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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Science and fiction
The admission by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that it grossly overstated the rate at which Himalayan glaciers were receding has hurt the credibility of the institution considerably. It is all very well for the IPCC to defend itself by saying that this was just one page in a report of over 3,000 pages.
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High-powered panel urges Fomento to take up Sonsodo waste screening work
Hopes of early commencement of work at the Sonsodo dumping site brightened on Monday after the high-powered committee headed by Chief Minister Digambar Kamat requested Fomento to immediately take up the waste screening work upon receipt of the letter of Acceptance from the Margao Municipal Council.
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Mining trucks: locals to block traffic on Bicholim bridge
Bicholim MLA Rajesh Patnekar on Monday stated that they would block the entire traffic on the Bicholim Bridge on Thursday from 8.30 am in protest against the mining trucks plying through the city.
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Blacklisted SHG is listed back for mid-day meals at Vasco
After being black-listed for a few months, the Saraswati Mahila Mandal (SMM) was unexpectedly listed back again as a mid-day supplier to a school in the port town. Taken aback by the decision of the education authorities to reinstate the blacklisted self-help group, the school refused to accept any mid-day meals from the group on Thursday.
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Samiti submits memo demanding end to mining transportation via Bicholim
The Bicholim Nagarik Kruti Samiti (BNKS) led by Bicholim MLA Rajesh Patnekar on Thursday submitted a memorandum to the deputy collector and Bicholim mamlatdar with a demand to stop mining transportation through Bicholim city.
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CRZ axe hammers 17 structures in South
A railway holiday home and a tourism office were amongst the 17 structures demolished as part of the CRZ operation along the Colva coast. Sixteen other structures got temporary respite after the owners either obtained stay orders or the structures were left untouched after matter was found sub-judice.
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Chorao bird sanctuary declared as CWH
The Goa Forest Department today said that D Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary and the adjoining mangrove areas at Chorao have been declared as critical Wildlife Habitat for the purpose of scheduled tribe and other traditional forest dwellers Act, 2006.
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Engineered landfills only solution to waste menace
Non-engineered waste dumps like the one at Sonsodo near Margao have created more problems than solutions to waste disposal. Foul smell and leachate generated at such dumps give rise to unhygienic conditions detrimental to human health.
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Kurdi locals accuse mining firm of destroying forest
Residents of Kurpem and Kurdi wards of Wadem-Kurdi have bitterly complained of the massive destruction of forest by a mining company in the area. The residents have also charged the mining company for destruction of their agricultural plantation and paddy fields.
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Old Goa panel not to allow garbage plant at Bainguinim
The High Court may have cleared the proposed waste disposal site in Bainguinim, but the Old Goa Villagers Action Committee is determined to thwart efforts by the Corporation City of Panjim (CCP) to set up garbage treatment plant at the proposed site.