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Herald (Panjim)

• 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

  • 24/07/2019

  • Herald (Panjim)
  • • Goa
    • Coastal Regulations
    • State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
    • National Green Tribunal (NGT)
    • Environment

• Groups to disallow politicos from taking part in protest

  Groups spearheading the campaign against the felling of rain trees on the Miramar road have decided to disallow politicians and political parties from participating in the protest action planned by

  • 15/03/2002

  • Herald (Panjim)
  • • Forests

• Disappearing villages

  The latest census figures that have been made available substantiates and reinforces our long standing belief and apprehension that agriculture in Goa is dying if not already dead.The census figures

  • 26/12/2000

  • Herald (Panjim)
  • • Health

• Girl child foeticide

  The Chairperson of National Commission for Women (NCW), Vibha Parthasarthy recently stated that female foeticide is on the rise and the ratio of boy to girl in the age group of 1-6 years, has fallen

  • 26/12/2000

  • Herald (Panjim)
  • • Health

• HC accepts GSPCB report on Kushawati River pollution

  The Division Bench of Bombay High Court, Panjim, on Monday accepted the report submitted by the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB), in sou motu writ petition regarding pollution of Kushawati

  • 26/12/2000

  • Herald (Panjim)
  • • Environment

• State asked to submit report on pollution at Sonchi valley

  The Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court has directed the Goa State Pollution Control to visit the site of the dam and the Sonchi valley and all sites nearby pertaining to complaints about pollution

  • 26/12/2000

  • Herald (Panjim)
  • • Mining

• Governor for implementation of waste management rules

  Governor of Goa Mohammed Fazal has emphasised that the government should implement the present rules and Acts on solid waste management.The governor also emphasised on the cleanliness in the

  • 27/12/2000

  • Herald (Panjim)
  • • Environment

• Students to be involved in plastic drive

  A renewed drive to make Goa plastic bottle free is being launched on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti with the participation of school children. The students will create public awareness about plastic

  • 02/10/2001

  • Herald (Panjim)
  • • Environment

• HC orders Pollution Control Board to take air samples from vicinity

  The Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court directed the Goa State Pollution Control Board to take samples of air from the Curchorem railway yard, and surrounding areas of gauge and dust pollution

  • 12/10/2001

  • Herald (Panjim)
  • • Environment

• First Asian vegetarian congress takes off in State

  Despite last-minute cancellations a weeklong first Asian Vegetarian Congress organized by the Mumbai-based Vegetarian Society is being attended by 180 delegates from India and abroad at a beachside

  • 15/10/2001

  • Herald (Panjim)
  • • Health

• Regular desilting of Sonshi nullah necessary, Pollution Board retorts

  The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) recommended that the mining companies carry out regular de-silting of the Sonshi nullah and supply water for irrigation purposes to the downstream

  • 17/10/2001

  • Herald (Panjim)
  • • Mining