Vasco deaths could be due to coal pollution, says BJP MLA

04 May 2021 04:31 PM

Citizens for Democracy a NGO tried to connect lack of oxygen issue to environmental issues such as Mollem and Mopa. It argued that even as the government is building oxygen plants, on another side it is busy chopping trees at Mollem and Mopa. On the other hand the Vasco MLA Carlos Almeida wondered if the deaths in Vasco could possibly be due to Coal pollution.



Goa is reporting 2-3000 daily cases and record number of deaths. Along with other states Goa too is facing issue of lack of medical oxygen. The NGO came down heavily on the government inability to provide oxygen supply to treat covid patients.

 BJP MLA Carlos Almeida said that there are a lot of problems in Vasco due to coal pollution. And he had raised this issue in the assembly he said.



Sandeep Tuenkar for Goa 365 from Margao. 




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