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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Diversify farming: Mandrekar
Minister for Agriculture, Dayanand Mandrekar has called for diversifying agriculture activities laying more emphasis on undertaking inter crops. He said, of the total agriculture land in Goa still
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Halt coal operations, CM to MPT
The Goa State government has directed Mormugao Port Trust to halt all unloading and loading operations of coal and will appoint a committee to study the dust pollution in Vasco. Announcing this,
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Forest Dept raids Canacona factories, seizes sandalwood worth Rs 1.53 lakh
The Panjim mobile squad of the Forest Department raided two sandalwood oil extracting factories in Canacona and seized about 170 kgs of sandalwood worth about Rs 1.53 lakh, that was alleged to have
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Malaria continues to haunt Porvorim
Malaria cases in and around Porvorim in Goa have continued to be on the rise this year, with as many as 339 malaria cases recorded between January and April. According to the figures recorded by the
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Pollution suspected cause for fish death in Cuncolim
Large quantities of fish was found dead in a rivulet flowing adjacent the Cuncolim Industrial Estate in Goa. Attributing the incident to indiscriminate disposal of chemicals in the Industrial Estate,
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TERI's prog highlights importance of fresh water
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), organised an awareness programme on fresh water for women in the mining region of North Goa, to coincide with World Environment Day. This programme was
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Migrant population could spurt up malarial cases in Margao
Statistics of the last four months would make one believe that all is well on the malaria front in Margao in Goa. A recent survey conducted by the health officials, however, calls for a cautious
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It's raining plastics in Margao!
Tonnes of plastic waste, mostly bottles surfaced on the roads of Margao in Goa as heavily pre-monsoons showers lashed the town. Indeed, plastic was found floating on roads at a few places at Malbhat,
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NCP calls for sensible re-greening of Goa
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) spokesman and general secretary Surendra Furtado has called upon the decision-makers to learn the lessons of the summer of 2003 and chalk out an extensive re-greening
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Salcete lacks medical waste disposal system
Margao and Salcete's countryside might boast of a chain of nursing homes and dispensaries, but the taluka sadly lacks any system worth its name for effective disposal of tonnes of bio-medical waste