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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Water samples of six wells near Sonsodo collected
MARGAO, JULY 17
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Centre not to thrust SEZs on states if not interested'
PANJIM, JULY 17
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CM urged to start work on Sonsodo plant
MARGAO, JULY 14 - The Fatorda Block Congress Committee has said it would support local residents against the Sonsodo dump yard and urged Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat to ensure there's no further delay in starting work on a proper solid waste management plant at the dumping site.
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SEZs scrapped
The Goa Industrial Development Corporation has decided to scrap seven SEZs, including the three notified ones. The decision follows the state government
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Reality check
Enlarge View The Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs
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Parched Goa
Mining waste jams water treatment plants lakhs of people in Tiswadi and Ponda talukas of North Goa are facing water shortage because mining activities in the catchment area of Opa Water Treatment Plant in Ponda are hampering the plant
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Agonda gram sabha opposes mega projects
CANACONA, JULY 13
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Salgaocar assures to close polluted Santona plant
SANGUEM, JULY 13
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Milking the state
Reports that cattle have been struck by different kinds of disease in Canacona and Ponda talukas is disturbing news for the 180-odd dairy societies in the state, as well as for the Goa Dairy, which already imports most of its milk from neighbouring Maharashtra and Karnataka. A mysterious disease has been slowly but steadily killing a number of cattle at Veling-Priol and Kundaim in Ponda taluka during the past fortnight, prompting veterinary officials to urge dairy farmers to get their cattle vaccinated.
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The enemy within
Finally, it was left to the villagers of Sancoale, Verna and Keri to approach the Goa Bench of the Mumbai High Court through three separate writ petitions that challenge the allotment of land to the developers of the Special Economic Zones (SEZs), which were supposed to come up in Goa. The petitions say that the SEZs were allotted land by the Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) in gross violation of the law.