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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VGG visits controversial projects at Sancoale
Activists of the Villagers Group of Goa (VGG) on Saturday visited various controversial real estate projects at Sancoale on the occasion of World Environment Day. The VGG activists first proceeded to a hotel project along the NH-17B at Upasanagar that is under construction and later went near the BITS Pillani complex, where private forest land has been converted to accommodate a hotel project.
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Nod given for disaster management centre in South Goa: DM
South Goa district Magistrate, G P Naik has said the government has in principle approved a proposal to have a disaster management training centre in South Goa, even as a team of the National Disaster Response Force will be stationed in south district to meet all emergency situations in the state.
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Quepem SDM convenes meet to solve mining woes
Quepem SDM Agnelo Fernandes on Friday convened a meeting with officials of mining companies operating in Cavrem and Rivona, government officials and members of Quepem Taluka Mining Affected People Front (QTMAPF) to find a solution to overloading and over-speeding of mining trucks.
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CSJP calls for efforts to save environment
Blames policies, abuse of resources for global warming The Council for Social Justice and Peace (CSJP) has stated that irrational policies, unscrupulous urbanisation of villages, especially in the coastal belt, and blatant abuse of the natural resources have contributed significantly to global warming and climate change in the State.
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Centre should decide on Goa as tiger reserve: Filipe Neri
SHWETA KAMAT On the World Environment Day, the environmentalists continue to find it a distant dream to get state
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Goa's underwater relics under threat: Marine scientists
A combination of scuba gear equipped treasure hunters and government apathy is gnawing away at Goa's underwater heritage, according to scientists from the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), a central marine research institute.
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Audit shock
LIKE any normal child, Illyas from Varanasi, a 13-year-old, wanted to go to a regular school and become an important man some day. But poverty forced him to start working at an eatery for Rs.200 a day so that he could feed his younger siblings. He, however, continues his studies as well and is in class V.
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Mormugao port projects will impact environment, fears Goa CM
Prakash Kamat The Goa Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat, on Tuesday sought the intervention of the Centre in resolving the imbroglio between the State Government and the south Goa-based major port Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) over the latter's development and infrastructure expansion projects.
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Cariamol iron ore mine put on hold
A South Goa iron ore mining project cleared back in September 2007 by the Environment Ministry has been put on hold following an intervention of the National Environment Appellate Authority, New Delhi.
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Churchill to revive agriculture with NREG scheme funds
If Rural Development Minister, Churchill Alemao is to be believed, he has ambitious plans up his sleeve to revive agriculture