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 …
PANJIM: Goa Mining People’s Front held a public meeting at Curchorem to impress upon the Government to end the mining crisis in the State. Addressing the meeting All India Trade Union General Secretary Christopher Fonseca said a sudden ban on mining was uncalled for and as a result livelihoods of …
PANJIM: Syngenta India Limited, Corlim, and three other steel companies have agreed to install online stack emission, effluent and ambient air quality monitoring system, bringing the total number of companies which have agreed to comply, to eight, since Monday. While the steel production units- Shrithik Ispat, Shraddha Ispat Private Limited, …
PANJIM: The Supreme Court’s (SC) Central Empowered Committee (CEC), which was unable to submit its report within the stipulated period to the apex court, has sought additional information from State government over iron ore production, export and sale within the country, for last five years from 2006-2011. The three members …
PONDA: Even as Ponda Police has registered an offence against the bus driver involved in the mishap that claimed the life of a lecturer, residents of Konem have raised fears over a possible threat to natural water resources due to a diesel leakage from the tanker. It may be recalled …
BICHOLIM: The issue of no-objection certificates (NOC) granted by the panchayat secretary to mining companies in the village dominated the recent Mayem-Vaiginim gram sabha. At a special gram sabha held recently, residents highlighted the problems faced by truck owners, while others came down heavily on mining companies. During the discussion, …
PANJIM: At a time when the government is promising to enact a policy to compensate people who lose land to government projects, farmers from Merces and neighbouring areas have become victims of the unsympathetic attitude of the government over compensation for land lost towards the Ribandar bypass via Kadamba plateau …
MAYEM: Residents of Navelim on Sunday demanded with the State government to restart legal mines in the State. The residents made the demand at the Navelim Gram Sabha, which was specially called by the panchayat to discuss the crisis faced by truck owners and others dependent on mining. Most of …
PANJIM: PWD Minister Sudin Dhawlikar launched a campaign against use of plastic at a function organised by Kundai Panchayat in Ponda taluka recently. On the occasion, Dhawlikar lauded the initiative of Kundai panchayat for launching awareness drive which he said would go a long way in creating mass awareness among …
The mining scam unfolding in Goa has been throwing up the names of more and more leaders of the Congress and the NCP who have alleged links to the mining business, direct or indirect. Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, mines minister for 12 years, has been assured the backing of the …
Only 13 out of 40 mines, which have been served the order to stop operations for failure to obtain forest or wildlife clearances, were actually in operation, while 27 are non working, according to information provided to Goa Foundation (GF) by mines department under RTI. Goa State Pollution Control Board …
The water shortage faced by the people of Porvorim and Mapusa would be solved by April 2011 with the augmentation of water treatment plant at Assnora, Public Works Department Minister Churchill Alemao said. Alemao said that the rise in the requirement of drinking water in the state has led to …
NEW DELHI: Less than a week after Vedanta University's environmental clearance was put on hold, the Centre has suspended the environmental clearance issued to another Vedanta group company for an iron ore mine in North Goa. The Pirna iron ore mine project, to be established by Sesa Goa at Pirna …
The Government on Monday suspended the environmental clearance given to the mine of Anil Agarwal Foundation in North Goa. This is the second setback for the company after the construction work of Vedanta University proposed along Konark-Puri coast in Odisha was put on hold last week. The decision came following …
Around 200 objections have been received against the proposed land acquisition for the four-laning of North Goa stretch of NH 4A connecting Panjim to Belgaum. After the notification was published in the newspapers, 21 days were given to the people likely to be affected in view of the acquisition of …
Some believe that National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) has no future in Goa but at least, currently the picture looks promising with 18181 job cards issued and in many talukas it is locals who are on the job rather than migrants. Removing initial hurdles in the scheme, it has …
A government inspection of 48 mines in Goa found 35 of them operating without a lease. Some of them did not have mandatory clearances. A committee chaired by the state
Unplanned mining blamed for turning monsoon rains into sludge heavy monsoon rains mixed with silt from the mines in North Goa damaged about 100 homes in Bicholim taluka on June 6 and 7. No one died. Survivors said they barely managed to escape in time and lost all their belongings. …
Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat has ruled out reconsideration of the government decision to amend the Goa Panchayat Raj Act empowering the panchayat secretaries. In an informal chat during his visit to the South Goa District Collectorate this evening, Kamat further said the government is in the process of identifying suitable …
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 …
Congress govt amends century-old law to benefit Cidade de Goa. Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi March 7, 2009, 0:10 IST If there is one state where environmental issues spill over into active politics and can rewrite the destiny of political parties, it is Goa. And history threatens to repeat itself …
