Govt assures a new CZMP with people’s views
Plan to be drafted by Environment Department in consultation with CZMA, GSPCB, scientists PORVORIM: In a major victory to the people, the State government on Tuesday announced it woud draft a fresh
Herald (Panjim)
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Enhancing Saligao plant capacity needs no EC: Panel
SEAC recommends fresh EC for SWMF at Cacora PANJIM: The Goa State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) has said that the proposed enhancement of existing capacity of the solid waste management facility
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Don’t auction mining leases, says Goa Foundation
PANJIM: After initially suggesting the auction of iron ore mining leases, NGO Goa Foundation (GF), on Thursday proposed that the government not auction leases to private players as the mining industry
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NGT order has stalled coastal tourism projects: Cabral
PANJIM: Goa Tourism projects to create public utility facilities at 30 places along the coastal stretch have been hit by the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) country-wide order halting construction activities
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State is trustee of natural resources: Draft National Mineral Policy
Says govts should ensure that the full value of extracted minerals is received by the State PANJIM: In what could give a major boost to the environmentalists fighting for inter-generational equity,
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Vascoites: GCZMA decision on MPT’s capital dredging project contradictory
Demand that Government ask the authority to revisit its move; Accuse the coastal authority of succumbing to the coal lobby VASCO: Terming the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority’s (GCZMA) decision
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GSPCB to grant conditional consent to 21 mines
Permission will be valid up till March 2018; Air Ambient Quality parameters to be monitored thrice weekly PANJIM: Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) decided to grant conditional Consent to Operate
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GSPCB hearing on SWPL’s excess coal handling today
Pollution Control Board to decide on various matters including consent to operate to around 25 iron ore mining leases PANJIM: The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) will on Monday hear M/s Jindal
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Govt finds no land for compulsory afforestation
Rs 100 cr of unused funds for the purpose remain with govt; State fails to get share of funds since 2014-15 PANJIM: With over Rs 100 crore still pending in the State kitty under the Compensatory Afforestation
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State mining ministers to meet in Goa on Jan 19
PANJIM: The ministers for mining from various States will be gathering in Goa on January 19 to discuss series of issues related to the sector. The State’s preparedness for e-auction of leases that expires
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GSPCB kept on telling SWPL to reduce coal handling, SWPL went on handling excess
PANJIM: In a revelation which exposes the manner in which the MPT and South West Port Limited (SWPL) went about its business of handling excess coal, literally snubbing Goa State Pollution Control Board