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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Solid waste management lessons for teachers
Panaji: After conducting programmes on solid waste management for school teachers and distributing four bins to each school, the Goa State Pollution Control Board's monitoring-cum-working committee for
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Assess damage from dredging: NGT committee
PANAJI: Taking cognizance of the likely impact of Mormugao Port Trust's (MPT) capital dredging on benthic (the ecological region at the lowest level of an ocean or a lake) biodiversity that sustains pelagic
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GEC to get bicycles to reduce pollution
Ponda: Goa Engineering College at Farmagudi is set to go green as the alumni of the 1988-92 batch have proposed to donate 25 bicycles to the institute, as the GEC celebrates its Golden Jubilee year.
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Govt. seeks three years to identify private forests
The Goa government has recently filed an affidavit in the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Pune seeking three years to complete the identification of private forests. The government is monitoring the process
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NGT refuses govt time to make further submissions
PANJIM: Staying the controversial construction and repair of bund at Siolim, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) refused to grant State government authorities time for further submission, stating it will
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Plastic washing ashore is major challenge to coastal environment: NIO study
Institute says plastic pellets could have been dropped accidentally during transportation; rules out possibility of terrestrial discharge of plastic through rivers PANJIM: Goa’s coast is now facing
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Meet discusses ballast water risks
Panaji: Scientists from the ASEAN (association of South East Asian nations) met on Wednesday, to discuss how they can collaborate and develop methodologies for risk assessment of ballast water management.
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NGT stays jetty project on River Chapora at Siolim
Panaji: In an interim order, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Pune, on Tuesday granted a stay on the jetty project on the southern bank of River Chapora at Siolim and restrained the respondents from carrying
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Judgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding mining operations by Saniem Sacorda Iron Ore Mine even after the expiry of environmental clearance, Goa, 12/07/2016
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Talaulicar & Sons P. Ltd. Vs Union of India & Others dated 12/07/2016 regarding mining operations by Saniem Sacorda Iron Ore Mine even after the
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Various heart diseases among top cause of death in state
Panaji : Of the various diseases, heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in Goa, constituting an average 30% of the total deaths reported in the state over the last two decades. Deaths due