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
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
Most of the fishermen who participated in the public consultation on amendments required to strengthen the CRZ Notification of 1991 in Chennai on Wednesday, urged Union Minister for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh, who chaired the public consultation meet, to implement the original notification of 1991, and to scrap the 25 amendments made to it in the last 18 years.
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat today reiterated his claim that the government is trying its best to support the traditional fishermen, whose houses face demolition under CRZ, according to High Court orders. Briefing the media about his Delhi visit, wherein he had three crucial meetings, Kamat said he impressed upon the Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh to re-think on the issue.
At long last, the Goa government has moved to protect the interests of coastal inhabitants whose houses are facing the axe for Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) violations.
Wants people
In a major attempt to protect the interest of coastal inhabitants facing the axe for Coastal Regulatory Zone violations, the Goa government has requested the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to amend the CRZ regulations with relaxations to the State vis-
The Goa forest department has started verifying the weapons of villagers around Ghoteli village to crack the Sambar killing case.
The controversial Goa Panchayat Raj (Amendment Bill), 2009, will be discussed threadbare on August 20 in a public meeting at the Menezes Braganza Hall which is expected to draw a big crowd from all across the State calling for ouster of the bill.
Besides raising the CRZ issue, Goa today took up matters of illegal mining and environmental clearances with the Centre. A strong demand was also made with the Union Minister for Enviornment and Forest Jairam Ramesh for consulting the Goa State Pollution Control Board before environmental clearances are given by the central government.
Goan homes are getting set to welcome Lord Ganesha in a few days time, even as shopkeepers have started experiencing the demand for plastic flowers, cloth, incense, camphor, etc, which are used to adorn the God of Wisdom.
The first installment of funds under the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) will be disbursed to eight states in the country, including Goa, on Tuesday. Other states that have opened their CAMPA accounts include Uttarakhand, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Sikkim, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, and Assam.