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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Santa Cruz VP urged to act on migrants littering waste
<p>Stating that migrants residing near Santa Cruz High School are littering the surroundings with waste, a Santa Cruz local urged the panchayat authorities to immediately take action against it, failing which he expressed fears over the possibility of diseases spreading in the area.</p>
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Police accused of stifling anti-Mopa airport protests
Farmers agitating against the proposed Mopa airport have severely criticised the Pernem police for attempting to stifle their protests. A leader of the Mopa Vimantal Pidit Shetkari Samitte (Mopa International Airport Affected Farmers Committee) has claimed that Pernem police acted on a "false" media report and sent notices to them, warning them against holding any protests on Independence Day. O
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GSPCB asked to have public consultation on ore terminal
The Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has asked the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) to have a public consultation on the development of iron ore terminal at West of Breakwater (WOB) proposed by Mormugao Port Trust (MPT). According to sources in MPT, MPT officials along with GSPCB on Thursday had a meeting, where MPT made a presentation of iron ore terminal. The expert appraisal
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Disastrous management
No matter how dire the disaster and how pious the promises that it will not be allowed to happen again, it seems the Goa government just cannot get its act together when it comes to protecting its citizens from the vagaries of nature. No lessons have been learnt from the calamitous Canacona deluge last year.
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Canacona committee steps in to insure 187 flood-prone houses
The Canacona Flood Relief Committee (CFRC) has stepped in to insure 187 flood-prone houses in Canacona taluka to the tune of about Rs 6 crore. Some of the house insurance policies were handed over to beneficiaries in a function at the Shree Shradanand Vidyalaya Poinguinim on Thursday. Those attending the function included insurance company officials and CFRC members, besides the insurance benef
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South officials caught on wrong foot over mining bypass
The district authorities, south were caught on the wrong foot on Wednesday after they invited residents of Curchorem for talks on demarcation of the proposed four-lane alignment when the government has already kept the land acquisition process in abeyance. Residents who had responded to the invitation of the District Collector, G P Naik came with the letter from the Revenue Department directing t
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Gawas backing illegal sand extraction: panel
Illegal extraction of sand under Amona Bridge is posing danger to the bridge, besides destroying farming activities in the area, even as local MLA Pratap Gawas has termed it a
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Use Sada to dispose waste, not as landfill site: HC to MMC
The Bombay High Court at Goa today ordered the Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) not to carry out a landfill site at Sada, while allowing them to go ahead with their garbage disposal process.
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Public opinion on Western Ghats ecology sought
Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has invited public opinion on the Western Ghats ecology.<br />The letter written by the ministry to environmentalists and individuals posted on www.moef.gov.in states that the ministry would like to invite all concerned people to share their own perceptions as to what areas on the Western Ghats should be identified as ecologically sensitive areas.
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Mining, tourism emitting CO2,Govt needs to act: scientist
The two important backbones of Goan economy