-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | | | | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | | | | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm Clinton, 24/M/ Benaulim Goa and I've been working with Garbage and Waste Management issues for the past 5 years now. Thought I'm quite interested in the Garbage issue in Goa, I've not had the time to read the voluminous posts on Goanet and elsewhere. In the meantime, as my inbox clogs with 'garbage' e-mails, (which I will read I promise!) I have a few viewpoints looking at the issue from afar.
I see the government doing absolutely nothing (BJP as well as Congress) to solve the garbage issue. In the past and now in the present, they have been doing almost nothing but make huge promises and talk unrealistically. The municipalities and panchayats have little or no knowledge on waste management and their image of waste handling is poor among the general public. Panjim Municipality needs to be commended for the work it is doing single handedly with the help of a couple of engineers, a councilor and a commissioner that are committed to solving this issue. It is perhaps the only city in India which is trying to achieve a 90% reduction in waste going to the landfill. See pictures of our work at http://photos.yahoo.com/klintvaz (waste analysis in panjim) The press is biased and usually reports only one sided news. At times, even distorts truth to the tunes of their stories. I have seen this for myself a number of times. Ask me for examples. What Goa needs at the moment is simple solutions, cost effective solutions, not imported machines and factories from Japan or Germany. Komex in Margao is such an example of waste of resources. We have the manpower, and yes, we also have the solutions....in Goa! Changing people's attitude and mindset towards waste management. Educating them is the biggest challenge of them all. Students need to be educated. The recent mermaid garden meet and the clean Goa-Initiative is good, but let it be more than just talk, promises and dharnas. We don't need personalities and celebrities to give us big talks. We need action. Else this is just another opportunity to see yourself in a page 3 newspaper. What can you do? Help those who are already working on this problem. My= egroup, Green Goa, Goa Foundation perhaps, Panjim Municipality is already implemented a workable solution in certain areas of the city. Ask if you can help. I've been helping them for over a month now and I have my hands full. For now, if you would like to help, then do this.... Contact me whenever at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 98 600 36828 for what you could do for Goa's Garbage problem. You need not be intimidated. You could even help us by helping us with a simple collection scheme. At the moment we are working on a solution to get the manufacturers of TetraPak and Batteries to set a system in Goa to take back their waste products. So start collecting them for us, as we need huge quantities of their waste products to prove that Goa has a problem with tetrapak and batteries. Contact me and I'll let you know where you can drop it off for us. Clinton.. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/greengoa -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 1st Young Goans International Essay contest 2005 | | | | Theme: WHAT CAN I DO FOR GOA | | More details at | | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/034190.html | --------------------------------------------------------------------------
