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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Easier said than done?
A month or two ago, just as the government was getting ready to open the tenders for the removal of the
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High Court to hear River Princess case soon
The Bombay High Court at Goa will hear the M V River Princess case on Monday, after the government in an oral statement to the court, today said it modified the terms and conditions set before Salgaonkar Mining Industries Private Limited (SMIPL). The division bench comprising of Justices D G Karnik and F M Reis was hearing the petition filed by River Princess Hatao Manch. The State representati
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Pollution board notices to 35 mining leases
The Goa State Pollution Control Board has issued notices to 35 of the 104 mining leases registered with it, even as a senior official mentioned that more than 25 per cent of the mines were operating without clearances from the Forest Department.
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CRZ notification a ploy to rob our land: fishermen
The National Fish Workers
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Decision on fish plant after getting report from consultant
Fisheries Minister Joaquim Alemao has said that a final decision on the fish meal plant and expansion of the Cutbona fishing jetty will be taken only after the government receives report from the consultant. Alemao has said that the government has appointed a Delhi-based consultant by inviting Expression of Interest to go into the entire gamut of issues relating to the Cutbona fishing jetty, incl
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Centre prepares new CRZ notification draft
Special regulations for Goa, Mumbai and Sunderbans region HERALD CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI, SEPT 14 The Environment and Forest Ministry has come out with a fresh draft of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 2010, improving upon the one issued in April, with special regulations for Goa, Mumbai, Kerala and the Sunderbans region of West Bengal. It permits reconstruction and repair works
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Filling of mangrove areas at city entrance continues
Environmentalists and social activists on Tuesday blamed the authorities concerned for turning a Nelson
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Davorlim serves ultimatum on govt over land acquisition
Davorlim villagers on Tuesday virtually served a 15-day deadline on the government to come out clear on the land acquisition proposal to acquire land admeasuring 1.15 lakh sq mts for the proposed multipurpose utility project. Villagers who came in large numbers as usual to celebrate the feast of the Holy Cross, located on the ancestral land sought to be acquired by the government, expressed their
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New tribunal to settle Goa-Karnataka water row
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The Centre on Monday informed the Supreme Court that a decision had been taken to constitute a tribunal to hear the water dispute between the States of Goa and Karnataka relating to the construction of the Kalasa Banduri project across the Mandovi river. A Bench of Justices Mukundakam Sharma and Anil R.