EDUCATE AND ERADICATE Dear Rico , Here is my very small suggestion which could help us all . Maybe someothers will have better suggestions to add to this :
Leaving behind the MOI issue the education dept. should compulsorily begin educating every child no matter which linguistic group/background he/she comes from about the dangers of garbage menace / plastic waste . Compulsorily this topic must be introduced as part of their curriculum / environmental studies Instead of giving them science projects which most often are irrelevant to the childs future – they must be given projects such as creating garbage awareness both at home and in ones own neighbourhood , etc. Higher classes could be given a project like building a compost pit and segregation of garbage etc. The manure from compost can be used to grow household vegetables / fruit trees etc . Each child can go around educating / informing their people first at home and then in their own neighbourhood about the importance of proper garbage disposal . A little notebook can be given to the student to get signatures from every family/ person / establishment they have contacted . Marks can be given accordingly. In the past people carried their own shopping bags to the market – now they go empty handed and sometimes return with their shopping items in as many plastic bags as their fingers can carry. Local bodies should be given more funds to conduct garbage collection . Garbage bags/ bins must be provided .Fines must be imposed for burning of hazardous plastic waste , throwing of garbage in open fields / hills , etc. Garbage right now is creating a big nuisance and causing trouble , in future this trouble will definitely double, unless we educate and eradicate ! yours environmentally, Allwyn de Souza --- On Mon, 18/7/11, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا <[email protected]> wrote: From: Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا <> Subject: [SALIGAONET] People of Saligao facing serious health hazard (The Hindu) To: [email protected] Date: Monday, 18 July, 2011, 11:19 PM People of Saligao facing serious health hazardSPECIAL CORRESPONDENT SHARE · PRINT · T+ Garbage from Calangute beach being dumped on hill top In Saligao, coastal village in north Goa's tourism belt, particularly in places such as Salmona-Arrarim, things are getting worse by the day as people of the villages are increasingly complaining about the unbearable stink emanating from the nearby hill. There are garbage dumps which have been annoying the people of the village. Tourism-waste and some other junk, mostly from the nearby Calangute beach belt, is being dumped on the hill that sits atop the village. Court order The issue came up strongly at the gram sabha meeting on Sunday and villagers and panchas underlined the seriousness of the problem cutting across party lines. “The stink is unbearable now,” said Sitaram Mahale, a village tailor, who lives in the area. “We even approached the court and got an order in July 2003 but it has been repeatedly violated,” said Joaquim D'Mello, a retired bank manager. Over the years, a huge village stone quarry has been filled with mountains of thrash, which has leached into the area, contaminating the drinking water wells. At the gram sabha meet, the people of the village raised other issues of garbage. While panchayat members pointed out that they were working on regular garbage collection drives, on the third Sunday of every month, they admitted that they had no place to dispose the garbage collected. Signboard Octogenarian campaigner ‘Uncle' Seby D'Cruz said the famed Saligao fountain — that sits close to the garbage dump — should carry a signboard which cautioned that the water was unfit for human consumption. People expressed disappointment that none of the local authorities had not come up with a solution to the problem. Other issues Issues such as village library, mini-buses connecting Saligao to Porvorim, the need to tackle growing accidents and electricity woes in the village were raised. A new “development committee” had been set up, after it was noticed that the earlier committee had lapsed into inactivity, and a whole set of pending issues were not taken up. The people of the village insisted that the “development committee” should involve village people, and not just panchayat members. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2237507.ece#.TiO70Y7s3aA.email FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 (after 2pm) #784 Nr Lourdes Convent, Saligao 403511 Goa India http://fn.goa-india.org http://goa1556.goa-india.org -- Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe email [email protected] -- Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe email [email protected]
