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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Canacona committee steps in to insure 187 flood-prone houses
The Canacona Flood Relief Committee (CFRC) has stepped in to insure 187 flood-prone houses in Canacona taluka to the tune of about Rs 6 crore. Some of the house insurance policies were handed over to beneficiaries in a function at the Shree Shradanand Vidyalaya Poinguinim on Thursday. Those attending the function included insurance company officials and CFRC members, besides the insurance benef
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South officials caught on wrong foot over mining bypass
The district authorities, south were caught on the wrong foot on Wednesday after they invited residents of Curchorem for talks on demarcation of the proposed four-lane alignment when the government has already kept the land acquisition process in abeyance. Residents who had responded to the invitation of the District Collector, G P Naik came with the letter from the Revenue Department directing t
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Gawas backing illegal sand extraction: panel
Illegal extraction of sand under Amona Bridge is posing danger to the bridge, besides destroying farming activities in the area, even as local MLA Pratap Gawas has termed it a
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Now, Kamat casts slur on Goas icon
Mayabhushan | Panaji After having angered the Congress with his
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Govt admits illegal mining
The government on Tuesday conceded that
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Use Sada to dispose waste, not as landfill site: HC to MMC
The Bombay High Court at Goa today ordered the Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) not to carry out a landfill site at Sada, while allowing them to go ahead with their garbage disposal process.
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Mining, tourism emitting CO2,Govt needs to act: scientist
The two important backbones of Goan economy
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One metre sea level rise will affect 56mn worldwide: WB
PANJIM, AUG 14<br />The World Bank has feared that rise of one metre sea level across the globe can spell doom for many inhabitants and the impact would be felt by not less than 56 million people.<br />According to the survey conducted by the World Bank, people from East Asia and Pacific region would be affected by large with rise in sea level by one meter.
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Environmentalists stresses the need to save Goas coastline
PANJIM, AUG 13<br />Noted environmentalist Sunita Naraine today said that encroaching into the living and life of traditional people on the coastline may lead us to the similar situation like naxalism, which was witnessed after exploitation of rights of forest dwellers.
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Goa forest issues should happen on coastline: Sunita Narain
If we allow the mistakes committed in the forests to be repeated on the coastline, than we are likely to breed menace like naxalism, noted environmentalist Sunita Narain said today.<br />