Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
MERCES, APRIL 5 With the copy of RP 2001 made available to the panchayat only a week ago and the special committee selected to study draft RP 2021 for Chimbel was made aware of it only on Sunday, residents of Chimbel passed a resolution demanding extension of the deadline to …
The special committee, appointed to prepare draft RP 2021 for Saligao village, is currently in the final stages of planning a people-friendly plan for the village, after taking into accounts the suggestions and opinion of a cross section of the villagers. However, the recommendation of the panel for a VP2 …
The Village Committee of the Corlim Panchayat for the Regional Plan 2021 has strongly recommended that the Corlim Panchayat should neither allow new chemical and pharmaceutical companies nor an expansion of the existing industries in the village. At the Special Gram Sabha meeting of Corlim panchyat, Committee Member Dr Simon …
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 …
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 …
Voicing its opposition to the proposed Regional Plan 2021, the special gram sabha at Kalay village in Sanguem has passed a resolution seeking a three-month period to place their objections before authorities. During the gram sabha, residents complained that the plan was flawed and was solely based on satellite pictures. …
Residents of Socorro have resolved not to make any suggestions to the draft plan until the technical team of Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department explains the draft regional plan. This was decided at the Socorro Panchayat extraordinary gram sabha on Sunday, which was convened at the panchayat hall to …
One year in the saddle, Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat is satisfied with his government's initiatives and is upbeat about the State's prospects for social and economic development What are the biggest achievements of your government? Here, I would like to re-emphasise what I had said when I took over …
For all the time it took, the Draft Regional Plan 2021 is in many ways a remarkable document. It puts a renewed emphasis on ecology conservation, revamping public transport and, most important of all, maintaining the character of Goa
The Second Master Plan bats for a green and clean Chennai. If the Plan is implemented, you could be penalised heavily if you throw garbage out of your house. According to Jayashree Vencatesan, of CARE an NGO, the second Master Plan was a
It's good news that the government is worried about India losing its position as the world's leading back office. But its response to the potential threat seems inadequate. The proposal, which has been cleared by the Planning Commission, envisages building 43 new IT townships to provide a steady supply of …
It comes as a huge sigh of relief to Goans in general that the Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) is united and determined in purpose to act as a watchdog in the formation of the Regional Plan 2021. At a meeting on Tuesday, the organisation ironed out whatever differences, small or …
goa town planning minister resigns: Embroiled in a controversy over the Goa State Regional Plan 2011, the state's town and country planning minister, Atanasio Monserrate, resigned from the cabinet on January 3, 2006. In less than a week, the Goa chief minister, Pratapsinh Rane, sworn in BJP legisator Manohar Azgaokar …
