Garbage A Cause Of Concern
The article, Do Goans Grow Garbage, by environmentalist and journalist Mr. Hartman De Souza on Herald, 9th Dec'09, should be ringing alarm bells in each and every Goan, living in Goa and outside Goa. He has bluntly pointed out facts that most of us have been aware of, but have done nothing or very little to change the present situation, instead we have contributed a great deal to the deteriorating conditions in a colossal way by our lack of basic civic sense, our apathy towards our environment and ecology and our inability to collectively work for the good of our society, always waiting for somebody else to do it for us. Any road we travel, in Goa, we are always treated with the scenes of garbage and plastic waste, in the form of bottles, bags and containers spread all over the place. Is this suppose to happen in a place which boasts of over 80% literacy ? Will we Goans be ever educated enough in terms of environmental and ecological protection ? Mr. De Souza, has specifically mentioned the mountainous unhygienic dumps that lie in very close proximity of schools, that have housed progenies of the powerful and affluent families of Goa, which unfortunately, have failed to do anything about these monstrous dumps in the vicinity of those schools, which are a realistic threat to the tender lives of their children and other human lives around. The loss of some of our water bodies and the other surviving wells, springs, streams, ponds and rivulets that are contaminated and polluted due to rampant mining, mega housing, land filling and spewing over of garbage and sewage, is in no way exaggerated, and if we do not act now the catastrophe that awaits is colossal, and that's a reality. We are already having crisis with the inadequate supply of water and one can imagine the precarious situation we'll be in, if the few remaining life lines of water are polluted and contaminated due to the above. The garbage spewed around all over Goa is a point of focus and debate among Goans at the moment, but our Politicians and bureaucrats are least interested in solving this extremely important issue, that have deadly ramifications. Instead of solving this major issue, our Politicians are trying to rule the roost and use the various agencies that are willing to solve this problem, to promote their progenies and cronies to make money, lots of it and despite reams being written on this mismanagement, so thick skinned have they become, that it's effect and impact has been zilch, null and void. It is up to us to revamp our civic sense and enact our responsibilities towards our environment and our ecology. Let us all pledge today to work collectively for the good of our society and carry this forward and force our elected representatives and authorities to act diligently and effectively for the welfare of Goa and Goans and make Goa clean and environmental friendly. Freddy Agnelo Fernandes -------------------------------------------------------- The content of this electronic communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and any others who are specifically authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or otherwise placing reliance on the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful in certain legal jurisdictions. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. -------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
