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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NGT stalls GTDC project near Vagator beach
PANJIM: In a blow to the Goa Tourism Development Corporation’s warped plans to develop the Vagator beach and amidst protest from locals, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned all construction activities
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GSPCB shut down 101 units in 2013-14
PANJIM: In last one year, the Goa State Pollution Control Board has shut down 101 industrial units and hotels for flouting environmental rules and granted consent to establish to nearly 230 new units.
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Cortalim discusses ways to solve garbage menace
CORTALIM: Seeking a holistic approach to the garbage menace plaguing their villages, the Cortalim-Quelossim Panchayat organised a special gram sabha to discuss ways and means to rid the villages of garbage.
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Notice to MMC over pollution
PANJIM: Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has issued a notice to the Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) for failing to tackle and maintain the garbage dumping site at Assagao plateau, leading to environmental
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Will prefer MoEF, mines ministry, says Shripad
With an aim of resolving the ongoing iron ore mining crisis, a contentious issue that has been prerogative of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s in Goa, its four-time MP Shripad Naik is eyeing two major portfolios associated with the industry --Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) and Mines. Moreover, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has expressed his unwillingness to be part of Narendra Modi’s dream Cabinet. Parrikar has communicated his views to Modi and other leaders.
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Old Goa locals up ante against Bainguinim plant
l Call for special gram sabha on June 1 OLD GOA: Stating that they will oppose tooth and nail any moves to declare the land for Bainguinim waste plant as an industrial zone, the villagers of Old Goa
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Mobor hotels under GSPCB scanner soon
MARGAO: Hotels and restaurants dotting the banks of River Sal at Mobor-Cavelossim and along the Assolna-Velim belt will soon come under the scanner of the Goa State Pollution Control Board against the
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Canacona fumes over burning of garbage at Dumane
Controversial means to dispose of garbage by setting it ablaze at the garbage treatment plant in Dumane-Canacona has angered locals and tourists in the area. Canacona Municipal Council (CMC) Chairperson
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Panjim sanitation plan to be model for other parts
Royal HaskoningDHV to prepare sanitation plan for the capital city, which would be later implemented in other parts of the State With Goa striving to meet the target of providing 100 per cent sanitation
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Goa to approach water disputes tribunal over Virdi dam works
PANJIM: Even as Goa government’s efforts to stall the construction of the Virdi Large Minor Irrigation Project built on the Kattika nullah, Dodamarg, have been unsuccessful, in its latest attempt it attempts