Non-removal of waste from the South Goa Planning and Development and the adjoining acquired land prompted some vendors to set tones of waste afire on Wednesday evening. The vendors maintained that the Margao Civic body has been irregular in clearing the waste, which gives a bad look to the mega market, visited by thousands of customers every day. This is not the first time that the Margao Civic body has failed to clear the waste from the market despite payments made by the PDA. Civic officials when contacted said that the manpower constraints have forced the Municipality to clear the waste only once a day. "In the past, the Civic body was clearing the waste twice a day, in the morning and afternoon. Now, the waste is being cleared only once', the official added. The SGPDA had recently told the Margao Civic body that the Authority had made payments to the tune of Rs eight lakh for clearance of waste and garbage from the market complex. "Despite the payments, the Civic body has been irregular in clearing the waste on a day-to-day basis', maintained a PDA person