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
Herald (Panjim)
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Poor hygiene in Margao eateries uncovered
Smoky walls and waiters sans sanitary cards greeted a team of health and municipal officials in some of the eateries in Margao in Goa on Day One of the inspection carried out. Inspection of the 13
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'Govt failed to check pipes regularly'
Owners of Panjim-based restaurants are of the view that the government instead of setting its system right, is blaming them for the viral Hepatitis outbreak. The hoteliers agreed that they would
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Mining damaging fields, compaining Rivona farmers
Villagers residing in the remote Malewaddo ward of Rivona panchayat in a recent letter addressed to the South Goa District Magistrate, have complained of the damage caused to their agricultural farms
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Jaundice in Panjim slur on Goa's status: NCP
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Goa unit, spokesman Surendra Furtado has termed the jaundice epidemic in Panjim, the capital of India's most developed state, as a "slur" on the state's credentials
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GHRA blames PWD for water contamination
"When water is supplied by the PWD, can the consumer be blamed for water contamination if the service provider fails in its duty?" questioned the President of Goa Hotels and Restaurant Association,
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When the Buck stops
The Jaundice epidemic should serve as a wake up call to all the civic bodies and all the panchayats and indeed the political executive and the bureaucracy in Goa. Because what the jaundice epidemic
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Sugarcane farmers warned against pest attacks
The Goa state agriculture department has urged sugarcane cultivators to take measures to prevent attacks by white wooly aphid on the crop. The department in a press note issued says that it has been
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MMC lodges police complaint against SGPDA contractor
The shifting of the wholesale fish market might have been a smooth affair, but the collection and disposal of fish waste at the new site has virtually brought face to face the South Goa Planning and
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107 fall victim to jaundice
In a belated action, the Goa state government is undertaking damage-control measures as more than 100 persons have fallen victim to viral Hepatitis (jaundice) in the last few days. While the main
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Hepatitis outbreak under control: CM
Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar, yesterday claimed Goa State's health ministry has come to grips with the 'Hepatitis E' outbreak, and pegged the figure of those diagnosed with the disease in public