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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Colva students respond to beach cleanup call
Students and village volunteers joined the beach clean up exercise at the Colva beach on Wednesday, even as officials of the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) made their presence felt at Colva to investigate the tar ball menace. Around 20 students and two teachers from Infant Jesus High School, Colva responded to a call to clean up the beach hit by tar ball menace.
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Experts blame CG, Navy for oil spillage
Experts today blamed the monitoring bodies
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Tar balls resurface on Velsao Beach
Tar balls continued to appear on Velsao Beach on Wednesday, albeit in smaller quantities in comparison to the first day when they were washed ashore. The tar balls resurfaced on Wednesday afternoon, after the beach was cleaned a day ago by tourism officials and Drishti Special Response Service (DSRS) lifeguards. Local people said during the high tide, a small amount of tar balls appeared on the
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GSPCB hands over tar ball samples to NIO
The Goa State Pollution Control Board on Wednesday picked up tar ball samples from three beaches in South Goa and handed the same to the National Institute of Oceanography in Dona Paula for a thorough analysis. Officials at the GSPCB said tar ball samples were picked up from Velsao, Colva and Betalbatim shores today and handed over to Dr Sanil Kumar at NIO.
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Corals to be protected up to 12 nautical miles
The Environment and Forest Ministry is aiming at protection of corals not only between the low and high tide lines but up to 12 nautical miles into the sea beyond India
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Velim locals vow to continue stir till govt scraps fish meal project
Rejecting government
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Tar on beach, and potholes on roads
Just as there can be no smoke without a fire, there can be no tar balls without an oil spill.
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Goa can acquire land for Mopa,govt informs HC
Goa government in its submission to the High Court has rejected the contention of people affected by Mopa airport project that land for the Greenfield airport project should be acquired by Central government and not by the State. Advocate General Subhod Kantak told the court today that the state government will own Mopa airport even though it will be managed by a private party.
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NEERI to study tar ball phenomenon
The government has said that the Union Ministry of Shipping and Environment and Forests have ordered NEERI to conduct a detailed study on the annual phenomenon of tar balls surfacing along Goa
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Tar balls buried on beach!
Ill-equipped to deal with the tar balls, labourers deployed to clean up the beaches are found disposing off the oily substance by burying them in pits dug right on the beach. The labourers dug up small pits on the shore to dispose off the tar balls.