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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Taleigao blocks Panjims garbage
Panjim: In a sudden development, Taleigao Village Panchayat (TVP) has banned garbage from Corporation of the City of Panjim (CCP) from being dumped at its Taleigao site and reportedly posted security guards there, after conveying its decision to CCP on Monday. About 10 trucks of excess garbage which could not be processed at CCP city composting unit were sent to Taleigao site.
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Citizens demand Lokayukta to probe illegal mining
Margao, A meeting of concerned citizens to condemn the attack on anti-mining activist Nilesh Gaonkar here on Sunday has demanded the appointment of a special Lokayukta for mining to investigate and take penal action against mafia, politicians and police. The resolutions adopted at the meeting held at Grace Church hall this morning further demanded that the Cabinet Ministers, MLAs and office bea
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Experts to decide fate of mines in Western Ghats
PANJIM, Environmental clearance granted to various mines located around wildlife sanctuaries and forest areas might turn
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Forest policy to be changed after incorporating public views
PANJIM, The state forest policy will undergo modification after including suggestions made by various stakeholders, according to Additional Principal Chief Conservation of Forest Dr Shashi Kumar. He said that another committee may be formed to include suggestions given by various stakeholders.
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Blame it on the changed climate
<p>Predicting monsoon arrival no longer an easy task for IMD PANJIM, The atmosphere was always a chaotic system. But predicting the arrival of Goa monsoons has just got more unpredictable in the last few years, according to K V Singh, Director, India Meteorological Department, Altinho.
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Pollution Board officials grilled on pollution at Cuncolim Estate
<p>MARGAO, Pollution in the Cuncolim Industrial Estate has come back to haunt the citizens and the authorities once again.
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Illegal Goa mine shut after stir
Panaji: The Goa government Monday ordered closure of an illegal open cast iron ore mine at Cavrem in face of a sustained campaign by tribals living in the area.
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ICAR seeks to increase rice output in State
PANJIM, Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) is charting out a plan to increase the domestic production of rice from four tons per ha to six tons per hectare through high yielding varieties. Chairman of the Research Advisory Committee, ICAR Goa, Kirti Singh said that the current production of rice is not enough to meet the demands of the state population.
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WRD roots for water harvesting on roof-tops
PANJIM, Water Resources Department (WRD) has written to Town Country Planning (TCP) Department to amend the building bye-laws to make roof-top rain water harvesting facility mandatory for new structures. The request to TCP comes in the wake of poor response to the Roof-Top Rainwater Harvesting Scheme of WRD.
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Machinery at closed Cavrem mine will be removed: CM
MARGAO, Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat on Sunday assured a delegation of social activists that heavy machinery stationed at a closed mine at Cavrem would be removed forthwith and that police would take the ongoing investigations into the Nilesh Gaonkar case to its logical conclusion. In another development, Nilesh was on Sunday afternoon discharged from Hospicio and was later escorted by police t