Dear Goanetters,
Looking at JoeGoaUk's pics... I saw some familiar sights that I saw
while I worked at CCP with the waste management department. Politics,
and incorrect press reports give a skewed report of the real situation
at CCP. The workers are not on a self-imposed strike... they have been
forced to do so. All this talk by Yatin Parekh and the union leaders is
all bull. This is not the first time it has happened. Sometime during
early 2007, there was a similar strike...and it was decided by the
corporators and mayor...who are well known supporters of Mr. Monster
rat. This strike may provide excelent political advantage both to
Monster rat as well as Parrikar. Monster rat proves that if he is
upset...he can upset the capital of Goa too, as he control's the city's
civic services. Mr. Parrikar also knows that when such an incident
happens, people will rush to him to get it solved.. which is happening..
The problem is...that Panjim has no landfill site. It's presently using
private land (obtained under circumstances that were not at all lawful),
to basically dump (not landfill) all waste that's not compostable, and
recyclable and of course mixed waste. The site was filled to its
capacity in early 2007. Since then waste is no longer buried, but piled
on top, and covered with a layer of soil. Overloading this area is
dangerous, given that there are a lot of residents around, and some of
them share the wall with this dumping site. In the monsoons of 2007, the
wall, with the pressure of waste, began to crack at sections, and was
quickly plastered to prevent it from breaching. Then, there's also the
St. Inez nallah running alongside the site and is facing
contamination... but some say it was already contaminated in the first
place..
Now given this situation, it is very important for any sound person
taking decisions at the municipality to realize that with no alternate
land, and an already full dumping site, more focus should be on
recycling and composting waste.(I believe that by my experiments and
calculations in Panjim, it was possible to reduce 85% of the waste going
to the dump.) When the door to door collection stops...all that
separation at source stops and open dumping by citizens start. And then
it's no longer practical to compost or recycle this mixed waste. What
the CCP corporators are doing is just making it more difficult for
everybody... but do they care? it's politics first, no?
The last time the workers were forced to strike, they grumbled that when
the strike was withdrawn, they would have to deal with much more
loads...and worse odour, disease, and mixed waste...all within the same
timeframe of a single working day. 'Perhaps those guys making the
decisions should be forced to help us' said one of the sanitation
workers to me. The fragile waste management system struggles to meet
capacity... with just 80 composting stations built out of 175 required
stations, and 1 sorting station for recycling working at 100%
capacity...there isn't room for more waste, and when such 'events'
occur, overloading isn't an option as overloading stops the entire
process. People also tend to loose faith in systems that break down
regularly... and sometimes like now...its not technical faults...but
political involvements and that makes me upset.
Fortunatly, some positives can be seen that the colonies and housing
societies that agreed to have compost stations built within their
premises free of cost by the municipality are having less problems as
their odour causing organic waste can still be disposed at site at their
own compost stations. I remember that when constructing these stations,
we had a number of colonies and building societies opposing the same. We
even had corporators interfering, and stopping these stations from being
built as they didn't think that decentralized compost stations made
sense. Some corporators had even demolished some for petty reasons..
(each station costs approx 30,000/- of taxpayer money each, incl the
ones that were demolished). I suppose that they would now prefer to have
a station constructed after all this mess?
The press needs to report intelligently...rather focus on recording
press statements word for word. Get the real story.. I'll end this with
the list of localities that are having less problems as they have
compost stations. I made this list when I was around. There must be a
few more by now.
Clinton..
Stockholm, Sweden..
