---------------------------------------------------------- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED ---------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Consumer Forum action results in clearing of debris at Cuncolim ----------------------------------------------------------------- Large amounts of debris that continuously got dumped along the NH17 at Cuncolim got completely cleared after the Cuncolim Civic and Consumer Forum took up the matter With Cuncolim Municipal Council (CMC).
Recently in a late evening action volunteers of the Consumer Forum apprehended a pickup Eicher make No. GA-01-V-2683 along the NH17 as it was involved in transporting debris to be dumped in a paddy field. According to the driver Santosh Chavan, he was involved in this activity for the past three days. After escorting the vehicle to the Police Station it was discovered that the Panaji based vehicle driver did not have a driving licence nor the vehicles documents on his person. In a complaint to the Police Inspector Siddhant Shirodkar, the Consumer Forum called for action against the vehicle as the transporting and dumping of debris was carried out without the necessary permissions. The Consumer Forum then took up the matter with Cuncolim Municipal Council (CMC) highlighting the fact that such illegal dumping of debris had already become the subject matter for a Public Interest litigation in the High Court and such a situation at Cuncolim would only aggravate the matter further. The Forum called on the CMC to install cautionary sign boards at public utilities, roads, junctions, ponds; State Highway, National Highway and at various open spaces in Cuncolim besides taking adequate preventive measures to inform CMC Councillors, Office staff and other subordinate staff to be cautious in discharging their enforcement / supervisory roles as well as in clearing files and other documents submitted to the council. The Forum also called for the CMC to consider demarcating a site for dumping of debris for residents of Cuncolim who may undertake repairs, modifications or outright demolition of their traditional houses and which may result in generating / accumulation of building debris which could be later used in a productive manner for undertaking road widening / road engineering activity, road construction that would be required in the future within Cuncolim in consultation with the PWD. The Forum has also demanded that the PWD Roads division & National Highway be also involved in tackling the problem of dumping debris in a irresponsible manner. As the debris dumping issue raised by the Forum was noted by the CMC at its regular meeting of the Council on 7th March and the Forum threatening to resort to police action on all transporters and truck owners if caught dumping debris resulted in a quick clean up job along NH17. The Consumer Forum has resolved to highlight and pursue implementation in Cuncolim of the notifications by various Govt. Authorities such as Chief Secretary, Collector and District Magistrate South Goa, Chief Town Planner - Town & Country Planning Dept. (TCP), Directorate of Science, Technology and Environment as well as the Coastal Regulatory Zone Management Authority (CRZM). ------------------------------------------------------------ Message from Cuncolim Civic and Consumer Forum (CCCF) Email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK ---------------------------------------------------------- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa ---------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------- __._,_.___
