Amended noise action plan of Goa
Goa government has notified the ‘Amended Noise Action Plan’ to purportedly streamline the processes related to curbing noise pollution in the state, as specified before the High Court on April 30. The
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High tech units to rid Goa of waste menace?
PANJIM: In the ongoing garbage menace that is plaguing every corner of the state, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and Urban Development Minister Francis D’Souza seem to have put their faith in technology
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Forest Rights Act next year: govt
PANJIM: The government has pledged to implement the Forest Rights Act, 2005 from the year 2013, a decision which could go a long way in ensuring that forest dwelling tribes get ownership rights on the land that they live on. Replying during a discussion on demands for grants for Tribal Affairs, minister Ramesh Tawadkar said that all the issues concerning the tribes which they were demanding will be addressed in time.
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GPCC to urge Centre not to reduce buffer zone
PANJIM: The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) will urge the Central government not to grant any relief to the State to reduce the 10-km buffer zone around the wildlife sanctuaries. “I will meet the Union that there should not be any reduction of buffer zone as it will encourage mining activity. If possible, the Central government should instead expand the radius from 10 kms to 15 kms,” GPCC spokesperson Jitendra Deshprabhu told reporters on Thursday.
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MoEF casually granted mining companies ECs’
PANJIM: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said he would refer cases of fraudulent granting of Environmental Clearances (ECs) by the Ministry of Environment and Forests to the state police crime branch for
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PIO, OCI not permitted to buy agricultural land: CM
PANJIM: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Wednesday categorically stated that Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) are not permitted to buy agricultural land. If there are any such instances, they would be inquired into and referred to the Central Government and action will be initiated under FEMA. In the matter brought to the House by Fatorda MLA, the chief minister said that the party would be asked to furnish all documents and permissions that it has procured.
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Visitors red over non-functional lift, bio-medical waste at Hospicio
MARGAO: Hospicio’s non-functioning lift and accumulated bio-medical waste came to haunt the authorities once again, with visitors to the hospital questioning the storage of the waste along the passage leading to the paediatric ward, even as the hospital lift broke down once again, stranding a staffer on Tuesday. The presence of the bio-medical waste on the passage leading to the paediatric ward invited ire from a group of visitors, who demanded to know why the waste is not cleared from the hospital in a time-bound manner. “The waste is easily accessible to the children.
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Congress demands collective assessment into mining scam
PANJIM: The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) has demanded a collective assessment into the mining scam while it has also accused Manohar Parrikar-government of being ‘double corrupt’ than the Congress was alleged of during its regime. “Congress believes that there has to be a collective assessment of the entire thing (mining scam)…Congress will not allow Parrikar to run away with illegalities…” GPCC spokesperson Jitendra Deshprabhu said alleging government’s nexus with the illegal mining.
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Govt mulls ban on sale of agri land
PANJIM: In its commitment towards promoting agriculture and boosting production, the Government is proposing a new legislation to ban the sale of agricultural land. The Government is also open to taking an all-party delegation to the Centre to push for Special Status for Goa. This was disclosed by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar during the question hour on Monday. Parrikar told the House that the legislation would be brought in during the on-going monsoon session of the Goa Assembly by amending the Land Revenue Code.
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New rules for sand extraction soon
PANJIM: In a categorical statement, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar declared that no additional or new forest land would be diverted for mining also indicating that new rules are in the offing for regulating extraction of minor minerals, including sand extraction. Leaving it to the administrative machinery to work out the logistics, Parrikar said, “the Forest Department will have to work out a policy on how to deal with existing dumps on forest land”.
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Special Gram Sabhas in Dharbandora appoint forest committees
PONDA: Special Gram Sabhas were convened in Dharbandora taluka on Sunday to appoint Forest Rights Committees under the Scheduled Tribes and other traditional Forest Dwellers Act (recognition of Forest Rights Act 2006 and Rules 2007). Each committee comprises 15 members of which five members have to be from the ST community. However, if there are no ST women candidate then five women members can be chosen from other communities. The act will help people residing in forest land or are using land for farming purposes to claim ownership.