MARGAO, May 9 -- Team Herald

The High Court (HC) of Bombay at Goa has directed the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) to keep show cause notices against residents without sewage connections in abeyance, stating that the Public Works Department (PWD) has not yet completed the sewer network in the affected areas.

The division bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Nivedita P Mehta said the civic body must not dispose of any such showcause notices merely based on tentative timelines given by the PWD or Sewerage and Infrastructural Development Corporation of Goa Limited (SIDCGL) for sewerage connection rollout. "The showcause notices should be kept pending till the actual connections are made available to the residents," the court said.

The dire...