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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State advisory group of Forest dept reconstituted
The Goa State Government has reconstituted the State Advisory Group of the Forest Department to examine proposals for regularisation of encroachment and mining upto 20ha in forest areas. The group
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18 malaria cases reported at Valpoio health centre
Although there are a very limited breeding sites for mosquitoes due ot the few construction projects in Sattari taluka, Goa, as many as 18 malaria cases of plasmodium vivex have been detected and
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Garbage management
The need for a realistic garbage management policy is very timely in view of Goa being considered as a prime tourist destination in India. The proliferation and the mushrooming of concrete jungle and
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Lull in illegal' felling of trees in Canacona forests
In a bid to protect the trees in the forests of Canacona taluka, Goa, the pen has proved to be mightier than the axe. There is a kind of hush in the forest regions of Canacona, as vandals and
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NGO flays Rivona VP, BDO's report on mining activity
The Krishi Vikas Ekta Sangh (A), an NGO based in the remote Rivona Village, in Sanguem taluk of Goa, has criticised the report of the Sanguem Block Development Office and Rivona panchayat on the
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Govt. to summon MPT chief over coal dust pollution
The Goa State government has summoned the chairman of Mormugao Port Trust (MPT), PK Mohanty, for a meeting to assess steps taken by the port management to arrest coal dust pollution in Mormugao. The
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Far from spotlight, environmental issues impact poor lives
It's a hot Indian Summer in village of Muskarem, Goa, and the woes of a delayed monsoon is aggravated by the lack of pre-monsoon showers. But nature's mind is aggravated by man's actions: mining is
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Govt has failed to act on eco threats: Willy
Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Goa unit president, Dr Wilfred de Souza, lamented that the Manohar parrikar-led government had failed to act government, had failed to act appropriately on
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Group formed to protect ecology
The Ponda Citizens Environment Action Group (PCEAG) was formed in a bide to protect the ecology of Ponda town in Goa. The PCEAG as formed at a meeting in Curti-Ponda, which was attended by prominent
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Coal dust pollution
For quite some time now, residents of Vasco in Goa have been complaining bitterly of coal dust pollution. Doctors in the port city have also been reporting a huge increase in the incidence of