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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State gives thumbs-up to MoEF draft CRZ notification 2018
PANJIM: Notwithstanding to the opposition from the fishing community and several civil society groups, the Goa Government has a given thumbs-up to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) draft
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State to pay Rs 300 crore to unlock 38 lakh sq mtr of land
PANJIM: In a significant development, Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) has agreed to pay around Rs 300 crore to promoters of special economic zones (SEZ), who have approached the State government
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Mining sends sacred groves on path to extinction: Environmentalist
Rajendra Kerkar calls for government action to protect the disappearing patches of biological importance PANJIM: Environmentalist and National Wildlife Board member Rajendra Kerkar, who has done an
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Anti-CRZ notification movement gains momentum
PANJIM: NGO Goencho Avaaz has expressed grave apprehension and protested the draft coastal regulation zone (CRZ) notification 2018 claiming it will prove detrimental and destructive to the fragile socio-economic
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Draft CRZ blatantly violates principles of legislation, logic and science: VAG
With the June 18 deadline to raise objections to the CRZ Draft Notification just 3 days away, environmentalists, NGOs and various Goans associations have termed it a document without scientific validity
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Fishing community opposes draft CRZ notification
PANJIM: National Fishworkers Forum (NFF), along with its affiliated union, Goenchea Raponkarancho Ekvott (GRE), on Monday protested the draft CRZ notification 2018 claiming that it is scaling back on safeguards
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State plods along in recovering mining loot
PANJIM: Not only has the State government not recovered even a miniscule percentage of the Rs 35,000 crore mining loot pointed out by Justice M B Shah Commission in its inquiry report on illegal mining
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Cuncolkars adamant on shutting down polluting fish meal plants
Agitated Cuncolkars are now planning to come out with all force to close all polluting fish meal plants in Cuncolim Industrial Estate. Recently, an international organisation had listed Cuncolim Industrial
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Survey drinking water scarcity in mining areas, HC directs govt
PANJIM: The High Court of Bombay at Goa has directed the State to conduct a survey of all mining areas facing drinking water shortage and submit the report before the end of this month. The Court passed
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State 100% electrified, but some houses have no light
PANJIM: Though Goa achieved 100 per cent electrification in 2015, along with another 14 States/union territories, the Electricity Department on Monday said it is in the process of electrifying a small