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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Margao garbage plant to cost MMC Rs 1.2 cr
Ms Excel Industries, Mumbai has said it will cost the Margao Municipal Council around Rs 1.20 crore to set up a mini-plant to treat about 25 tonnes of garbage generated
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Poor worst affected
The World Bank (WB) has now acknowledged what environmentalists in Third World Countries have been crying themselves horase for several decades. That environmental degradation is causing a loss of
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Plans on to bring Palolem under Chapoli Dam project
Minister for Sports, Sanjay Bandekar, has called upon the farmers of Palolem (Goa) and adjoining places to bring more land under cash crops as he intended to bring these places under the command area
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Unabated smoking and spitting
The Supreme Court of India, after pronouncing the order, making it mandatory for banning smoking and spitting in public places, directed all the State Governments though chief secretaries to ensure
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Parulekar seeks to float bonds to raise Rs 150 cr for sewage project
The Sewage and Infrastructural Development Corporation Ltd (SIDCL), a Government of Goa undertaking, has sought approval form Union Ministry of Finance for issuing of tax free bonds of Rs 150 crore
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Persistent mining threatens historic sites at Bicholim
Ancient caves and other historic sites at Langao in Bicholim are likely to be erased off the archaelogical map of Goa, due to persistent mining activity in the area. The grim prospect triggered panic
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Russian technique to cure bone ailments in State
There is new hope for accident victims suffering multiple injuries in Goa and also polio patients and dwarfs. For the first time, the renowned fixator is being offered in Goa by Dr Mahendra S
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Mobile medical clinic to cater to remote villages in S Goa
For the remote villagers of Quepem taluka (Goa), travelling long distances to avail of basic medical facilities may turn out to be the thing of the past. For, a request by the Don Bosco Farmers
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84 fined for smoking in public places
South Goa police have so far booked 84 persons and fined them Rs. 100 each for smoking in public places in the district. The drive will continue in view of the Supreme Court directive.
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30 smokers fined for creating nuisance in public places
Tobacco may be injurious to health but since Saturday, also became a costly habit when 30 smokers were fined for creating nuisance in public places. The smokers caught violating the Goa Prohibition