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He said his ministry is quite capable of keeping the beaches clean. PANAJI: Tourism minister Manohar Azgaonkar said workers engaged by the tourism department have started cleaning the state’s beaches, even as reports poured in of beach stretches being left littered since Drishti Lifesaving, the agency engaged by the department, stopped collecting garbage from Tuesday. The agency cheated us,” Azgaonkar said.Azgaonkar also denied the charge that since the past few months, bill submitted by Drishti have been kept pending. “The tourism department and the Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) have undertaken the charge,” he said.Azgaonkar further said a new agency will be selected within a month-and-a-half, the time taken to complete the tendering process. “We requested them to continue for month, till a new agency is appointed, and they will be paid for the same, but Drishti didn’t agree..