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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VPs garbage disposal case hearing on Nov 29
A three-year-old case related to garbage disposal in village panchayats will come for final hearing on November 29 before the Division Bench of Bombay High Court at Goa. The double bench comprising of Justices D G Karnik and F M Reis directed all the VPs to file a compliance report over the garbage disposal site by October 31.
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Agencies told to suggest proposals for formulating traffic policy for S Goa
The district authorities have finally set in motion the process to put in place a district traffic plan for South Goa. District Magistrate G P Naik on Tuesday issued directions to Sub-Divisional Magistrate and representatives of various government agencies to suggest proposals to formulate a traffic policy for the entire district.
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The One That Almost Got Away
How an illegal hotel built on sand dunes nearly escaped High Court demolition orders, reveals CLAUDE ALVARES Our panchayats and their leaders have now become part of an all-Goa scenario of complete non-governance accompanied by acts of brazen manipulation and corruption.
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Tar balls removal: Collector seeks details from tourism dept
South Goa District Collector, G P Naik has sought a detailed report from the Tourism Department on the plan of action to lift away tar balls collected at various locations along Salcete
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Govt to hand over tar balls to oil refinery
Goa tourism ministry will hand over the tar balls collected from various beaches to an oil refinery. Talking on the sidelines of NCP
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Forest Rights Act: Goa gets a zero
Implementation of the
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Seraulim asks govt to notify RP soon
The Gram Sabha of Seraulim village Panchayat on Sunday asked the government to notify the regional plan at the earliest. The meeting chaired by the deputy Sarpanch Joaquim Dias discussed the delay on the notification of the Regional Plan by the government and called for notifying the plan at the earliest. The meeting also discussed the damaged caused to the roads and culverts by road digging to
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Ore exports continue as mine owners get crafty
The Karnataka government
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The Scourge of TB
TB cannot be tackled solely as a health problem; it must be seen as a socio-economic malady, says FREDDY DIAS Tuberculosis (TB) rates in various countries of the world has shot up, aided by tattered health-care systems, political instability and a lack of commitment to curtail it, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says.
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says presence of tar balls not due to oil spillage
The Indian Coast Guard today virtually ruled out the possibility of oil spillage being the reason for the presence of tar balls on Goan shores. Environment Minister Aleixo Sequeira had stated that the discharge of oil by some