North Goa: Clear black spots or face action, says high court

PANAJI: The high court of Bombay at Goa on Monday directed the panchayats of Merces, Chimbel and Santa Cruz to clear all garbage black spots by July 20 and file compliance reports.
“We note that despite several directions, the position of black spots in these panchayat areas continues to remain substantially the same. We, therefore, make it clear that if no serious steps are taken to prevent such black spots or in any case to clear the same no sooner they start appearing, we will be constrained to take serious action against those in control of these panchayats,” the division bench stated.
Advocate Aires Rodrigues placed on record photographs indicating black spots in panchayat areas of Merces, Chimbel and Santa Cruz.