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
Hearing in SEZ petitions was adjourned once again on Thursday on request of the SEZ stakeholders and Court will hear the petitions next on April 27. The SEZ promoters have challenged the notices issued by Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) for withdrawal of land allotted to them. A batch of petitions filed by SEZ promoters -Meditab Specialities Pvt Ltd,
Orlim villagers on Thursday have conveyed a message loud and clear to the Town and Country Planning Department that they are firmly opposed to multi-storied projects coming up in low lying areas and close to paddy fields and water bodies.
Bowing to the demands of the residents of Quepem, the South Goa district Magistrate, G P Naik has partially modified his order in respect of the timings of plying of mining trucks in the taluka. Naik today issued directions that the mining trucks would now ply between 6 am to 4.30 pm till May 31 instead of 6 am to 6 pm.
Keeping the pressure on Chief Minister Digambar Kamat over issues related to violations, finalization of Regional Plan, protecting eco-sensitive zones, etc seems to have worked to some extent. At a meeting with Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA), the chief minister assured action on the ground relating to violations in eco-sensitive zones like hill-cutting, filling of fields, etc.
Quepem Police on Wednesday detained two overloaded mining trucks, even as residents from the taluka filed three police complaints against vehicles for causing nuisance.
The Goa State Pollution Control Board hopes to keep in check pollution caused by mining transportation at seven crucial junctions in the State, even as bitterly-complaining people from these places, appearing skeptical, expressed the measure would hardly help.
The National Institute of Oceanography in a study has concluded that the Chicalim bay that is home to windowpane oysters (scientifically known as placuna placenta and locally known as
Forest department has called upon the wildlife enthusiasts to join them in the thrilling experience of wildlife census. The department has especially urged the higher secondary and college students to participate in the exercises. Even the wildlife enthusiasts with background in Zoology/ Botany can be part of one of the biggest kinds of census ever conducted by the forest department.
The Water Resource Department (WRD) has been accused of undertaking massive destruction of useful trees in Sanquelim and Poriem area under the pretext of constructing a retaining wall at Walwanti River in Sanquelim. The incident came to light when some alert villagers noticed the activity and raised an alarm and stopped the cutting of trees.
Recent moves by China Chamber of Commerce of Metal, Minerals and Chemical Importers (CCCMC) to ban import of low grade iron ore have caused a flutter within the barge industry in the State.