PANJIM: The government should ensure a method by which the panchayat is informed by the builder where he is going to dump the construction debris before issuing any commencement certificate.
The Division bench of High Court of Bombay at Goa made these observations while hearing a PIL on dumping of debris into the mangroves.
It must be recalled that the High Court had taken suo motto cognizance of a complaint made by the English news channel Goa 365 regarding dumping of debris into the mangroves to the Court.
In the letter, a grievance was made about the environment degradation caused by builders and contractors who are dumping construction debris by the roadside on Panjim-Ponda road. It further alleged that the authorities mow the debris into the mangroves, which are the lungs of the State and there by encourage the builders to carry out the activity of dumping.
The Court observed that they have seen the footage of the alleged dumping in the CD, which was enclosed with the letter. "We feel that matter of dumping construction debris on the side of the major roads is a matter of grave concern. Similarly, filling of mangroves by such construction debris is also matter of grave concern", the Court noted.
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