Govt assures a new CZMP with people’s views
Plan to be drafted by Environment Department in consultation with CZMA, GSPCB, scientists PORVORIM: In a major victory to the people, the State government on Tuesday announced it woud draft a fresh
Plan to be drafted by Environment Department in consultation with CZMA, GSPCB, scientists PORVORIM: In a major victory to the people, the State government on Tuesday announced it woud draft a fresh
PANJIM: In a major setback to the mining industry, Shah Commission during their first round of investigations is learnt to have found that 90 percent of the mines in the state have some kind of illegalities. Sources stated that Shah Commission’s senior members Justice R A Mehta and U V Singh reprimanded Chief Wildlife Warden Dr Shashi Kumar and Director of Mines and Geology Arvind Lolienkar on the illegalities, which were allowed to be continue by authorities.
PANJIM: State Government in their submission to Bombay High Court at Goa has ruled out that mining industry in the state were extracting ore more than Environment Clearance (EC) limits. Directorate
PANJIM: The Shah Commission has observed gross violations outside lease areas in their initial investigation into illegal mining in Goa. The commission, which has inspected 90 operational mines along
Failure to inaugurate Rs 1 crore garbage treatment plant at Dumane has resulted in CMC not servicing certain areas and dumping collected garbage behind its own building. Erratic movement of Canacona Municipal
The exposure of illegal mining scams in Karnataka and Goa and Karnataka’s ban on transportation of iron ore has had a huge impact on the railways. The South Western Railway (SWR) is one of the major losers,
Around 15,000 people from the state’s ore-rich belt took to the streets of Panjim demanding assurance from Chief Minister Digambar Kamat that there would not be a ban on mining in the state In a novel
PANJIM: After being exposed through Karnataka Lokayukta report, Goa government has been ordered by Union Ministry of Mines to give details of the Karnataka ore used in Goa for blending local ore and also
PANJIM: State Mines and Geology department Tuesday began an inspection of various plots in the state which are being used to dump iron ore. The officials swung into action after it was revealed that only 15 plots are registered with them while several hundred plots are increasingly used to stack ore, throwing environmental norms to the wind.
PANJIM: Fearing a total shut down of mining industry, people dependent on mining have blamed Goa government for not curbing illegal mining, when it was just taking root in the state. At the same time,
PANJIM: After Public Accounts Committee (PAC) fiasco on tabling of report pertaining to illegal mining scam in the state, it’s time for Shah Commission to continue its investigation. A team of Shah Commission comprising member Dr U V Singh will be arriving in Goa next week. Officials said that the team would go through the documents related to the taxes paid on the export of mining.