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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Rahejas Carmona project suffers setback
EIA authority says no to prior environmental clearance Margao: Mumbai-based Ms K Rajeha Universal
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Archbishop voices concern over destruction of environment
Panjim: The increasing heaps of garbage strewn about in Goa
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NH expansion project in the woods and powerless
House committee, forest and power departments hold back permissions, delaying the 800 crore PM-gifted project PANJIM: A Rs 800 crore national highway (NH) widening project, gifted to Goa by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2007, has gone off course. The four-laning of the Panjim-Anmod national highway 4A has hit a road block because the House committee hasn
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Centre chided for ignoring fish workers views on CRZ
Panjim: Fish workers
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383 wetland areas identified in State
Panjim: Wetland Atlas of India, the satellite based imagery, has identified 383 wetland areas in Goa with river and stream leading the chart.
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Major landslide at Amboli Ghat
Traffic along Belgaum-Goa road via Sawantwadi blocked BELGAUM: Traffic along the Belgaum-Goa road via Sawantwadi has been blocked due to a major landslide at Amboli Ghat. The landslide in the wee hours of Sunday has blocked about 40 meters of the road and has caused severe hardship to motorists, an official told Herald. The landslide, the second of its kind in nearly a year, has given a maj
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Fishermen to get weather forecast via SMS
PANJIM: Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Ashwani Kumar on Sunday said that the ministry aims to cover over 14 lakh fishermen, who would be able to get the prediction of weather forecast via short messaging service (SMS) and voice mail facility, in next five years. Addressing media persons, Kumar said ministry through Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has introduced a servic
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Technical sanction stalls CCPs waste treatment plant
PANJIM: While Corporation of the City of Panjim (CCP) is desperate to submit its proposal to set up waste treatment plant in Baiguinim to the government, it is been unable to move forward since the project has not received technical sanction. PWD has returned the project claiming it has no technical expertise, as told by Mayor Yatin Parekh. Since the garbage crises last month, CCP has
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Meet to review status of Sonsodo waste plant
Margao: Chief Minister Digambar Kamat has disclosed plans to convene a joint meeting with the concerned parties to review the status of the waste treatment plant at Sonsodo.
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Levy cess on tourism activities to develop protected areas: MoEF
Panjim: Union Ministry for Environment and Forest (MoEF) has recommended imposing