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
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Digas locals go to court over noise pollution
The residents of Digas-Panchwadi, Ponda, Goa have gone to court complaining about the noise pollution being caused by the loading and unloading operations of mineral ore in the vicinity. In February
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Fisheries Dept. seeks help of Coast Guard to enforce fishing ban
Though the Goa State government has banned fishing by mechanised trawlers during monsoon, Goa's Fisheries Department seems ill-equipped to conduct a surveillance on them. The Department has requested
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Microbicides: Timely two-in-one
Reetha combined with Neem leaf extracts and mentha oil, it is an Indian formula for a microbiocide - Praneem - a drug that has a two-in-one effect: contraception as well as inhibiting sexually
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Forest dept. to track down frog hunters in State
The forest officers of Goa are hunting down hunters who have been hunting frogs in different parts of the State. Mollem Range Forest Officer Prakash Salelkar informed that though catching of frogs is
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Govt. mulls banning use of plastic bottles at Miramar beach
The Goa Government proposes to ban the use of plastic bottles at Miramar beach and wild life sanctuaries as a measure to protect environment said Chief Secretary Baleshwar Rai at a function held in
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MMC schemes on sorting of waste come a cropper
The Civic body Margao Municipal Council (MMC), Goa, gives indications that it has been unsuccessful in pushing ahead schemes aimed at sorting the waste at its source. Be it the installation of
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State's coast transforming from green to grey concrete
Fly by Goa, and you be in for a shock to minutely observe the changes brought about in India's smallest State over just three decades, as an innovative and just-completed video documentation using
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Over-exploitation leads to drop in fish catch: survey
Over exploitation of inshore areas, over mechanization of the fishing fleet, joint venture fishing and nonobservance of the ban period area some of the reasons attributed to the decline in total fish
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Canacona health centre reports 33 malaria cases
The Canacona Community Health Centre in Goa has so far recorded as many as 33 malaria cases this year. "There have been 30 are vivax cases, while the remaining three cases are falciparum," informed
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Guidelines to farmers for controlling pests
The agriculture department has observed an outbreak of insect pest known as army worm in paddy nursery in Darmapur and Sazora villages of Salcete taluka of Goa and the department feels that they are