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No pay, no work at Sonsoddo site 8 Jul 2008, 0605 hrs IST,TNN MARGAO: The revelation by the Margao civic body's chief officer Y B Tavde that Hyquip Equipments has voiced its reluctance to go ahead with the Sonsoddo project unless its Rs 76 lakh bill is settled, prompted councillors to demand a clarification from the government authorities over the matter. The company had submitted a bill for Rs 76 lakhs towards segregation of dry and wet waste for the last one and half year to the MMC. While MMC has refused to foot the bill saying it falls under the purview of the Goa State Urban Devlopment Agency's (GSUDA), the agency's member secretary Daulat Hawladar, had refused to acknowledge the bill. Now, the row over the bill is likely to be dragged to the chief minister, Digambar Kamat and the urban development minister Joaquim Alemao. Holding GSUDA responsible for the Sonsoddo mess, Narayan Fondekar, demanded that fines, if levied by the court in view of its order issued recently, be recovered from GSUDA and Hyquip Equipments. "The council was not even taken into confidence when the MMC handed over the Sonsoddo site to the GSUDA. The residents of Fatorda are subjected to untold sufferings owing to the irresponsible attitude of politicians," Fondekar said. Earlier, councillor Ciarica Rodrigues voiced her support of Curtorim MLA Alex Reginald Lourenco's call for an agitation over the failure of the civic body in tackling the garbage problem.
