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 …
Amidst much fanfare and bouquets, PWD Minister, Churchill Alemao on Thursday launched work on three bridges across River Sal costing over Rs 35 crore in his Navelim constituency, as he hopped from village to village along with Chief Minister Digambar Kamat to lay the foundation stones for the mega projects. …
Three trucks were stopped by locals of Loutolim after they were caught red-handed while dumping industrial waste at Devoti in Loutolim village on Thursday noon. The Maina Curtorim police later seized the three vehicles and arrested the drivers, besides the owner of the trucks under Section 34 of the Indian …
Panjim based businessman and the Chairman and Managing Director of Alcon Enterprises, Anil Counto today said that his two acre land at Tonca which facilitated dumping of the City Corporation's solid waste was never used to settle political scores but is presently in a mess and cannot be used any …
As directed by the High Court, the Tourism Department Thursday carried out an exercise to free the Candolim-Baga beach belt of unauthorised beach beds, umbrellas and other encroachments. It may be recalled that the High Court after taking suo-moto cognizance of a photo that appeared in Herald showing a crowded …
Plans by the Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) to set up a garbage disposal site has received a major setback, with the Cunchelim Communidade strongly opposing moves to acquire 32,050 sq mtrs of their land for the proposed project. "We have already written a letter to the North Goa collector, conveying …
Door-to-door collection of waste from hotels, besides residential houses came to an abrupt halt in the Commercial Capital in the last two days for want of labourers. With the incumbent Chief Officer, N D Agrawal shunted out of office and the Employees Union threatening to strike work if daily wage-workers …
This year's prolonged winter is likely to affect mango production in the State, according to the agriculture department. This is because the peak season of mangoes is expected to coincide with the onset of monsoon as the flowering of trees did not happen on time. Due to the extended winter, …
Mormugao Deputy Collector Levinson Martins has convened a meeting on Thursday morning, to discuss the seepage of petroleum products into two wells at Bogmalo. Stating this, Chicolna-Bogmalo Sarpanch Laxman Kavlekar told Herald that Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) officials on Wednesday claimed they had no facilities to store the petroleum that …
With many a Margao household receiving drinking water only in trickles, the BJP activists of the city unit on Wednesday gheraoed PWD officials and demanded explanation for the water scarcity. Assistant Engineer, Vijay Kudchadkar attributed the water scarcity in some parts of the city to the ongoing pump replacement work …
Days after the loading and unloading of coal at Berths 10 and 11 at the Mormugao Port was stopped by a series of agitations, the Goa Pollution Control Board has shown that both the suspended particulate matter (SPM) and the respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) in the area are much …
A workshop on agro-based food processing was held at Agnel Ashram and organised by Khadi and Village Industries Commission, Government of India. The programme was attended by a large number of beneficiaries of the REGP scheme who are already self employed in the food processing sector. J M Noronha, General …
While efforts to pump out petroleum products that seeped into two wells at Pilmad Bogmalo have met with little success, Chicolna-Bogmalo Sarpanch Laxman Kavlekar has now claimed that a third well has been contaminated in the village. Mr Kavlekar has stated that IOC officials will visit the well on Wednesday …
The SEZ Virodhi Manch has warned Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat that any attempts by the Ministers in his government or by other vested interests in Goa or by the Ministry of Commerce to foist the SEZs on Goa under any label or force the pace of industrialisation by any other …
It should not come as any surprise to Goans that our fishing trawlers are returning almost empty or with very little catch, pushing the prices of fish to the sky. The resources of fish in the sea are not infinite, if the rate of harvesting fish exceeds the natural rate …
A group of residents of Marathi Ward, Zuarinagar, confronted officials at the PWD office in Baina on Monday, to complain about the erratic water supply for the last 20 days. Accompanied by local Panch Nilesh Dalvi, the residents confronted Assistant Engineer (AE) M S Kunju and demanded immediate water supply …
Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment of a Division Bench of the Bombay High Court at Goa in Writ Petition no.41/93 filed by the respondents. The writ petition no.41/93 was filed seeking quashing of the orders dated 3rd January, 1991 passed by the Directorate of Mines and Labour …
This report contains the "Natural Resource Accounting of Goa State' and the valuation of environment and forest ecosystem of Goa state. In this report basic concepts on environmental accounting and different approaches of valuation are described. More specifically report covers the valuation in the specific sectors viz., air, water, municipal …
A leopard entered the verandah of a house in Lamgao-Bicholim on Thursday, as wild cats have continued to haunt residents of Bicholim taluka. Animal Rescue Squad Chief Amrut Singh told Herald that a leopard entered the verandah of the house owned by one Desai, in an attempt to kill a …
