Crematorium used to dump PMC waste - Goa - City - NEWS - The Times of India

• Crematorium used to dump PMC waste - Goa - City - NEWS - The Times of India

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  • PONDA
  • Ponda's civic authorities have found a rather callous solution to the waste issue in the temple townthe Hindu crematorium Muktidham' near the Maruti temple.
  • Since the last two months, garbage is allegedly being disposed of in pits inside the crematorium, in the same place where unclaimed bodies and those that cannot be consigned to flames (for instance, very young children) are buried. Once dumped, a JCB excavator covers the garbage in the pits with a layer of mud. With the monsoon on, water from the pits has started to accumulate leading to a stinking, unhealthy environ.