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
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Sewerage connections compulsory for households: Corporation
Margao: The Goa Sewerage Development Corporation has said the government has made sewerage connections compulsory for households in areas where the facility is made available. Speaking to newsmen after commissioning the Rs 6.6 crore sewerage project in the Sirvodem ward of Margao Municipal Council, Corporation Chairman Ganashyam Shirodkar said households cannot say no to sewerage connections on t
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Illegal garbage dumping plagues Saligao
<p>Saligao was a typical scenic Goan village, but garbage dumped illegally is gradually plaguing its wards creating a stink and posing health hazards to residents. Residents of Piquen Morod, Saligao and surrounding areas have been forced to face garbage stink due to illegal waste dumping activities at Saligao.
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Panjim breathes easy as CCP clears garbage
Panjim: The garbage situation in the Panjim eased yesterday with workers of the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) working overnight to clear garbage lying unattended around parts of the city.
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Scrap Recycling Unit Scheme hits roadblock
MARGAO: The Goa Waste (Scrap) Recycling Unit Scheme 2010 has hit a road block, with the authorities unable to get the required land for the trade zones to rehabilitate the scrap yards and the process of registration of the scrap yards progressing at a snail
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Door-to-door waste collection scheme launched in Cuncolim
MARGAO: A year after the commissioning of garbage treatment plant, Cuncolim Municipal Council has taken another leap forward in tackling waste, with the civic body launching the door-to-door garbage collection scheme on a pilot basis on Tuesday. In fact, door-to-door collection of garbage became a reality in Ward Nos 3 & 4 of the civic body after the ambitious scheme was launched at the hands of
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Citizens demand Lokayukta to probe illegal mining
Margao, A meeting of concerned citizens to condemn the attack on anti-mining activist Nilesh Gaonkar here on Sunday has demanded the appointment of a special Lokayukta for mining to investigate and take penal action against mafia, politicians and police. The resolutions adopted at the meeting held at Grace Church hall this morning further demanded that the Cabinet Ministers, MLAs and office bea
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Experts to decide fate of mines in Western Ghats
PANJIM, Environmental clearance granted to various mines located around wildlife sanctuaries and forest areas might turn
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Forest policy to be changed after incorporating public views
PANJIM, The state forest policy will undergo modification after including suggestions made by various stakeholders, according to Additional Principal Chief Conservation of Forest Dr Shashi Kumar. He said that another committee may be formed to include suggestions given by various stakeholders.
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Blame it on the changed climate
<p>Predicting monsoon arrival no longer an easy task for IMD PANJIM, The atmosphere was always a chaotic system. But predicting the arrival of Goa monsoons has just got more unpredictable in the last few years, according to K V Singh, Director, India Meteorological Department, Altinho.
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Pollution Board officials grilled on pollution at Cuncolim Estate
<p>MARGAO, Pollution in the Cuncolim Industrial Estate has come back to haunt the citizens and the authorities once again.