Camera surveillance must now be made available so that it reveals who is responsible and strictest action is taken. This cannot be brushed off as ‘collateral damage’ when construction is going on. If we do not show by example that we are earnest about environmental concerns, then all the awareness and talk is superficial.

We have seen reports of complaints by residents of debris dumping, construction material hauled off in trucks and dumped into the sea late at night. We need to reverse this trend with will and urgency.

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Contractors have to impress upon workmen, those in charge that there will be the strictest action for this behaviour. In case the contractor is involved then authorities need to take action. Such contractors need to be ‘blacklisted’ in the same way that those who do slipshod works on public infra projects are.

With so much work on within city limits and beyond we cannot afford to choke our natural resources with mounds of debris.