Summary:
Margao: Residents of Amrutnagar, Gogol-Fatorda, on Friday demanded that the authorities conduct an immediate study of the environmental impact and the possible health hazards that could arise due to the dumping of “heavy materials” in low-lying areas, resulting in contamination of the groundwater.Sidhanath Buyao and Girish Chodankar drew the attention of the media to the contaminated wells in their locality that is in the vicinity of the Sonsoddo garbage dump.Buyao and Chodankar also sought that Goa State Pollution Control Board take suo motu cognisance and conduct an inquiry against those responsible for the environmental impact..