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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Vijai threatens to move HC if govt fails to stop transfer of mining leases
MARGAO: Coming down heavily on the Parrikar government for consenting to the transfer of mining leases sans auction, Independent MLA Vijai Sardessai has demanded a probe by a House Committee to inquire into the transfer of mining leases in the state. He has threatened to knock the doors of the High Court if the government fails to stop transfer of mining leases, saying transfer of mining leases will only bring hordes of outside mine owners to loot and plunder the state.
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GBA demands action against land-filling near Panjim KTC
PANJIM: Stepping up their campaign against ‘illegal’ land-filling of the mangrove khazan land, behind the Heera Petrol pump near the Kadamba Bus-stand, Panjim, Goa Bachao Abhiyan, has complained to the Town and Country Planning Department and to other authorities, expressing frustration at the lack of action. In a letter sent to the Chief Town Planner, the Member secretary, North Goa Planning and Development Authority (NGPDA), Panjim, Police Inspector, Panjim Town Police station and the Member Secretary, Mangrove Society of India, the GBA has asked for prompt action.
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Gadgil report, heritage tag not linked, says MoEF
Even as 39 protected areas across the Western Ghats made it to the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites, India is trying to separate the issue of the heritage status from the recommendations of the Western
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Experts slam leaving out Goa, Konkan
As the cluster of 39 sites in the Western Ghats received the World Heritage Site tag on Monday, experts have questioned the logic behind listing the already-protected patches and not giving representation
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Iron ore declined, bauxite mining production tripled in 2010-11
PANJIM: While iron ore production in Goa declined, bauxite mining tripled during the financial year 2010-11, as indicated by the knowledge paper released during the recently held Investor’s Forum in Panjim. The knowledge paper was released by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar during the Investor’s Forum organized on June 30, by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI).
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UN designates Western Ghats as world heritage site
India's 1600-km long Western Ghats mountain chain, which has forests older than the Himalaya mountains, has been added to list of world heritage sites by the United Nations. The Western Ghats mountain
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MoEF to release 30 vultures to safe zones
PANJIM: The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has taken up a program to save vultures from getting extinct. Under this program, 30 young vultures will be ready to fly by year 2014. Dr Asad Rehmani, a senior member of National Board for Willdlife and Director of Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) said that the 30 young vultures will be released from the breeding facilities to the demarcated safe zones at three places.
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Emergency meet held amidst fears of crackdown on mining
SANGUEM: Given the fears of possible crackdown by the government on mining operations at Tolem and Dudhal Mines in Sanguem, the mining dependent people from Sanguem on Sunday convened an emergency meeting
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Farmers oppose road connecting Panjim to Hyderabad bypass
BELGAUM: After strong resent to the proposed by-pass connecting Panjim-Belgaum NH4A to Halga, it is now the turn of proposed Hyderabad-Panjim bypass. After getting news of the implementation of this new by-pass connecting the NH4A to Hyderabad road, farmers in the region have organised themselves against the proposed by-pass citing loss of fertile land.
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Mining policy in three weeks, Govt to HC
PANJIM: The state government has assured the High Court that it would draft the state mining policy within three-weeks and that the drafting of the rules is almost complete. The government has said that the mining policy will come into force from the commencement of the new mining season in September. In an affidavit filed before the Bombay High Court at Goa, the Directorate of Mines and Geology has said that the work of drafting new Goa Minerals Rules 2012 to repeal and replace the 2004 Rules is almost complete and the same will be finalized at the departmental level within a period of three-weeks.