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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Goa CM against Centre's SEZ plans
On New Year's eve, Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat declared that his government had decided "to do away with' the special economic zones (sezs) in their present form and had asked the centre to
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Eco sensitive
The National Wildlife Action Plan was adopted in 2004. It entailed identifying ecologically fragile areas and wildlife corridors within 10 km of protected areas, and getting states to notify them as eco-fragile zones under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. But there was no progress in some states.
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Saving Goa's reserves
GOA's forest department recently organised a workshop to discuss its research priorities, and debated in detail the location and preservation of natural reserves. "Problems of the ill-effects of
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Goa farms incensed
three commercial farms, Narsinv Plantations, Reliance Agro Industries and Hoysala Farms, have decided to challenge renewal of mining leases by the powerful mining industry in Goa. The farms are
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Goa's disappearing khazan farms dying a slow death
Hilaro Siquera used to own a 243-hectare farm in Divar, about 6 km from Goa's capital, Panaji. His land isn't cultivable any more
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Driven to the extreme
Rampant pollution and state inaction forces farmers to attack and kill a miner in Goa
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Industry fouls groundwater in Goa
groundwater contamination in Goa's Pilerne industrial estate has led to a drinking water crisis in its surrounding villages. By now, more than 300 residents from Orda and Saipem villages have been
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RESTORE GREEN COVER
In a significant judgement, the Goa High Court ordered removal of all the developmental work carried out by the Tata Housing Development Company in Goa. The court directed restoration of the land to
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Goa s Mokasodari system
The <i> mokasodari </i> system has its origin in pre-liberation Goa when mokasodars used to collect revenue from the villagers. Says Amrut Kasar, land rights expert, a <i>mokasodar</i> was not just a revenue collectors, he enjoyed a high social and political status in the village. The Portuguese colonial rulers allowed the <i>mokasodar'</i>s permanent land rights. <br><br> But there is no legal clarity over these rights because the original residents of the villages, the <i>goankar</i>s, also claim ownership over the land they have been tilling and living on for centuries now. <br>
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Landslide in Goa mine kills six workers
six mine labourers died in a recent landslide in Tollem iron ore mine in Goa's Sanguem taluka. Only two bodies have been recovered; the rest remain buried under a heap of mining waste, estimated