Avedem-Cottambi p’yat to fine Rs 5,000 for littering in water bodies, roadsides

Times of India | 2 weeks ago | 23-11-2022 | 04:46 am

Margao: Avedem-Cottambi panchayat has taken a decision to impose a heavy fine extending upto Rs 5,000 on whoever is found dumping garbage in water bodies or roadsides within the panchayat jurisdiction. Village sarpanch Bhupendra Gauns Dessai said that whenever an incident of unauthorised garbage dumping is detected, a police complaint will be filed by the panchayat against the perpetrator and action initiated as per law. “The water bodies in the village have become polluted owing to indiscriminate dumping of garbage,” Dessai said. Referring to a lake in the village which, he said, was once very famous but now has been reduced to a waste dumping area, Dessai said that the panchayat has now engaged labourers to clean it up.“Garbage is also found dumped along the entire roadside from Avedem to Cottambi. I urge the villagers and people from neighbouring areas to help the panchayat in keeping the village clean,” Dessai said. With a view to clean the village of all the blind spots, the panchayat has begun a cleanliness drive. Dessai said that CCTV surveillance cameras will soon be installed at certain places with a view to deterring culprits from dumping garbage into water bodies and roadsides.Several villages of South Goa are facing a challenge in curbing instances of unauthorised dumping of garbage.

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