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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Goa can acquire land for Mopa,govt informs HC
Goa government in its submission to the High Court has rejected the contention of people affected by Mopa airport project that land for the Greenfield airport project should be acquired by Central government and not by the State. Advocate General Subhod Kantak told the court today that the state government will own Mopa airport even though it will be managed by a private party.
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NEERI to study tar ball phenomenon
The government has said that the Union Ministry of Shipping and Environment and Forests have ordered NEERI to conduct a detailed study on the annual phenomenon of tar balls surfacing along Goa
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Tar balls buried on beach!
Ill-equipped to deal with the tar balls, labourers deployed to clean up the beaches are found disposing off the oily substance by burying them in pits dug right on the beach. The labourers dug up small pits on the shore to dispose off the tar balls.
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Govt puts fish plant land acquisition on hold
Agitation by Velim villagers against the proposed fish meal plant at the Cutbona fishing jetty drew first success, with the government on Tuesday deciding to keep on hold the land acquisition process to acquire land admeasuring 30,000 square meters for the project. The government
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Panchwadi villagers complain against building mining road
Panchwadi villagers along with Fr Rodrigues called on the Minister for Environment Alexio Sequeira at his Raia residence on Monday morning regarding construction of mining road through their village. The villagers enlightened the Minister of the ill effects and other problems of dust pollution, heavy traffic in their small village etc.
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Greens call for celebrating eco-friendly Ganesh
SHWETA KAMAT PANJIM, AUG 30 Environmentalists in Goa have appealed to the people to opt for eco-friendly methods to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi this year. Charting out various ways that can help you have pollution-free Chovoth (Ganesh Chaturthi), the environmentalists feel that changing social ethos are increasingly casting its shadow over the celebration making it inimical to environment. Reno
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Canacona MLA calls for equipping Disaster Management panel suitably
Canacona MLA Vijay Poi Khot has called for fixing up priority list beforehand by the Disaster Management Committee to suitably equip itself in the event of disasters that may befall in any form. Poi Khot was speaking at the installation, introduction and orientation programme for village level disaster management committees, organized by Disaster Management Committee (South) and Deputy Collector
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Fish meal plant at Cutbona jetty faces stiff opposition
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Earthmover
In politics, the dramatic always finds place in history's viewfinder. The Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh, has emerged as India's most spectacular green warrior.
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HC bans cutting of trees for Tivim cricket stadium
The Bombay High Court at Goa has disposed off a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition filed challenging the permission granted by Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF) for felling 2500 trees for construction of international cricket stadium in Tivim with a direction to Goa Cricket Association (GCA) that no trees shall be cut until it obtains all construction clearances. The Goa Foundation,