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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Yes, in my backyard
The environmental movement is based on the idea that people do not want something bad in their vicinity: not in my backyard, or Nimby The environmental movement is based on the idea that people do not want something bad in their vicinity: not in my backyard, or Nimby. This concept has driven change across the world and continues to be the reason why projects, from shale gas exploration in the US to wind power in the UK, face protests. Ordinary people, but with power because they are part of the voting middle class, take up these issues because their lives are affected.
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Charity condemns tourists' use of fresh water in developing countries
Study finds visitors to Bali, the Gambia and Goa use 16 times as much water as locals, causing conflict and disease The disproportionate use of fresh water by tourists in developing world destinations
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Parrikar: Governments are encroachers on forest lands!
PANJIM: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday claimed that the governments that disrespect the rights of tribals living in the forest, themselves are encroachers on forest lands and that enactment of Forest Rights Act (FAR) reinforces the right of the tribals living there. “Tribals have not encroached on the forest land. We are the ones who have snatched away their forest rights by encroaching on the forest land,” the chief minister said while addressing an orientation programme on effective implementation of Forest Right Act (FRA), organized by Directorate of Tribal Welfare.
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Govt: Special mechanism on the cards
With environmental activists criticising that the UNESCO World Heritage Site tag on 39 areas in the Western Ghats does not mean more protection to these ecologically fragile properties, Environment Minister
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Two more industrial estates selected for rain water harvesting
PANJIM: After initiating the project at the Verna Industrial Estate, the State government has now proposed to initiate rain water harvesting and ground water recharging in two more industrial estates, the planning and execution of which will begin this year. According to a knowledge paper released during the Investor’s Forum, last week, Pilerne and Kundaim industrial estates are been identified by government for initiating the projects.
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Vasco locals petition GSPCB to postpone hearing on terminal
CORTALIM: The Goa State Pollution Control Board's (GSPCB) decision to hold the environmental public hearing for the proposed 7.2 MMTPA Iron-Ore Export Terminal at Mormugao Port has raked up a controversy. The hearing is scheduled on July 24, which happens to be the day on which week-long Shree Damodar Bhajani Saptha festivities commence in the port town.
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Goa Mines Dept suggests auctioning of illegally stored ore
The Goa Mines and Geology Department has suggested confiscation and auction all the iron ore that is illegally stacked on various private lands across the state. The department officials, who are in the process of formulating a new mining policy for Goa, have recommended that a checklist of all such plots working illegally across the state be prepared.
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Govt opposes Unesco tag for W Ghats
The State government is in no mood to give the Western Ghats-Unesco tag matter a rest. It has raised serious contentions against the Centre for taking the matter into its own hands and renominating the Ghats in this year’s Unesco Convention at St Petersberg, Russia, ignoring the ‘stiff opposition’ by the State government. Forest Minister C P Yogeeshwara said on Wednesday the State government would oppose the tag conferred on the Western Ghats by the Unesco’s World Heritage Committee.
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Mines official made to pay for attempt to stop illegality
PANJIM: Cleansing government departments will be a hard task, despite claims of transparency and zero tolerance for corruption, as a committed government official of the mines department learnt. A senior officer in the mines department recently warned senior officials of the PWD department of stern action for allowing use of its (PWD) land for large scale illegal sand extraction and stacking it below Amona and Khandola bridge. To his horror, instead of being applauded, the officer was shunted out of the department, and given a lower posting.
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Uttar Pradesh tops chart of domestic tourist visits
New Delhi It’s not the beaches of Goa or backwaters of Kerala that entice domestic tourists. Uttar Pradesh tops the chart of domestic tourist visits, registering 155.4 million of them in 2011. In fact, the state pipped Andhra Pradesh this year to bag the top slot. According to the ministry of tourism data, the number of domestic tourist visits (DTVs) to the states and Union territories during 2011 was 851 million, registering a strong growth of 13.8% over the previous year. This, despite the economic slowdown. There were 748 million domestic tourist visits in 2010 and 669 million in 2009.