Daijiworld Media Network - Panaji (SR)

Panaji, Oct 14: The Bombay high court in Goa, in an order issued by a division bench comprising chief justice Pradeep Nandrajog and justice Mahesh Sonak, urged the state public health authorities to remove garbage on time and ensure that there is no mosquito breeding due to stagnant water.

The division bench, in its order, stated, “The Goa Public Health Act envisages the authorities under the Act to issue directions to municipalities and panchayats in the state of Goa to ensure that garbage does not accumulate; cesspools are removed and measures taken to eradicate mosquitoes... the statutory duties cast upon the authorities have to be complied with…”

The high court order came in light of a public interest petition filed by a Panaji resident Atchut Dhond regarding the increasing cases of dengue and malaria due to the menace of mosquitoes. His petition states that people have died of dengue in Vasco and that there were others infected with dengue at Dona Paula, Mapusa, Canacona and Margao, as well as malaria cases reported in Curchoren and Cacoda.

In his petition, Atchut Dhond also added that his previous petitions filed in court regarding the removal of garbage have not produced satisfactory results.