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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Bondla as critical wildlife habitat
The Forest Department has organised public hearings in three village panchayats
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Floods result of cloudburst: official
The State Department for Science and Technology today claimed that the unprecedented floods which caused heavy damage in Canacona taluka was due to a cloudburst. The Director for Science and Technolgy Department Michael D
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Panel to study cause of flood
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on Sunday stated that the Government would appoint a high-level Committee to study Canacona floods under the chairmanship of NIO Director Satish Shetye. Addressing the press in Canacona on Sunday, Kamat said he has already spoken to Shetye who has agreed to it.
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Crops destroyed, traffic disrupted, houses inundated in torrential rains
It was one of the worst disasters in the taluka, as torrential rains reduced paddy/sugarcane crop to naught, while highway and internal traffic remained affected and rainwater kept a number of houses inundated throughout the day, as rains provided no respite to the residents.
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Churchill to launch Science for Sanitation
MARGAO: Science and Technology Minister, Churchill Alemao would launch the national project
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8 fall sick after eating mid-day meal
QUEPEM: Eight primary students fell ill after eating mid-day meals at Our Lady of Poor High School, Tilamol-Quepem, on Wednesday, as substandard mid-day meals continued to torment students in the State for the third time in less than two months. According to reports, some students began complaining of stomachache, while some began to vomit shortly after consuming pao-bhaji.
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28 mines have no nod to operate: GSPCB
Twenty-eight mines in Goa are found to be without the necessary
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South ZP demands better infrastructure in mining areas
The South Goa Zilla Panchayat on Wednesday has unanimously demanded that the government to create better infrastructural facilities in the mining areas of the state in terms of roads and other amenities.
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These school students have mining dust for company
The 12 students of Sonshi Government Primary School in Sattari have nothing, but mining dust for company during their school hours. There is no playground or any open space in front of the school. No sooner the students step out of their classrooms they are catapulted into the thick of mining activities.
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Meet decides on identifying route for hazardous materials
The off site emergency plan for chemical and harzardous industries in south Goa will now be part of the district Disaster Management Plan. District Collector and Chairman of the District Disaster Management Authority, G P Naik on Wednesday chaired a meeting to set in process to incorporate the off site emergency plan into the Disaster Management Plan.