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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Overhead water reservoir inaugurated at Khola
PWD Minister Churchill Alemao on Sunday morning inaugurated Rs 60.14 lakh worth 15 mtrs high overhead water reservoir at Gowal-Khola and released about 100 free water connections to individual houses in Khola.
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Now, book mining rights with a click of a mouse!
India will soon join an elite league of countries, including Australia and Canada, where investors can get data on free mineral blocks at the click of a mouse and apply online for mining rights.
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CRZ pre-draft is no good
The National Coastal Protection Campaign (NCPC), a collective of fishermen
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Ponda, Mapusa outlets raided, 11 tonnes of mangoes seized
Continuing its raids on illegal ripening of mangoes for the second day on Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorities raided outlets in Ponda and Mapusa and seized 11 tonnes of mangoes. According to Food and Drug Administration Director Salim Veljee, the FDA officials sealed three godowns in Ponda, two in Upper Bazaar and one at Curti, and one in Mapusa.
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Small safety lapse; massive oil spill
On Tuesday, US President Barack Obama took the unusual step of speaking directly to the American people in a televised address from the Oval Office in the White House. Earlier presidents have also gone on TV in the Oval Office, but usually at times of war.
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Bhopals Can of Worms
What is sorely missing is the political will to get to the truth behind such tragedies, says ERVELL E MENEZES
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Will authorities plug sewage discharge into Colva creek?
Nature might have cleaned up the contaminated Colva creek of the sewage and other waste, but are the authorities geared up to ensure that no further sewage finds its way into the water body? Well, ask the Colva Panchayat and the panchayat secretary says that the local body has issued notices on as many as 34 erring hotels and restaurants for discharging the waste in the drains and the creek.
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Door-to-door garbage collection to make come back in Margao
After unsuccessful attempts over the last two years, the Margao Municipal Council is all set to revive the door-to-door garbage collection of waste from the city hotels and eateries.
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The perils of limited liability
The long-delayed and farcical verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy case should make us all think twice about the pending Civil Liability for Nuclear Damages Bill, which seeks to limit the maximum compensation that a company setting up a nuclear power plant in India has to pay in case of a disaster.
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Mining without mercy, say residents of three villages
A delegation of Utt Goenkara along with a few villagers affected by continuous mining dust pollution at Honda, Pissurlem and Harvalem met Director of Mines Arvind Loliyekar on Wednesday to apprise him about overloading of trucks and to know about guidelines, if any, for the umpteen number of ore carriers passing through these villages that have made life miserable.