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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NEERI team in Goa to study macro-level impact of mining
It will recommend optimal level of fresh mining that can be underatken PANJIM: A team of scientists from the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) has arrived in Goa to study impact of mining on the State. NEERI is mandated to recommend the optimal level of fresh ore extraction that can be permitted in the State.
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Sanguem Municipal Council gets GSPCB diktat on waste
Asserting that the civic body has failed to collect waste and put to use all the five composting units in the town, the Goa State Pollution Control Board has directed the Sanguem Municipal Council to carry
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Sand mining in leases below 5 ha banned
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has said that no river sand mining project whose lease area is less than 5 hectares should be considered while granting Environment Clearances thus effectively
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Acquisition of land for waste plant at Calangute to be challenged
CALANGUTE: Shareholders of Calangute Comunidade have decided to challenge the arbitrary decision of the government to acquire huge portion of land to set up Solid Waste Management plant at Saligao/Calangute
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Polluting Colva hotel seeks time to put house in order
P G Holiday Inn Pvt Ltd (Silver Sands Beach Resort), Colva, is facing closure for causing environmental degradation and water pollution with the seven-day deadline served on the hotel expiring last week
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Mhadei Tribunal censures M’rashtra for modifying Virdi dam project
MAYEM: The Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT) on Saturday censured Maharashtra officials for modifying the Virdi dam project without the consent of authorities and for failing to acquire environmental
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GSPCB orders closure of Barcem plant
MARGAO: Asserting that Ms Sagar Fish meal located at Bendurdem in Barcem village was operating without the mandatory consent to operate, Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) on Wednesday issued direction
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MoEF blamed for imposing Kasturirangan report
PANJIM: The Goa government, has criticized the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), alleging that it is trying to force the recommendations of the K Kasturirangan-led working group on the
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New guidelines for setting up of mobile towers
Government has finally unveiled a host of guidelines to regulate installation of mobile base-station towers in the State and has put in place a high-level state-level telecom committee headed by Chief
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Saligao residents poised for legal battle over waste plant
PANJIM: While reiterating the demand to shift the garbage treatment plant proposed atop the Saligao-Calangute hillock, to an alternate site, the residents of Saligao are set to fight a legal battle against the state government over relocation of the plant The residents Saligao have decided to file a contempt petition in the High Court against the Government, for violating the Court’s 2003 order which had opposed setting up of any waste treatment plant at the proposed site.