MARGAO: Not only Madgaunkars but even the pedestrians passing by extended their hand in planting 5029 Golden Duranta plants along the 800 mars stretch of the road divider from Colva junction to Ravindra Bhavan junction on Sunday in just 22 minutes. The call to come out generously to plant the …
MARGAO: The fate of the four mining companies which have applied for ore transportation will be decided on Saturday. District Collector N D Agrawal has fixed a hearing on the sensitive question of ore transportation on Saturday, which would finally seal the fate of the parties to the issue. Agrawal …
PANJIM: The number of HIV cases registered between 2009 and 2011 in Goa are reported to be 2445 according to statistics furnished by Health minister Laxmikant Parsekar while replying to queries from Porvorim MLA Rohan Khaunte, at the Goa Assembly’s monsoon session. In 2009, 959 HIV cases were registered, whereas …
MARGAO: Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai has urged the South Goa Planning and Development Authority (SGPDA) to insist on waste collection and segregation units within housing complexes before granting construction licenses in his constituency. “Waste collection and segregation within a housing complex has become the need of a hour today. Waste …
MARGAO: After his memorable victory, newly-elected MMC Chairperson Arthur D’Silva said he would accord top most priority to streamline the city traffic and set up multi storey parking facility with the help of the government. He told newsmen after assuming office, that he would take along with him the people …
MARGAO: The waste treatment plant will now be finally commissioned at the Sonsodo garbage dumping site in July. Fomento Green CEO Sridhar Kamat said that work on the proposed waste treatment plant at Sonsodo has got underway and the same is expected to be complete in all respects by July. …
In an interesting development, Ahmedabad- based waste management expert P U Asnani has recommended capping of the Sonsodo waste dumping site in view of the presence of heavy metals in the waste. Asnani submitted his report to the Margao Municipal Council which was deliberated and discussed by the Monitoring Committee …
MARGAO: With just a month to go for the commencement of work at the Sonsodo waste dumping site, tentatively in the first week of October, no decision has been taken on Fomento’s proposal for capping of the site on the lines of Gorai dumping ground in Mumbai. Fomento had last …
PANJIM: Chief Minister Digambar Kamat has said that an amount of Rs 10 crores has been earmarked for the development of Quepem taluka and he has directed the concerned authorities to submit to him a comprehensive plan of development for Quepem town. The Chief Minister who listened to the grievances …
MARGAO: If PWD Minister Churchill Alemao thinks he can stop farmers from cultivating acquired fields opposite the Margao railway station through the district administration, agitating farmers are bracing up to intensify their agitation for the return of the cultivated fields.
After a Rs 20 lakh toilet for Margao Bus Terminus, Sulabh is looking to renovate other toilets in the town. But lack of sewage system is making their efforts difficult finds out Team Herald. After facing flak over the poor upkeep and maintenance of its public toilets, Sulabh International has …
MARGAO: The Costa grounds issue created uproar at the Margao Municipal Council meeting on Thursday. Chief Minister Digambar Kamat backed ruling Councilors on Thursday resolved to revoke the construction license granted for a commercial project on the Costa ground, Aquem, but ignored pleas to initiate acquisition proceedings to acquire the …
Margao: In a development that took everyone by surprise, the Margao Municipal Council has cleared the file pertaining to the construction project on the Costa grounds, Aquem. Even as MMC Chief Officer, Prasanna Acharya confirmed that the construction project was cleared since it conformed to the rules in force, members …
Margao: Chief Minister Digambar Kamat has disclosed plans to convene a joint meeting with the concerned parties to review the status of the waste treatment plant at Sonsodo.
Predicting monsoon arrival no longer an easy task for IMD PANJIM, The atmosphere was always a chaotic system. But predicting the arrival of Goa monsoons has just got more unpredictable in the last few years, according to K V Singh, Director, India Meteorological Department, Altinho. Though historically, Goa received the …
MARGAO, Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat on Sunday assured a delegation of social activists that heavy machinery stationed at a closed mine at Cavrem would be removed forthwith and that police would take the ongoing investigations into the Nilesh Gaonkar case to its logical conclusion. In another development, Nilesh was on …
MARGAO, Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority on Thursday directed Project Director of Rural Development Agency, South, to halt all type of construction and related works on the retaining wall on the banks of a rivulet, a tributary of River Sal at Dongorim-Navelim. In his order, GCZMA Member Secretary Michael D
Hoteliers enlist their rates MARGAO, The deadlock between the Margao Municipal Council and the South Goa Hotel Owners Association over the implementation of door-to-door garbage collection continues over the question of collection fees. The rates quoted by Margao Municipal Council are not acceptable to hotel owners, who have enlisted their …
