The Goa government will organise a beach cleanliness drive on September 17 in order to keep the beach clean and safe for tourists, officials said on September 15. The programme, titled ‘Clean Coast, Safe Sea,’ will begin at 8 a.m. on International Coastal Clean Up Day.
The drive is being held at various beaches in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and the Ministry of Tourism of the Government of Goa.
Beaches where the drive is organizing
“Goa, being a tourist state famous for Sun, Sand and Sea, it is important to keep the beaches clean and safe for the tourists. To achieve the objective and create more awareness about Clean Coast and Safe Sea the program is organised at Miramar, Calangute, Colva and Canacona beaches,” Tweeted Goa CM Pramod P Sawant.
He further appealed to the masses to join the program.
“I appeal to everyone to join the program. We have decided to celebrate the Seva Pakhawada on the occasion of Hon’ble PM’s Birthday, The Clean Coast, Safe Sea program is a good start alongside the Seva Pakhwada,” he added.
Earlier, eight Congress MLAs, including former Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and Leader of the Opposition Michael Lobo, met with Chief Minister Pramod Sawant at the Assembly Complex in preparation for their Wednesday joining of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Digambar Kamat, Michael Lobo, Delilah Lobo, Rajesh Phaldesai, Kedar Naik, Sankalp Amonkar, Aleixo Sequeira, and Rudolf Fernandes are the eight MLAs who met with CM Sawant.
Goa CM Sawant also took a jibe at Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra and said, “Congress Chhodo Yatra will begin from Goa now” while welcoming the leaders.
The BJP already has a 25-member majority in the House of 40, with 20 of its own MLAs, two from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, and three independent leaders. Its membership will increase to 33 with the addition of eight Congress MLAs.
