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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Govt. to ban use of plastic 'stuff' at tourist spots
In what could be considered as the first and the most severe step towards protecting the environment from plastic waste, the government of Goa is to prohibit the extensive use and indiscriminate
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Complaint filed over illegal felling of trees on govt. land
A resident of Dando in Snagged, Goa, has filed a police complaint, alleging that illegal felling and theft of timber and firewood worth about Rs 1.5 lakh is taking place at the government property at
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Govt. to supervise night mining
In a bid to regulate sound and dust pollution at Digas-Panchawadi, Goa, government officials, mining representatives and an NGO will supervise night mining operations on a number of days during the
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Wild cats create panic among Quepem locals
Reports of wild cats attacking and killing livestock have created panic among residents in parts of Quepem taluka, Goa. People from Cavrem-Pirla, Keri-Rivona and Kupwada have alleged that tigers,
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'Benefits should substantially exceed environmental cost'
Justice S Radhakrishnan, a sitting Bombay High Court Judge, has opined that the logic of environmental impact assessment, a leading norm of international environmental law, demands that the economic
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60% cattle recover from foot-and-mouth disease
Nearly 60% of the 300-odd animals infected with the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Canacona taluk of Goa are reported to have recovered, with the Canacona Veterinary Services undertaking a number of
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Govt. gets more time to end dust pollution at Curchorem
The Goa state government was given two weeks time today to take instructions form the Commissioner of Railways (safety) in the shifting of Curchorem railway yard permanently to Shelvona thus
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The poisoned environment
The Industrial Revolution is regarded as a mixed blessing by many people. Those with nostalgia for man's simpler past point an accusing finger at the noise, the dirt, the sheer abundance of waste and
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Survey confirms illegal tree felling on govt. land in Bhati
An extensive survey was today conducted at Shell-Naiquinim in Bhati village in Goa in the illegal tree felling case, reportedly at the instance of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. The Conservator of
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MMC seizes 14 kgs of plastic bags
The Margao Municipal Council (MMC), Goa, on Tuesday conducted a series of raids on business establishments selling plastic bags below 40 microns even as the civic body is bracing up to conduct a