The civic body has dug pits in open areas in wards which does not have composting stations and disposed of wet waste that had accumulated in these localities since last Tuesday.
We should be able to clear the backlog within a couple of days, a CCP official said.
The CCP has around 90 composting pits around the city of Panaji. However, Caranzalem, Dona Paula, Ribandar and central areas of the city are yet to get composting stations.
Mayor Carolina Po said that new composting stations will be constructed in these areas as a long term measure. However, residents will have to make do with alternative arrangements for at least three months till the stations are built, she said.
The CCP had entered into crisis after Campal residents halted its trucks from dumping wet waste in their locality on June 8, 2009.
Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) president Joseph Vaz said that the organization had to file a petition in 2008 to stop the dumping, not only because it affected them but also in the interest of the public. If the dumping continued it would affect the health of the whole locality including colonies, houses, hospital and a college, Vaz said.
Although the CCP gave an undertaking to the high court that it would refrain from dumping garbage, it continued to do so clandestinely over the last nine months.
Campal locals had to tolerate the dumping of decomposing waste from hotels. The foul smell emanating from the garbage site was unbearable, residents said.
The Panjim Citizens Action Committee also said that it has resolved not to allow any more waste management activity on the parade grounds.
