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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The Axis-owned plot at Cuncolim Estate unsealed
Yet hazardous waste remains in Plot No L-2 MARGAO: The South Goa district authorities on Thursday unsealed one of the two plots owned by The Axis in the Cuncolim Industrial Estate, but there seems no urgency on the part of the authorities to either treat or remove the tons of hazardous waste stored in the second plot. A team headed by Deputy Collector, Margao Surendra Naik descended at the industrial estate around noon and removed the seal from plot No L-3. Plot No L-2 owned by The Axis, which is playing host to tons of hazardous waste, will remain sealed.
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Tribunal says, no hazardous waste in one plot of The Axis
MARGAO: A month after the Collector sealed two plots of The Axis at the Cuncolim Industrial Estate, the Goa State Pollution Control Board has asked the District Collector to unseal one of the plots as per the order of the Administrative Tribunal. The unsealing of L-3 plot at the industrial estate is likely to be carried out on Thursday as per the eight-day time frame set by the Administrative Tribunal. It was on January 7 that the revenue authorities complied with GSPCB directions and sealed two plots, L-2 and L-3, vis-à-vis the handling of 25,000 tons of hazardous waste.
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Unions want action against mining firms for layoffs, suspensions
PANJIM: Labour unions in Goa have filed several cases against mining firms and allied industries for large scale suspension and layoff of workers since October 2012, salary cuts, which are against the
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MMC resolves to outsource door-to-door waste collection
MARGAO: The Margao Municipal Council on Tuesday resolved to outsource door-to-door waste collection in the city, even as the sanitary and the technical sections came under fire from the city fathers for its inefficiency and its failure to collect fees from hotels and restaurants since the last two years. At the Council meeting held this evening, the civic body decided to outsource waste collection door-to-door after conducting a survey. “We will compile the data before tendering and outsourcing the waste collection door-to-door,” informed Municipal Chief Officer Sandhya Kamat after the meeting.
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Contrasting claims by officials over felling of trees at Polem
POINGUINIM: The felling of trees for road-widening work at Polem has sparked off yet another controversy, amid contrasting claims by officials of the highways and forest department. While officials claim that the project consists of road-widening work, locals allege that work is afoot to erect a toll booth plaza for levying entry tax to vehicles from across the border.
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Davorlim gram sabha talks tough on acquired land
The Parrikar government might find itself in a tight corner over the utilization of land admeasuring 1.15 lakh sq mts in Davorlim acquired by the previous government with local villagers demanding that the same be utilized for projects beneficial to locals. This became evident on Sunday when the Davorlim gram sabha adopted a resolution demanding reservation of 10,000 sq mts of the acquired land for the Holy Cross Chapel.
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Mining dependents to continue agitation
PANJIM: Expressing its dissatisfaction over the financial package offered by State government, the mining dependent people protesting at Azad Maidan, Panjim decided to continue their agitation till their demand of lifting the ban on mining is met. The mining dependent people have been protesting for the last 18 days.
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14 mines involved in illegalities: CM
PANJIM: Fresh investigation by State government has revealed that as of now 14 mines are involved in various kinds of illegalities, including encroachment outside their lease areas. According to the details tabled in the House, 14 mining lease holders are either involved in illegal extraction or encroachment outside the mining lease. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday told the house that the investigation to nail the illegalities as pointed by the Justice M B Shah Commission is under way.
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Will permit legal mining in 6-8 weeks if SC modifies order: CM
PANJIM: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said that if the Supreme Court modifies or vacates its earlier order suspending mining operations in the State, Goa government will permit legal mining to start within six to eight weeks. He, however, informed that the case filed by Claude Alvares, in the Apex Court which then passed the ad-interim stay on mining in October last year, has not yet come up for hearing.
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Infrastructure will be in place before banning plastic bags: Alina
PANJIM: The Environment Minister, Alina Saldanha, Thursday said that the government will put its infrastructure in place before moving ahead with its plan of banning use of plastic bags in Goa. “There is already legislation, which prescribes fines and imprisonment for offenders and we will implement this in a phased manner after the infrastructure for segregation and re-cycling is put in place.”