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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High Court to hear River Princess case soon
The Bombay High Court at Goa will hear the M V River Princess case on Monday, after the government in an oral statement to the court, today said it modified the terms and conditions set before Salgaonkar Mining Industries Private Limited (SMIPL). The division bench comprising of Justices D G Karnik and F M Reis was hearing the petition filed by River Princess Hatao Manch. The State representati
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The coast isnt clear
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), which has come out with a fresh draft of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 2010, allegedly improving upon the one issued in April, needs to do better.
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Remembering International Ozone Day
Ozone layer in the upper atmosphere protects us from the sun
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Pollution board notices to 35 mining leases
The Goa State Pollution Control Board has issued notices to 35 of the 104 mining leases registered with it, even as a senior official mentioned that more than 25 per cent of the mines were operating without clearances from the Forest Department.
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CRZ notification a ploy to rob our land: fishermen
The National Fish Workers
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Decision on fish plant after getting report from consultant
Fisheries Minister Joaquim Alemao has said that a final decision on the fish meal plant and expansion of the Cutbona fishing jetty will be taken only after the government receives report from the consultant. Alemao has said that the government has appointed a Delhi-based consultant by inviting Expression of Interest to go into the entire gamut of issues relating to the Cutbona fishing jetty, incl
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Centre prepares new CRZ notification draft
Special regulations for Goa, Mumbai and Sunderbans region HERALD CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI, SEPT 14 The Environment and Forest Ministry has come out with a fresh draft of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 2010, improving upon the one issued in April, with special regulations for Goa, Mumbai, Kerala and the Sunderbans region of West Bengal. It permits reconstruction and repair works
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Filling of mangrove areas at city entrance continues
Environmentalists and social activists on Tuesday blamed the authorities concerned for turning a Nelson
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Davorlim serves ultimatum on govt over land acquisition
Davorlim villagers on Tuesday virtually served a 15-day deadline on the government to come out clear on the land acquisition proposal to acquire land admeasuring 1.15 lakh sq mts for the proposed multipurpose utility project. Villagers who came in large numbers as usual to celebrate the feast of the Holy Cross, located on the ancestral land sought to be acquired by the government, expressed their