Amended noise action plan of Goa
Goa government has notified the ‘Amended Noise Action Plan’ to purportedly streamline the processes related to curbing noise pollution in the state, as specified before the High Court on April 30. The
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Stop dumping waste at Assagao, Mapusa civic body told
The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has issued a show-cause notice to Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) in connection with environmental pollution on the Assagao Plateau and its vicinity. The Assagao Communidade and residents in the locality had objected to the dumping and burning of garbage by MMC on Assagao hill. Acting on this, the GSPCB had directed MMC to immediately stop dumping of
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Pollution board orders closure of Cavrem mine
The 12-hour-long ordeal of the residents from Cavrem in Quepem taluka in the capital city of Panjim was capped with the order of Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) which ordered to cease all the activity at the controversial mining site. The order which was issued late night by GSPCB
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Comply with directives or face action: PCB to MPT
Panjim, March 4 : Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) today asked the Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) to comply with all the directions given by them while executing its expansion projects failing which a criminal case would be filed. GSPCB Chairman Simon de Souza on Friday said that formal action including criminal case would be filed against MPT, if it goes ahead with its expansion project with
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Chinchinim villagers oppose high rise housing projects
Villagers of Deussua-Chinchinim in one voice on Sunday opposed high rise housing projects in the village and have served a 21-day deadline on the panchayat to take steps to collect and dispose off the waste in the village jurisdiction. The villages have also formed an Action Committee to pursue the demands and to chalk out an action plan. Agitated villagers assembled near the St Anthony Chapel
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Relentless mining leaves Goa villages high and dry
Local Politicos Active In Operating Mines As Toxic Dust Chokes State Bicholim (Goa): As the famous sun-soaked Calangute beach gets decked up for yet another Christmas and New year parties, villagers of Shirgao situated a few kilometres away try to find new ways to escape the halo of toxic red dust that enter their drawing rooms every day. Shirgao has three mines
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In Short
<font class="UCASE"><b>goa town planning minister resigns:</b></font> 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 in his place. Rane described the resignation as a decision "taken in haste'. But Monserrate blamed his party colleagues for his resignation, as they did not back him in the controversy surrounding the regional plan.
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N-deal gave India its third independence: Dr Mashelkar
India has won over its third fight for independence when it signed the nuclear deal last year, said eminent scientist and an insightful visionary Dr Raghunath Mashelkar, who was conferred honorary doctorate by Goa University today.
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Goa to have non-conventional energy park!
A Non-Conventional Energy Park would soon become a reality in Goa. The Central government has sanctioned funds to the tune of Rs 1 crore to set up the park in Margao as part of Phase I of the project. And, if Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat is to be believed, the foundation stone for the project would soon be laid at the hands of Union Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah.
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Proposal to make Goa a CFL State
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat has said the state government has mooted a proposal to the Union Environment Minister to make Goa a CFL (Compact Fluroscent Lamp) state on the lines of Delhi.
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Fluorescent lamps to light New Year
There will be a different light in every house in the New Year! Under a central government scheme, every house will get compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) at a subsidized rate. Power Minister Aleixo Sequeira said the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, New Delhi, has extended the Bachat Lamp Yojana Scheme to Goa.