PANJIM: Velsao panchayat in Cortalim constituency will be the first to have door to door collection of dry waste as part of a pilot project by Department of Science, Technology & Environment in collaboration with the Directorate of panchayats.

Speaking to media persons, after the meeting with officials of the directorate of panchayats and ‘experts’ on the garbage management including Levinson Martins, the Member Secretary of the Goa State Pollution Control Board, Patricia Pinto CCP councillor, Clinton Vaz and others, Environment Minister Alina Saldanha said that after trying out the system for a month, they would take it to other panchayats as well.