Truck dumping waste oil illegally on hill intercepted by Siolim locals

SIOLIM: Panch members from Siolim-Marna village panchayat on Thursday intercepted a truck dumping waste oil along the busy, forested Mapusa-Siolim road passing through Ganeshpuri.
The Mapusa-Siolim road passing via Ganeshpuri and housing board had turned into a convenient illegal waste dumping site for unscrupulous individuals looking to get rid of all kinds of garbage on the sly.It was teeming with refuse and emanating a foul smell before it was cleaned some days back.
On Thursday, a garbage truck carrying waste oil from a car servicing station came and dumped it contents at the spot at around 4.30pm. Noticing this, the locals informed Joseph Willam Fernandes, a ward member of Siolim-Marna panchayat, who rushed to the spot along with deputy sarpanch Vignesh Chodankar and caught the truck driver red-handed. Anjuna police arrested Jitendra Ghodge and Bharat Shinde, who were later released on bail.
“Currently, we do not have the provisions to treat such waste in Goa. We are in the process of setting up a plant, but right now, the correct procedure is to send the waste to Mumbai for treatment,” Dheeraj Chodankar, an engineer from Goa Solid Waste Management Corporation, said.