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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PWD to tap water from Tillari project
PWD Minister Churchill Alemao on Sunday unveiled plans to boost availability of drinking water in Bardez and Salcete within the next 8-9 months. Admitting that Bardez has been facing water disruptions due to leakages, Alemao said the PWD has sanctioned a 50 mld water treatment plant at Assonora and the same would take shape by June 2010.
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Owner refutes Subdolem plant contaminating area
The owner of the fish processing plant at Subdolem in Balli village has refuted reports that the activity has left the area contaminated and expressed his willingness to implement all measures suggested by the Goa Pollution Control Board.
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Navelim constituency facing water shortage
Even as the PWD department has implemented new water tariffs, water consumers in PWD Minister Churchill Alemao
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Wheres CRZ promise? Matanhy to Ramesh
Fishermen, toddy tappers get fresh demolition notices Worried there was no word from Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh of solution on their old coastal dwellings falling within CRZ, Goenchea Ramponkarancho Ekvott on Thursday informed people have started receiving notices again to demolish their age-old structures.
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Climate change will hit Goa hard: study
Goa is the most vulnerable among coastal states, as major portion of its beaches would be submerged within a foreseeable future due to climatic changes, according to a scientific study.
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Mass drug administration to eliminate filaria
As part of the exercise to completely eliminate filarial from the State, the Directorate of Health services will undertake the Mass Drug Administration in South Goa district from November 11.
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Goa can be free of malaria: CM
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on Wednesday said Goa, which has the best parameters in the health sector in the entire country, could possibly dream of having a malaria-free State by working in tandem with other departments to achieve the not-too-impossible.
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Komla Tollem converted into waste dump!
The once picturesque Komla Tollem (lake) in coastal Benaulim village is back in the news for the wrong reasons. For, the water body
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Goa has failed to train teachers on environ: Centre
Goa is in the list of States that have failed to provide comprehensive training on environmental education to teachers, which is mandatory as per ministry of environment and forest rules.
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Now, Dovondem lake contaminated with sewage discharge
Sewage waters have again come to haunt the authorities in the Commercial capital. This time, the picturesque Dovondem lake at the northern entrance to the city has been left contaminated by the rampant discharge of sewage, so say locals.