Clean Water Goa

The River Sal was once an economic hub to the various villages in South Goa. The meaning of word Sal means “river salt” in Portuguese and indeed in my childhood days people used to flock from neighbouring villages and town in order to purchase quality salt from the salt pans systematically connected to the River Sal. This particular river attracted many Goans for its tasty fish. As years passed by, the River Sal was considered one of the seven most polluted rivers in India. The river which was once flowing with its rich natural resources was gradually made to carry in unwanted things of the town and villages. Noise pollution of open-air halls just above the river banks is another hurdle for aquatic life to survive on.  The River Sal has been a source of dumping of untreated sewage water, waste water from the residential areas, industries, scrapyards, servicing centres etc, which gushes down into the blessed river and connected tributaries to it which led the water to lose its...

Residents of at least six wards in Basirhat town blocked two roads on   Wednesday, accusing the civic administration of failing to drain out knee-deep water accumulated when   Cyclone Amphan had hit the state on May 20. The protesters blocked Taki Road and SS Majumder Road for three   hours. They said repeated spells of rain had aggravated the water-logging. The blockades that started at 10am disrupted traffic. The protesters lifted the blockade when police assured them that the matter would be taken up with the administration for an immediate solution. With #drains and #sewerage systems #overflowing in many areas, #dirty #water entered residential buildings   and shops. Power supply had to be   snapped because of #water-logging.  # Drinking water supply was hit because of the outage. For any your requirement in #Goa...