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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Rahejas Carmona project suffers setback
EIA authority says no to prior environmental clearance Margao: Mumbai-based Ms K Rajeha Universal
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Archbishop voices concern over destruction of environment
Panjim: The increasing heaps of garbage strewn about in Goa
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Karnataka opposes proposed UNESCO tag for Western Ghats
Sunday's session of World Heritage Committee may discuss subject Tag will only be a hurdle to constructive conservation, says Minister BANGALORE: The Karnataka government has decided to convey to the Centre, in particular Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh, that it is not interested in the UNESCO tag for the Western Ghats.
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NH expansion project in the woods and powerless
House committee, forest and power departments hold back permissions, delaying the 800 crore PM-gifted project PANJIM: A Rs 800 crore national highway (NH) widening project, gifted to Goa by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2007, has gone off course. The four-laning of the Panjim-Anmod national highway 4A has hit a road block because the House committee hasn
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Centre chided for ignoring fish workers views on CRZ
Panjim: Fish workers
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383 wetland areas identified in State
Panjim: Wetland Atlas of India, the satellite based imagery, has identified 383 wetland areas in Goa with river and stream leading the chart.
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Major landslide at Amboli Ghat
Traffic along Belgaum-Goa road via Sawantwadi blocked BELGAUM: Traffic along the Belgaum-Goa road via Sawantwadi has been blocked due to a major landslide at Amboli Ghat. The landslide in the wee hours of Sunday has blocked about 40 meters of the road and has caused severe hardship to motorists, an official told Herald. The landslide, the second of its kind in nearly a year, has given a maj
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Fishermen to get weather forecast via SMS
PANJIM: Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Ashwani Kumar on Sunday said that the ministry aims to cover over 14 lakh fishermen, who would be able to get the prediction of weather forecast via short messaging service (SMS) and voice mail facility, in next five years. Addressing media persons, Kumar said ministry through Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has introduced a servic
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Scientists develop technology to manage ballast water
A group of Indian scientists may have found the solution to an issue of global concern: disturbance of eco systems because of the growing maritime traffic across the world. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) had been perennially concerned over the transportation of marine species between different parts of the world because of discharge of ballast water from ocean-going ships. Ove
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Invasive alien species a threat to coastline
Dona Paula (Goa): India is getting ready to safeguard its 7000-km coastline from invasive alien species.