Margao green NGO plants 5029 trees
MARGAO: Not only Madgaunkars but even the pedestrians passing by extended their hand in planting 5029 Golden Duranta plants along the 800 mars stretch of the road divider from Colva junction to Ravindra
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Camurlim roots for ground plus one projects
<p>MARGAO, The gram sabha of Camurlim Village Panchayat on Monday demanded that the government accept in toto the Regional Plan 2021 submitted by the Village Level Committee and has strongly rooted for ground plus one construction projects in the village.
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Colva sabha calls for illumination of Sernabatim-Gandaulim belt
The Colva gram sabha on Sunday has told the panchayat body to submit a memorandum to Tourism Minister Nilkhant Harlankar demanding illumination of the village beach belt Sernabatim-Colva-Gandaulim. At the meeting held on Sunday, gram sabha members further demanded that the Panchayat take up with the Tourism Minister to construction of retaining wall and steps wherever required along the beach s
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Contamination of wells: Fuel tanks ordered to be shut down
Deputy Collector, Margao Johnson Fernandes on Monday directed the owners of two petrol pumps to shut down the fuel tanks in a bid to check any seepage, even as panel of experts got down the business of ascertain the exact cause of contamination of Comba wells by an oily substance. The Deputy Collector said the owners have been told to find out the quantity of fuel with a gauge to rule out the pos
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Dy Collector told to probe into contamination of Comba wells
District Collector, South G P Naik on Wednesday directed Deputy Collector, Margao Johnson Fernandes to conduct a detailed probe into the contamination of drinking wells in the Comba locality of the city before initiating action against the polluters. The directions came after Margao Municipal Chairperson Sushila Naik called on the District Collector seeking early action in the matter after the Go
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Nuvem cries foul over illegal bore wells
MARGAO: Gram sabha members of the Nuvem village Panchayat on Sunday cried foul over illegal bore wells and demanded a total stop to the activity on grounds that rampant exploitation of ground water for commercial purpose would affect the underground water table. In fact, the illegal bore well issue dominated the proceedings with members questioning the Panchayat body over the activity at two pl
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Now, registration of mining machinery must
Now, registration of mining machinery must In a bid to curb illegal mining, the Transport Department has made the registration of mining machinery mandatory in the state. The decision was taken in a review meeting held on Thursday in which it was pointed out many such machineries are being used for illegal mining without registration. Transport Director Arun Desai said that machineries like J
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Benaulim Pyat members boycott anti-plastic drive
Majority of the Benaulim Panchayat members were found conspicuous by their absence at a plastic collection drive organized by the Panchayat body in association with the NSS unit of Damodar College of Commerce and Economics. While around 300 college students turned up in large numbers coinciding with the National Youth Day, the absence of the panch members left the Sarpanch Carmelina Fernandes fum
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MMC to restart garbage collection door-to-door
Hoteliers not too happy with the scheme The Margao Municipal Council has decided to revive the door-to-door collection of garbage from the city
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Fomento directors to discuss draft agreement on Sonsodo
After days of negotiations over the draft concessions agreement between the two parties, the time has come for both Fomento and the Margao Municipal Council to ratify the draft before inking the agreement to tackle the waste problem at the Sonsodo garbage dump yard. The draft concession agreement will be formally placed before the Board of Directors of Fomento for approval of the draft, before th