"The garbage and sewerage treatment is a major scam area. Ninety per cent of the toilets built under Central government schemes goes into disuse after three to four years," Parrikar said while addressing a gathering here after inaugurating Solid Waste Management Facility at Saligao-Calangute plateau.
"Some people use these toilets to pile woodstock. Some people don't even use it for the purpose it is built. But no one can audit it. How can one audit whether toilet is functional or not without using it?" he asked.
"There are vested interests in this
sector...Comptroller and Auditor General audits everything but I have not seen the audit of the garbage treatment. Who will dare go in the dump of garbage?" he said.
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The Minister also made some critical view at the judiciary claiming that some of the directions given by it are "senseless".
"I was reading report about Mercedes Benz company. They have stopped the investment in India because they say the decisions of the court are beyond the limit of understanding," Parrikar said.
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has the capacity to treat 100 tonnes of garbage per day, which will be collected from North Goa's coastal belt.
Speaking at the inauguration function, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said, "This was one of the promises made to the people by the BJP government. We have built the plant in record time of one-and-half-years."
The government was grappling with the issue of treating the garbage generated due to the tourist inflow in the coastal belt, he said.
"Garbage is a major issue for the tiny state like Goa, but we can solve it provided we as an individual take responsibility about it," he said.
The officials at the plant said that the state of the art facility has been designed to meet provisions of the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000.