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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Beach garbage : tourism department told to issue notices to hotels
The one man committee of Dr. Nandkumar Kamat appointed to go into the privatisation proposal of Miramar beach management has asked the Tourism Department and Panjim Municipal Council to issue notices
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Dust pollution : residents of Sanvordem block ore trucks
Following the completion of the deadline to suspend the ' Rasta Roko ', residents of Sanvordem on Wednesday blocked trucks carrying ore from Curchorem railway yard to Copxem river jetty via Sanvordem
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Harmful effects of Sonsoddo Garbage
The Margao Municipal Council (MMC), Goa has been dumping about 30 tonnes of decomposable garbage and discharging the contents of its night soil tanker regularly on about 2000 sq. mt of open space at
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Leave Miramar Alone
It is clear that environmentalists and citizens groups alike are not in favour of the privatisation of the management of the Miramar beach. This was obvious as much during the public hearings of the
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Animal census from Feb 4
The Department of Forests and Wildlife's commencing a wild animal census for Goa from February 4 to 9, 2002. The last census was conducted in 1997. It was pointed out that the wild animals frequently
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DHS begins measures to curb pre-natal sex determination
Goa's Directorate of Health Services (DHS) has just begun kick-starting its machinery to check indiscriminate pre-natal sex determination, in the many Centres existing in the State. Sources said the
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DHS faces uphill task of curbing sex determination tests
Following the compliant of rampant female foeticide, the Supreme Court had directed the Centre and State governments to crack down on ultrasounds clinics, which carry out sex determination tests. The
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Garbage and Sewage
At a meeting between the Western Region Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry and senior representatives of the government, pointed attention was once again drawn to the infirmities in the
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Miramar panel says 'no' to privatisation plan
Goa government's plan to privatise Miramar beach management suffered a major set back on Thursday when the one-man committee of Dr. Nandkumar Kamat, a project scientist, outright rejected the Miramar
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Candolim panchayat asks government to remove ship within 15 days
The Candolim village panchayat has issued an ultimatum to the Goa state government to float tenders to remove the grounded River Princess off Sinquerim-Candolim coast, within 15 days from today or