Its already been issued on the 3rd of August
Dean plans on taking this to court.. the calangute panchayat has been
given 7 days to reply.
garbage dumping continues though - can someone confirm?
Ashley
On Monday 08 August 2011 03:45 AM, Frederick FN Noronha ????????
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Show-cause notice to Calangute VP likely
TNNJul 30, 2011, 03.15am IST
PANAJI: Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) will shortly issue a
show-cause notice to Calangute village panchayat regarding the use of
a site on the Saligao plateau for disposing garbage after a complaint
about its improper use from villagers.
The panchayat has been using the site for more than two decades, and
in July 2003, the high court of Bombay
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Mumbai> at Goa had allowed
its use on a temporary basis in connection with a petition filed by
Goa Foundation and others.
"We are issuing a show- cause notice under municipal solid waste (MSW)
rules to the panchayat," said GSPCB chairman Simon D'Souza on Friday.
The panchayat body will be asked to explain in seven days why the
authorization granted to it by the board to use the site should not be
revoked.
Saligao resident Dean D'Cruz had complained to the board earlier this
month regarding the indiscriminate dumping of waste and non-compliance
of directives of Bombay high court while allowing the use of the site.
The board officials had inspected the garbage site on July 7, 2011, to
assess its status and trace the source of pollution on the plateau.
Analysis of water samples from the Salmona spring and nearby wells in
Saligao revealed the presence of high levels of E coli and leachates.
Villagers have been complaining that they have been suffering the
effects of pollution for several years.
The court had directed the panchayat to appoint a full time manager at
the site, ensure segregation of wet and dry waste and composting of
the wet waste.
But villagers have alleged that the panchayat has not taken recourse
to scientific management of the site, resulting in pollution of water
bodies, increase in scavengers like dogs, kites and stench from the site.
Under the MSW rules, self-governing bodies have to follow certain
guidelines to dispose waste in a scientific manner. Calangute
panchayat sources claim that they are in talks with a Pune agency to
set up a facility to segregate and treat waste.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-30/goa/29832638_1_panchayat-gspcb-saligao
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