Amended noise action plan of Goa
Goa government has notified the ‘Amended Noise Action Plan’ to purportedly streamline the processes related to curbing noise pollution in the state, as specified before the High Court on April 30. The
Goa government has notified the ‘Amended Noise Action Plan’ to purportedly streamline the processes related to curbing noise pollution in the state, as specified before the High Court on April 30. The
MARGAO: Demanding scrapping of the land acquisition process to acquire fields for the expansion of Margao sewage treatment plant at Sirvodem, Navelim villagers on Sunday have resolved to write to the Margao Municipal Council to stop to the discharge of city
VASCO: Providing bore wells is one thing, but maintaining them is another. To solve the problem of water scarcity, the Vasco PWD (water section) had dug 30 bore wells in and around Vasco.
The first-ever annual employment survey by the Labour Bureau under the Union Ministry of Labour points to a
PANJIM, NOV 10 Village group of Cansaulim have insisted notification of eco-sensitive zones and restriction of construction to 50 Floor Area Report (FAR) pending finalization of the Regional Plan (RP) 2021. This was discussed during a village level meeting at Cansaulim Panchayat, on Tuesday, which was attended by several hundred villagers. GBA convenor Sabina Martins said that the villagers sou
Sao Jose de Areal on Tuesday demanded an end to the dust pollution caused by a fibre unit in the village. Villagers came out in large numbers as officials of the Goa Pollution Control Board and Health department conducted inspections of the fibre and carbon units. Health officials told Herald after the inspection of the fibre unit that they have noticed discrepancies including discharge of water
The garbage containing plastic and rubber waste that has been dumped on Assagao Plateau by Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) has been set on fire, emitting hazardous smoke for the last couple of days. The smoke is not only causing discomfort to the residents of Ganeshpuri, Housing Board and Ektanagar, but it is also hazardous for health of human beings. In a letter to the MMC chief officer, Shiv
PANJIM: A statement which could ruffle many feathers in political and business circles, the Union Minister for Environment Jairam Ramesh has categorically stated that all five-star hotels and vacation beach complexes constructed by violating Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) will have to face the axe in Goa. According to Ramesh there are approximately 8,000 illegal structures in Goa as per satellite
PANJIM: Those who love to have fish on a daily basis may have to do without it on October 29, 2010.
The Centre has asked the Goa government to consider setting up a gas-based power plant in the state.
Parking woes still haunt Madgaokars If vehicular parking was an election issue in the Commercial Capital in the 2005 Civic polls, parking is not just an issue in the ensuing polls, but continues to be the major problem facing the city. This is despite the fact that the city is blessed with three open spaces in the heart of the town at the Old bus stand, old fish market and the pick-up stand. In