PONDA: The Ponda municipal council (PMC) recommenced lifting of garbage after a three-day gap in collection.The civic body stated that it had cleared about 75% of the piled-up garbage from the town by late Thursday evening and the rest would be cleared by Friday.

Pradeep Naik, chief officer of the PMC, admitted that after the Usgao incident on Monday, the PMC could not lift garbage from the town as there was no place to dispose it. It had resulted in piling-up of garbage across the town.As the civic body revamped its composting units in several wards, the PMC started lifting the garbage from Thursday.

"Although the compost units cannot treat all the garbage generated in the town, we have at least started to give a small respite to citizens by clearing the garbage. The garbage would be segregated and the bio-degradable waste would be used in the composting units. While the non bio-degradable waste such as plastic bags and bottles would be sent for recycling," the PMC chief officer said.