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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ICAR seeks to increase rice output in State
PANJIM, Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) is charting out a plan to increase the domestic production of rice from four tons per ha to six tons per hectare through high yielding varieties. Chairman of the Research Advisory Committee, ICAR Goa, Kirti Singh said that the current production of rice is not enough to meet the demands of the state population.
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WRD roots for water harvesting on roof-tops
PANJIM, Water Resources Department (WRD) has written to Town Country Planning (TCP) Department to amend the building bye-laws to make roof-top rain water harvesting facility mandatory for new structures. The request to TCP comes in the wake of poor response to the Roof-Top Rainwater Harvesting Scheme of WRD.
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Machinery at closed Cavrem mine will be removed: CM
MARGAO, Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat on Sunday assured a delegation of social activists that heavy machinery stationed at a closed mine at Cavrem would be removed forthwith and that police would take the ongoing investigations into the Nilesh Gaonkar case to its logical conclusion. In another development, Nilesh was on Sunday afternoon discharged from Hospicio and was later escorted by police t
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GCZMA orders stop to works on retaining wall
MARGAO, Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority on Thursday directed Project Director of Rural Development Agency, South, to halt all type of construction and related works on the retaining wall on the banks of a rivulet, a tributary of River Sal at Dongorim-Navelim. In his order, GCZMA Member Secretary Michael D
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Mines may have to ply trucks on specific days only
PANJIM, Putting the brakes on illegal and excess movement of mining trucks, the state Mines and Geology department, has recommended giving specific days for each mine to ply their trucks so as to reduce traffic congestion along the mining belt, as part of a series of measures enlisted in a proposal forwarded to the state government on Wednesday for its approval. A senior official said that the de
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CB seeks help in locating illegal mining
PANJIM, Crime Branch sleuths investigating the illegal mining scam allegedly involving NCP leader Jitendra Deshprabhu and top bureaucrats, have sought assistance from mining experts to locate the illegal mining operation. Sources said that the investigating team has approached Mines department and local Panchayat office for assistance in the probe.
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National Rural Health Mission may be extended to Goas urban areas
VASCO, Plans are afoot to set up ward sanitation and health committees in municipal areas to clean gutters, community wells and to conduct sanitation drives. If implemented, Goa would be the first State in the country to have the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) project extended to urban areas. The Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) was briefed on initiatives by the NRHM to form health and san
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Mopa locals stall survey
PANJIM, Around 50 irate villagers hounded out survey officials who visited Varkhand village for valuation of land, to be acquired for proposed Mopa International airport, on Wednesday. Officials from Land Survey, Agriculture and Forest Department had gone to evaluate land, fruit bearing trees and forest areas respectively when they were asked to stop and return home by villagers.
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HC stays illumination of turtle beaches
PANJIM, A division bench of Bombay High Court at Goa comprising Justice S C Dharmadhikari and F M Reis stayed till further notice on Tuesday a Rs 25 lakh proposal of the Tourism Department to illuminate public beaches in North Goa. The order was recorded in a PIL filed by the Goa Foundation in the wake of news reports that the Tourism Department had sanctioned the money to the Electricity Depar
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Garbage collection deadlock continues in Margao
Hoteliers enlist their rates MARGAO, The deadlock between the Margao Municipal Council and the South Goa Hotel Owners Association over the implementation of door-to-door garbage collection continues over the question of collection fees. The rates quoted by Margao Municipal Council are not acceptable to hotel owners, who have enlisted their own rates before the civic body. Association President