONS AS THE FIRST STEP. NEXT ARRANGE TO HAVE A DAILY DISPOSAL OF WASTE. CONSUMERS SEGREGATE BIO DEGRADABLE & NON BIO DEGRADABLE AT YOUR END. For SOUTH GOA PUBLIC INTEREST ACTION GROUP Regd No 171/GOA/2000 dt 12.12.2000 sd/- TERENCE MAZARELO PRESIDENT (SGPIAG) 1st Flr Benlix Bldg Opp Fatima Convent Margao Goa India [EMAIL PROTECTED] weblink http://mumbai.sancharnet.in/manojnd FAX +91 832 2712430 HELPLINE (24 hrs) 9822158584 Tel +91 832 2731373 (O) __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 1st Young Goans International Essay contest 2005 | | | | Theme: WHAT CAN I DO FOR GOA | | More details at | | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/034190.html | --------------------------------------------------------------------------
