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
Goa
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On track to disaster
By ignoring sound technical advice, Konkan Railway jeopardises the fragile Western Ghats environment
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Close, or else...
Protesters against Meta Strips in Goa threaten a civil disobedience movement
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Goa bans plastic bags
the Goa state authorities are making all possible efforts to ensure that the state's drive against plastic bags is successful. The state had banned plastic bags less than 20 microns thickness
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ECOLOGY PROTECTION
The Goa High Court has passed important judgements aimed at protecting the state's coastal ecology. It has rejected the high tide line for the coastline in south Goa, which had been marked by the
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Mere paperwork
The state government of Goa acknowledges that a green law passed in 1996 is toothless
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Meta Outstripped
The pace of construction at a controversial copper plant in Goa has not slackened despite protests from the people and the church
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Stifling civil society
Two cases of government apathy towards volunteers and activists in Goa
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A war of words
Having run into trouble, a waste copper recycling plant in Goa writes to Greenpeace
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Up for grabs
Goa suffers the infiltration of its pristine landscapes by groups with vested commercial interests
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Loudspeakers silenced
the Goa bench of the Bombay high court has banned the playing of loud amplified music between 10 pm and 7 am throughout the state. The interim order, issued in response to a public interest