PANJIM: Goa Civic and Consumer Action Network has written to various authorities calling for a permanent solution to the disposal and burning of medical and plastic waste in an unused quarry close to the Goa Medical College and Hospital in Bambolim which lies close to the National Highway.

The garbage in the quarry has been the cause of fire and smoke which continues to be a routine affair, even as hospital authorities have been caught off guard over finding a long-term solution to the problem.