Cuncolim Residents Protest Against Industrial Waste Pollution Residents of Cuncolim took to the streets in protest over severe environmental and health hazards at the Cuncolim Industrial Estate. Locals claim that toxic industrial waste, dumped and left uncovered for years, is contaminating water sources and damaging nearby paddy fields—especially during the monsoon. Though the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) had covered the waste with plastic sheets in June, recent heavy rains and wind