Chief officer vows to take action, MLA threatens to stop garbage trucks

Margao: After the Sonsoddo disaster, Director General Gaurish Sankhwalkar has assured that strict action will be taken against those responsible for leaching on the roads. Along with this, Deputy Mayor Alexo Reginaldo Lourenco warned the civic body of Margao that if the trucks transporting garbage do not deal with these problems then they will have to face blockade.

On Wednesday, MMC CO Shankhawalkar, Curtorim MLA, MMC councilors Camilo Barreto, Sadanand Naik and others visited El Vertadero to assess the situation. The CO indirectly attributed the escape to mistake or negligence.

Responding to allegations that no MMC workers were present during the incident, Sankhwalkar clarified that municipal staff helped stop the flow of waste water, and MMC officials worked from a distance to avoid tension with local people. Supervised the operations. Furious.

Sankhwalkar shared details of the efforts to segregate waste while providing a general overview of the works in progress at Vertadero in Sonsoddo, adding that 35 tonnes of wet waste and 15 tonnes of dry waste is generated in the civic body’s jurisdiction. . Wet waste is collected from door to door and sent to Kaikōra Waste Treatment Plant after re-segregation at Sonsoddo.

Sankhwalkar noted various types of waste flows, including the diversion of effluents and garbage from hotels and matadors into black points. Deputy Reginaldo underlined the need to discourage those who collect garbage on the streets, suggesting punitive measures such as obliging people to stay for certain hours under the supervision of Sonsoddo.