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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Mid-Day Meal Scheme set to take-off again
For the first time, students from Std V to VIII will join their counterparts from Std I to IV, to relish pao bhaji, sheera and pulao as the Mid-Day Meal scheme is set to be implemented across the State, most probably from July 1.
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Tiger cub spotted in Vathadev
While residents of Vathadev-Bicholim are being terrorized by leopard attacks, a resident recently spotted a young tiger in the village. According to sources, one Madhukar Umarye spotted a cub passing on the road at Vavthi on Monday at about 7 am.
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MMC optimistic of garbage treatment plant at Sonsodo
Will a garbage treatment plant finally become a reality at the Sonsodo waste dumping site by April 30, 2010? Despite failed deadlines, the Civic body strongly believes that a land fill site and a waste treatment plant will be set up at Sonsodo by April next year. An undertaking to this effect will be filed in the High Court next week.
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High Court adjourns SEZ pleas
Hearing on Special Economic Zone (SEZ) petitions was adjourned till July 27 to allow the petitioners to amend the petitions in view of withdrawal of SEZ policy by the State Government. The petitioners were granted two weeks to amend petitions and replies would be filed thereafter.
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Next Stop: Green and Effective Transport
SUJAY GUPTA stresses the urgency and importance of finding effective solutions to Goa
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Get notified SEZs de-notified,SVM tells govt
Welcoming the decision of the Goa government to scrap the SEZ policy for Goa, the SEZ Virodhi Manch has warned that it will not rest till the approvals granted by the Central government are withdrawn and the notified SEZs denotified.
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GMC still grappling with biomedical waste
The Goa Medical College (GMC) & Hospital at Bambolim is still grappling with the problem of biomedical waste and treatment even as it has made some improvements in the existing treatment facilities following a notice from the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB). Two Board officials, who inspected the hospital on June 9, found that plasma pyrolis plant was not in operation.
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Panchayats flout HC order on waste
In complete defiance of the High Court order, Village Panchyats (VPs) have done nothing to either set up composting stations or collect plastic and dispose it off. The inspection report of the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) submitted to the Court on Monday indicated that VPs are yet to realise the gravity of the problem.
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Goa scraps SEZ policy, at last
Finally, the controversial Special Economic Zone (SEZ) policy 2006 is scrapped. Interestingly, the Cabinet decision on this comes one-and-a-half year after the Goa Government officially said
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Nuvem meet ends in row over Regional Plan 2021
Nuvem gram sabha meeting convened to discuss and finalise the Regional Plan ended in a row on Sunday. While acting Sarpanch Menino Mascarenhas maintained that the plan formulated by the ward members have been approved at today