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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Chorao bird sanctuary declared as CWH
The Goa Forest Department today said that D Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary and the adjoining mangrove areas at Chorao have been declared as critical Wildlife Habitat for the purpose of scheduled tribe and other traditional forest dwellers Act, 2006.
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Engineered landfills only solution to waste menace
Non-engineered waste dumps like the one at Sonsodo near Margao have created more problems than solutions to waste disposal. Foul smell and leachate generated at such dumps give rise to unhygienic conditions detrimental to human health.
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Kurdi locals accuse mining firm of destroying forest
Residents of Kurpem and Kurdi wards of Wadem-Kurdi have bitterly complained of the massive destruction of forest by a mining company in the area. The residents have also charged the mining company for destruction of their agricultural plantation and paddy fields.
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Old Goa panel not to allow garbage plant at Bainguinim
The High Court may have cleared the proposed waste disposal site in Bainguinim, but the Old Goa Villagers Action Committee is determined to thwart efforts by the Corporation City of Panjim (CCP) to set up garbage treatment plant at the proposed site.
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Patnekar vows to indefinitely stop mining trucks in Bicholim
Bicholim MLA Rajesh Patnekar and people from Bicholim on Tuesday vowed to indefinitely stop mining trucks plying through the city. It may be recalled that Patnekar and councillors of Bicholim Municipal Council (BMC) at a press conference earlier had convened a meeting of all the people, who are against mining trucks plying in the city, at BMC hall on Tuesday.
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Include uniform footpath in city plan under JNNURM, CCP told
The high level committee on Urban Development Ministry has directed the Corporation of the City of Panjim to ensure that a uniform footpath, user friendly street for senior citizens as well as for the disabled person to be included in the comprehensive mobility plan for the city under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
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Dona Paula-Vasco Launch service may set sail again
The State Government is planning to re-start the Dona Paula-Vasco Launch service under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission. Disclosing this to reporters after four new ferry boats were commissioned
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Garbage treatment plant for Panjim
The Corporation of the City of Panjim (CCP) can finally go ahead with setting up a state-of-the-art, no-nuisance integrated sanitary landfill and solid waste management site at Bainguinim, now that the Bombay High Court at Goa has dismissed the writ petitions that challenged the land acquisition at Bainguinim. The CCP must now move fast to take the garbage treatment project ahead.
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HC clears Bainguinim as waste treatment site
The road has now been cleared for City of the Corporation of Panjim (CCP) for setting up an integrated sanitary landfill and solid waste management site at Bainguinim.
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Policies and their implementation
The Goa government, we are told, is all set to unveil a draft Forest Policy this month. Secretary for Forests Rajiv Yaduvanshi has announced that the draft Forest Policy will be placed in the public domain for suggestions before it is finalised, and a time limit will be given for comments and ideas. The document is to include the state