The NCM is of the view that the state government should be open to shifting the garbage dump if required, or allot an alternative site for the kabrastan.
Incidentally, according to the record of the hearing, petitioner Abdulmatin Daud Carol, the general secretary of Madrassa Raza - e - Mustafa had submitted that the state government had, in an assembly resolution passed in 1999, identified land admeasuring 99,513 sqm at Aquem for setting up the kabrastan. At the hearing, NCM had pointed out that the government had made no mention of a specific site and therefore it was not entirely correct that, as contended by Carol, the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) had overridden the assembly resolution.
The NCM further decided to recommend to the state government to specify a time frame for completion of the restoration of the existing graveyard at Pajifond, ensure adherence to the same, and intimate the commission within a period of 10 days.
The vice chairman of NCM, H T Sangliana and Syeda Iman have planned to visit Margao to ascertain the suitability of the location of the kabrastan and also to meet community leaders to determine public opinion on the matter.
