"SWM-ing" against the tide

The road to hell, they say, is paved with good intentions. A visit to almost any village or small town in India today will serve to confirm that statement. In an undoubtedly laudable attempt to keep the village clean, gram panchayats tend to dump waste in a convenient patch of land on the outskirts. That is, those few of them who actually think of the issue of solid waste management (SWM) at all. For most panchayats, sanitation begins and ends with defecation.

Counting toilets:

Piling up the waste:

And floating it down:

Goa seems to be the exception.

'SWM'-ing against the tide:

But if not here, then where? Where does the Goan garbage go? Into the sea, like that of Mumbai?

Sorting the matter out:

Doing their bit:

Challenges:

Yes, it should be. But  till that happens, Goa is doing a fine job of managing it's garbage. Will the other states learn?