Goa’s garbage problem has assumed alarming proportions, said former chief of naval staff Admiral Arun Prakash and asked the government to take steps to arrest the rapidly deteriorating situation. In a letter to waste management minister Michael Lobo, Prakash has said that unless Goa acknowledges the magnitude of the problem and tackles it on a war-footing, garbage will overwhelm Goa and defeat the purpose of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.