MARGAO: The garbage menace facing Navelim village threatens to spill over to neighbouring Margao.

An agitated Navelim MLA and Fisheries Minister, Avertano Furtado on Thursday threatened to stop Margao sewage from flowing into the Sewerage treatment plant located at Sirvodem-Navelim if the Margao Civic body refuses to accept waste from Navelim. With the waste problem turning from bad to worse in his constituency, Avertano telephonically spoke to Margao Municipal Chairperson Arthur D’Silva to accept Navelim waste at the Sonsodo waste dumping site. He argued that Navelim villagers have suffered over the years on account of the location of the sewage treatment plant located at Sirvodem-Navelim and wondered why Margao cannot accept waste generated in the village.