Goemkarponn desk
CURCOREM: Mega Solid Waste Treatment plant from Cacora-Curchorem worth crores of rupees will be inaugurated on Goa Statehood day. Waste from all four constituencies, Quepem, Sanguem, Curchorem, and Sanvordem, will be treated here, PWD minister Nilesh Cabral.
The mega solid waste management plant, whose foundation stone was laid in December 2019 by Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant, has almost completed and inaugurated on Goa’s statehood day, informed PWD minister Nilesh Cabral.
Minister Cabral was speaking during the inaugural function of beautification of the surrounding of Xeldem lake in the Xeldem panchayat area.
Local MLA Nilesh Cabral, during his inspection of the plant last year, stated that the shortcomings of the Saligao plant had been taken care of. Accordingly, modifications for this (Cacora) plant were made, said Cabral.
Minister said, “A provision has also been made to generate 2 to 3 KW of gas-based plus solar power from this plant every day by using the factory’s entire rooftop,”.
It may be recalled that people from Curchorem and particularly from Cacora ward were opposing the SWMP. In 2012 it became the central issue during the municipality elections, and locals opposed this plant in Curchorem.
Although Nilesh Cabral assured that he would study the functioning of the plant at Saligao and then only give his NOD to the plant in Curchorem only if the people were fully satisfied at that time. Now Cabral is ready to go ahead with the new Garbage treatment plant will be inaugurated shortly.
Nilesh Cabral, on the garbage issue, said that our constituency doesn’t have many cases regarding garbage like other constituencies who are struggling to find solutions to the garbage issue. Even every time they promised to solve garbage issues for the last 20 years, they still couldn’t find a solution like a Sonsodo, Cabral said.
He stated that today we are taking one foot forward to bring a garbage plant, and it will be inaugurated on 30th May on Goa statehood day. This new garbage treatment plant recycles garbage by using a scientific method and this plant will work for four taluka of Sanguem, Quepem, Canacona, and Dharbandoda taluka Cabral said.