+46 762976399 -Sweden
+91 9890936828 -India (mid March onwards)
*Stn No* *Zone Name* *Address* *Service Size (No of Hshlds per
day)*
1 Donna Paula Near La Marvel Colony 50 Hshlds
2 Caranzalem At Models Millenum 150 Hshlds
3 Caranzalem At Kamat Villas 100 Hshlds
4 Caranzalem At Olympia Housing Society 75 Hshlds
5 Caranzalem At Agnelo Colony 50 Hshlds
6 Caranzalem At Sabnis Mornach 75 Hshlds
7 Caranzalem At Campo Verde 50 Hshlds
8 Caranzalem At Models Enclave 100 Hshlds
9 Caranzalem At La Asiana Building 100 Hshlds
10 Caranzalem At Kamat Classic - I 100 Hshlds
11 Caranzalem At Adarsh Colony 100 Hshlds
12 Caranzalem At Kamat Mansion 25 Hshlds
13 Caranzalem At Pai Bhavan, Tonca 75 Hshlds
14 Caranzalem At Kamat Complex, Tonca 75 Hshlds
15 Caranzalem At Kamat Estate, Tonca 75 Hshlds
16 Miramar Near St. Inez Nalla, At St. Mary's Colony 150
Hshlds
17 Miramar Near Fakri Manzil, La Campala Colony. 25 Hshlds
18 Miramar Behind London Hotel 150 Hshlds
19 Miramar Behind London Hotel 150 Hshlds
20 Miramar At Casa de Sol, near Hotel Marriots 75 Hshlds
21 Miramar Near Sports Authority of Goa Bldg. 100 Hshlds
22 St. Inez At D-Type Govt. Quarters, Taad Maad Junction 75
Hshlds
23 St. Inez At Fire Brigade Quarters 50 Hshlds
24 St. Inez At D-Type Govt. Quarters, behind Branco House 75
Hshlds
25 St. Inez At Karimabad Housing Society, Near Parade Ground
75 Hshlds
26 St. Inez At Greenland Society, Campal 75 Hshlds
27 St. Inez At Landscape, Pinto Park, Campal 75 Hshlds
28 St. Inez At Models Exotica, Tonca 3 Bins (15 Hshlds)
29 St. Inez At SBI Quarters, near Caculo Island. 100 Hshlds
30 St. Inez At B-Zone Municipal Qtrs. (Municipal Library) 50
Hshlds
31 Bhatlem - Mala At Animal Shelter 150 Hshlds
32 Bhatlem - Mala At Madhuban Apartments, Near Cemetary (Other Side)
100 Hshlds
33 Bhatlem - Mala At Mudhuban Apartments, Near Cemetary 150 Hshlds
34 Altinho Near Ganesh Prasad Bldg, On Road to St. Inez 50
Hshlds
35 Altinho Doordarshan Quarters 75 Hshlds
36 Altinho GPP Polytechnic Quarters 150 Hshlds
37 Altinho At Elecrticity Dept. Quarters 75 Hshlds
38 Altinho At GRP Police Quarters, Opp. Goa College of Architechure
150 Hshlds
39 Altinho Next to Goa College of Architecture 150 Hshlds
40 Altinho Opp. ITI, E-Type Quarters 150 Hshlds
41 Altinho At Military Headquarters, Nr. Residential Area 75
Hshlds
42 Altinho Opp. Bishops Palace, Near Circuit House 100
Hshlds
43 Altinho Opp. Bishop's Palace, Near Circuit House 50
Hshlds
44 Altinho At Metrological Department 50 Hshlds
45 Altinho In Municipal Garden In Front of AIR 100 Hshlds
46 Altinho Infront of Monte Pio Police Quarters 50 Hshlds
47 Bhatlem - Mala At Kurtarkar Apartmenets, Jairam Complex 150
Hshlds
48 Fontainhas Opp. Petrol Pump, Neugi Nagar, Near Handicrafts
Center. 100 Hshlds
49 Fontainhas Opposite Souza, Rua de Ourem 25 Hshlds
Ver 2.1 owned and created on 27.10.06 by Clinton Vaz, Consultant
50 Fontainhas Opposite Souza, Rua de Ourem 75 Hshlds
51 Boca de Vaca At CCP Office Garage 50 Hshlds
52 Inox - Market At Municipal Garden, Opp. Geeta Bakery 25 Hshlds
53 Inox - Market At Municipal Garden, Opp. Geeta Bakery 100 Hshlds
54 Inox - Market Next to New Market, Phase 1 80 m3.
55 Patto Opp. Sesa Ghor, Near Tourisim Office Garden 75 Hshlds
56 Patto Near PWD Quarters, Near New Patto Bridge 75 Hshlds
57 Patto At PWD Quarters Patto 75Hshlds
58 Ribandar At Bothelo Residence, Opp. Ribandar Church 150
Hshlds
59 Bhatlem - Mala Near Sati Temple, Govt. Qtrs. C Class 150 Hshlds
60 Bhatlem - Mala Opposite Dhan-Laxmi Housing Society 100 Hshlds
61 Bhatlem - Mala Behind PWD, Govt. Quarters, Behind Block D 150
Hshlds
62 Bhatlem - Mala Behind PWD, Govt. Quarters, Behind Block E 150
Hshlds
63 Bhatlem - Mala Behind PWD, Govt. Quarters, Behind Block F 150
Hshlds
64 Bhatlem - Mala Behind PWD, Govt. Quarters, Near Road Side 150
Hshlds
65 Altinho Behind Garage / Porch of PWD, Govt. Quarters 150
Hshlds
66 Caranzalem At Landscape By The Bay 5 Bins (25 Hshlds)
67 Miramar Opp. Zatye's Residence 100 Hshlds
68 St. Inez At Patricia Pinto's Residence, Campal 25 Hshlds
