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Colva shore littered, beach agency cites paucity of time

Colva: The Arabian sea spewed out huge quantities of plastic and other material on to the Salcete shoreline giving it an ugly look.

The stretch from Cavelossim to Colva is crying for attention even though the beach cleaning agency, Karnataka Commercial and Industrial Corporation (KCIC), claims to be collecting garbage on a regular basis.



Pieces of plastic milk packets, carrybags, cement bags used for sand-bagging, plastic bottles, nylon nets and ropes have washed up littering the beach stretch.

A KCIC personnel, who did not want to be indentified, said since the high tide is during the morning part of the day, by the time the sea recedes it is around 4.30pm and after that his labourers hardly get an hour to work.

“By the next morning additinal waste gets washed on to the shore,” he said.

The KCIC personnel said he are hoping the weather improves and tide timings change so that they can clean the beaches properly.

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