While municipal councils have foiled several attempts of the High Court to get them to attend to the garbage problem in their respective jurisdictions in the last two years, the High Court on Wednesday contemplated imposing fine on defaulting civic bodies would work as deterrent. A Division Bench of Justice S A Bobde and Justice S C Chavan took up the issue while hearing a suo motto petition on garbage when Amicus Curiae Norma Alvares told the Court that despite all the efforts of the court, municipalities have not done anything worthwhile and that, there should be some deterrent to activate them. "Of the 13 municipalities, only four have procured land for disposal of garbage.' she said And suggested that municipalities should be stopped from sanctioning new housing projects until they start with collection, segregation, and composting of organic waste and burial of inert waste. Adv Atmaram Nadkarni appearing on behalf of Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC), suggested that municipal body should ensure that every new housing project should have system in place for treating organic garbage. While Court did not favour restricting municipal bodies from approving housing projects, it felt imposing fine of Rs 5000 per day on a municipal council, and Rs 1000 per day, on a panchayat, would serve the purpose, if they fails to collect and dispose off garbage as stipulated under Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Management Rules. The Court also directed the Advocate General Subodh Kantak to prepare minutes of the order and submit it to the Court next week. The Ponda-Curti Panchayat which allegedly frustrated plans of Ponda Municipal Council (PMC), by rejecting its application for setting up garbage treatment plant in the panchayat area, has been added as a party in this petition. Minutes of the order to be submitted next week will also include