Garbage dumping plagues Navelim-Benaulim bypass

LOCALS DEMAND ACTION AGAINST MISCREANTS; PWD, NH OFFICIALS PASS THE BUCK; GWMC MAY BE ROPED IN TO TACKLE WASTE ISSUE

- NETWORK

MARGAO The stage is set for the commissioning of the long-delayed Margao Western bypass next month, which will help ease traffic congestion in the commercial capital and neighboring Navelim village.

The government, however, may have to grapple with another burning issue after the bypass commissioning – waste dumping on the bypass stretch.

Even as the PWD, NH and the contractor is rushing with the works on the Benaulim-Mungul-Seraulim stretch so as to ensure that the bypass is commissioned by December as per Chief Minister Pramod Sawant's recent announcement, the Navelim-Benaulim stretch of the bypass has turned into an eyesore due to rampant waste dumping.