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 to set up sorting centre for e-waste
The State government is planning to establish an e-waste sorting centre at Cacora near Curchorem in south Goa. Goa State Pollution Control Board Chairman Jose Manuel Noronha said the proposed e-waste (electrical,
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Over 30 take ill in Vasco after drinking contaminated water
According to the other residents, people in the building started falling ill over the last few days, but they had no clue that the water was contaminated. They assumed the illness was due to a change in
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Nailed: Leading Hotels had no permissions to cut a single tree in Tiracol when they invaded the village on May 14/15
PANJIM: When Leading Hotel’s sent their bouncers- muscle men who threatened to intimidate- to Tiracol in the middle of the night on May 14/15, to destroy trees and create a pathway to the site of their
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Lack of octroi grant hampers Penha de Franca’s progress
Penha de Franca Sarpanch Radhika Sawant stated that they were supposed to receive the grant for the current financial year by February 2015. Without it, they were unable to pay the contractor who collected
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Mining leases flouting rules could lose ECs
DMG and GSPCB directed to ensure that iron ore rejects are not dumped outside the lease area as it is ‘illegal’ PANJIM: Even as uncertainty continues to loom over resumption of iron ore mining activities
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DCA drafts proposal to hike Mopa farmers’ compensation
To be notified after coming monsoon session of state legislative assembly beginning PANJIM: Following Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar announcement in the budget to hike the compensation to farmers,
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Govt to undertake beautification, dredging of River Sal
MARGAO: Fisheries minister Avertano Furtado has announced that the government would soon undertake an exercise of dredging and beautification of river Sal, a project that would entail an expenditure of
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Pollution board inspects 44 mining leases
July 10 meeting to decide on whether to grant or deny consent to leases PANJIM: Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) on Wednesday completed inspections of 44 mining leases before deciding on grant
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Work stopped, but damage already done
The proposed garbage treatment plant behind the Hira Petrol Pump has been objected to by several organisations and individuals in the past. A status quo order issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT)
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Dengue cases on the rise in New Vaddem
VASCO: Just a week since the monsoon hit the state and thickly-populated New Vaddem in Vasco has become a hot spot for dengue. Officials at the Vasco Urban Health Centre confirmed that there has been a