Garbage woes:Panaji

PANJIM: Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP), which is faced with its ever increasing garbage woes, got some respite from the High Court, as the Court gave them time till December 20 to remove garbage dumped at EDC complex.



However, the Court made it clear to the CCP that they wouldn't be given any more time to remove the garbage from EDC complex.



CCP in its application for extension of time said that though they commenced work on removal of the waste, there were intervening spells of heavy rains, which directly affected and stalled the said works. CCP further submitted that due to heavy rainfall, which extended for a prolonged period, the accumulated waste is full of moisture and the same needs to be dried before transporting.



CCP admitted to the Court that these intervening circumstances were not anticipated and have a completely hampered the removal of waste works and admitted that under these circumstances the removal of waste cannot be completed by November 20 and sought further extension of 30 days for removal of the waste. It must be recalled that on a public interest litigation filed by the LIC Employees Union, the CCP had on October 17 given an undertaking to the Court that they would remove all the garbage dumped at the EDC complex at Patto by November 20.

Counsel for the LIC employees, Aires Rodrigues informed the Court that the CCP had not removed any garbage dumped and that the people working at EDC complex had to bear the stench for the last one year due to CCP's dumped garbage at Patto in rank violation of law.