Kudos to Wendell, Margaret Mascarenhas, Helga, Floriano Lobo, Melinda and countless others who are fighting the battle to control the garbage situation in our beautiful Goa. We need help, from everyone. Goans in Goa and the Goan diaspora.
The Goa government has disingenously, "passed the buck" as far as garbage disposal is concerned to Panchayats and Municipalities without giving them the wherewithall to do it. As a consequence the Panchayats especially, who are made up mostly of not so educated politicians, have in turn passed the buck on to private contractors to pick up garbage and dispose it....and dispose it they do by the side of the road and in areas less frequented, with scant concern for health and the outbreak of disease. While Goans overseas celebrate World Goa Day, of which I am a very staunch supporter, it is time for the Goans in the diaspora if they are true Goans, to take tne next step,and do something for Goa. Otherwise, your beautiful Goa will be covered with garbage. If you are Goans at heart and not just in name, then for heaven's sake, do something. Get a signature campaign going, write to the rotten politicians in Goa, write to the Press in Goa, get people's attention to what is happening in Goa. You cannot be "Proud to be a Goan" if Goa is one big garbage dump ! What will you be proud of ? How can we invite tourists to Goa when Goa is a stinking garbage pile ? Before we get the International Film Festival of India and a new International airport, we need the basics, and that is basic hygiene in Goa, garbage disposal, toilets etc. Help !!!!