Affidavit by the state of Goa in the matter of news item titled "India lost 2.33 million hectares of tree cover since 2000 global forest watch" appearing in the Indian Express dated April 13, 2024. As per the State of Forests Report of 2023, the total forest cover in Goa …
MAYEM, MARCH 28 The Government has sanctioned a grant of Rs 35 lakh to Bicholim Muncipal Council (BMC), to purchase space for the disposal of garbage at Lakherim in Bordem-Bicholim. Speaking to reporters, BMC Mayor Satish Gaonkar stated that the garbage disposal site selected by BMC belongs to Bordem Comunidade. …
PANJIM, MARCH 28 The North District Administration has flagged down cruise boat operations along River Mandovi for alleged noise pollution and has curtailed use of sound permits to a weekly basis. Additional Collector Swapnil Naik disclosed that a monitoring station is being set up near Miramar where sound decibels would …
The Saligao gram sabha on Sunday convened to deliberate on Draft Regional Plan marked heated exchanges between the members over proposed road issues in the area. Briefing the members, Domnic Fernandes, a member of Village Level Committee, said that looking into the needs and development of Saligao, RP 2021 committee …
PANJIM, MARCH 27 (HR) – Chief Minister Digambar Kamat will head the House Committee to look into the garbage dumping problems of Panjim and Margao. The House, on Tuesday, had decided to appoint a House Committee in wake of the protests from the villagers of Bainguinim, Old Goa and the …
Residents of Curchorem-Cacora will at least now get reprieve from dust pollution caused by mining trucks plying in the area and due to loading and unloading of mining ore at the railway yard. A Division Bench of the Bombay High Court at Goa on Thursday granted interim relief to the …
Fourteen out of 16 mines in Sanguem are operating within one kilometer to the rivers or the Selaulim Dam, the House was informed today. Coming down heavily on the government
The Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) will not only have to stop dumping of garbage at Assagao plateau but will also have to immediately fence-- the whole dumping site. The High Court directed MMC to appoint adequate number of chawkidars and guards within 48-hours guard at the site. In pursuant to …
UDAY BHEMBRE The Ordinance will benefit not Cidade De Goa alone, but also many other companies, says UDAY BHEMBRE In Goa the literacy rate is over 82 per cent. Our socio-economic indices are impressive, or at least better than those of many other states in the country. We are better …
Over 1 lakh people residing in and around Vasco could face a major epidemic, with the main PWD water pipeline heavily corroded and submerged in sewage water at Zari-Zuarinagar in Sancoale. More alarming is the fact that despite the issue being brought to the notice of various authorities, nothing much …
The incinerator and plasma pyrolysis plant at Goa Medical College & Hospital treating bio-medical waste are not in good health. Also, this premier hospital lacks certain facilities as it treats bio-medical waste from other hospitals as well. This became evident after the Goa State Pollution Control Board that conducted an …
Hoteliers threaten to move High Court PANJIM, MARCH 15 The Panjim Hotel and Restaurant Owners Association today threatened to move the High Court against the Corporation of the City of Panaji as their garbage has been left unattended for over eight days.
