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 …
Bowing to the demands of the residents of Quepem, the South Goa district Magistrate, G P Naik has partially modified his order in respect of the timings of plying of mining trucks in the taluka. Naik today issued directions that the mining trucks would now ply between 6 am to …
The South Goa district magistrate has ordered erection of five check posts to monitor mining traffic in the Sanvordem, Curchorem, Tilamol, Ambaulim stretch of the road from Monday. The district magistrate
The National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) scheme has virtually hit the cross roads in South Goa with funds allocated to the panchayat bodies remaining unutilized and the Centre rejecting the Rural Development Agency
A railway holiday home and a tourism office were amongst the 17 structures demolished as part of the CRZ operation along the Colva coast. Sixteen other structures got temporary respite after the owners either obtained stay orders or the structures were left untouched after matter was found sub-judice. A portion …
The ghost of CRZ 1991 is back to haunt the coastal residents of Canacona taluka, as in first two phases of demolitions, axe is likely to fall on 74 structures shortly. According to sources, the South Goa Demolition Squad acting under the guidance of Collector (South), who has been issued …
As part of the exercise to completely eliminate filarial from the State, the Directorate of Health services will undertake the Mass Drug Administration in South Goa district from November 11. This was decided after a meeting the representatives of health services had with the district collector, G P Naik on …
The off site emergency plan for chemical and harzardous industries in south Goa will now be part of the district Disaster Management Plan. District Collector and Chairman of the District Disaster Management Authority, G P Naik on Wednesday chaired a meeting to set in process to incorporate the off site …
After initial hiccups, Rural Development Minister Churchill Alemao says the National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme has finally taken off in South Goa district. If Alemao is to be believed, the RDA has sanctioned over two crores for works under the NREG scheme, providing employment to the people in the district …
State government report stops short of taking action 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
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
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 …
Catch them young and make them grow, so goes the saying. Hazard a guess what this concept has got to do with disaster management in the State. Well, the district authorities have worked out ambitious plans to involve the student community and the youth in the implementation of disaster management …
SURAJ NANDREKAR Even as the people of South Goa are facing hardships for water, the Public Works Department seems to be moving at the snails pace in the implementation of the Rs 1031 crore JICA project. The State has already delayed by one year in the appointment of the consultant …
CPI South Goa candidate, Raju Mangueshkar has demanded that 25 per cent of the foreign exchange earned by the Central government from Goan iron ore export should be exclusively spent on the development of areas badly hit by mining activities. Addressing a press conference, Mangueshkar said that mining should not …
Simmering resentment against major developments in rural Goa-famous for its exotic beaches and idyllic rural countryside-has exploded in protests against allegedly corrupt local administrators.
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
