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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MMC struggling with waste collection scheme
The Margao Municipal Council appears literally struggling with the door-to-door garbage collection scheme for want of adequate manpower and machinery.
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Govt to acquire paddy fields for sports ground in Nuvem
HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, JAN 6 After lying low for months now, the Government is finally going ahead to acquire 50,000 sq mts of lush green paddy fields for a sports ground in Nuvem village
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Guidelines to locate industries on river banks framed: Govt
HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JAN 5 Guidelines for location of industries on river banks have been framed and are referred to Task Force on Regional Plan, the Government said today. The guidelines have been drafted by Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) on the direction of High Court in suo motto writ petition on water.
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GSPCB gets HCs wake up call over medical waste
HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JAN 5 The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) came under scanner on Monday as the High Court demanded to know what action had been taken to ensure that medical waste is systematically disposed off and if, any action was taken against any erring hospitals.
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Suggestions to prevent Siolim hill cutting under consideration: AG
PANJIM, JAN 5 Any equipment found at the site that was used for the illegal hill cutting should be seized. Immediate measures should be taken to protect the remaining hill, and the work of stabilising the excavated portion of the hill should be undertaken by whosoever has cut the hill or by the property owner.
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Need tigers, first promote deers: Biologist
PANJIM, JAN 5 Why are there hardly any or no tigers in Goa?
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Dharbandoda mine closed
HERALD CORRESPONDENT COLLEM, JAN 4 The Salgaonkar mine at Tatodi-Dharbandoda in Sanguem taluka has been shut down by the management. According to sources, the decision has been taken by the management due to reduction in the demand for iron ores from countries like China.
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MMC to make one more attempt to ban plastic bags
After a miserable failure last year, the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) is bracing up to implement the ban on plastic carry bags to make the Commercial Capital plastic free from Republic Day.
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MMCs garbage scheme fails to take off
HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, JAN 1 Margao Civic body
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City in space and metaphor: A study on the port-city of Goa, 15101700
The physical formatting of a city is done not by accident but by definite purposes and logic that its dominant groups intend to transcribe in space. The Portuguese, who developed Goa as their seat in Asia, transferred a large set of meanings of power into its urban space by resorting to architectural process as a language of domination.