GOA: POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD TO ASSESS AMOUNT OF DUST PARTICLES IN VASCO
Vasco (Goa) With the concerns being raised about the pollution caused due to handling of coal at Mormugao Port Trust, Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has decided to have fresh assessment of the ambient air quality in Vasco town. The green activists had raised concerns about coal dust being spread in the port city due to the coal berth…
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GOA: CLIMATE CHANGE MAY RESULT INTO REFUGEES ACROSS THE GLOBE
Rupesh Samant Mobor (Goa) The climate change which results into the Sea level rise will force the people to leave their country flooding the neighbouring nations with the refugees, a maritime security expert said today. Former Indian Coast Guard Chief Prabhakaran Paleri said that the rising sea level has threatened existence of few countries, which will completely go underwater. Palleri was talking…
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GOA: INDUSTRIAL UNITS, MINING LEASES TO FACE ENVIRONMENT AUDIT
Panaji (Goa) The environmental audit of the industrial units and iron ore mining leases to assess the sustainable operation practices it has adopted is on card of the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB). The GSPCB has introduced draft notification on the Environment Audit Scheme under Water (prevention and control of pollution) Act 1974 and Air (prevention and control of pollution)…
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GOA: POLLUTION BOARD ASKED TO ENSURE MINIMUM USAGE OF FIRECRACKERS DURING DIWALI
Panaji (Goa) Ahead of the upcoming Diwali festival beginning from October 17 in Goa, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has directed the State Pollution authority (GSPCB) to undertake mass awareness campaign to reduce bursting of firecrackers during the festival. Directions are also issued to monitor and regulate ambient air and noise pollution levels in the state, which are observed to…
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GOA: HC TO DECIDE TODAY WHETHER NGT JURISDICTION WILL BE IN PUNE, DELHI OR CIRCUIT BENCH IN GOA
PANAJI The High Court of Bombay at Goa will today decide whether the National Green Tribunal will stay in Goa or will be allowed to shift to Delhi. The court will hear a bunch of petitions filed by social activists against the order of Union Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change, to shift National Green Tribunal’s jurisdiction of Goa, from…
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GOA: STARTING FROM TODAY; GOA TO HOST 4th DRAGONFLYINDIA MEET AND 9th SYMPOSIUM OF INDIAN ODONATOLOGY
SANGUEM Goa is ready to host the 4th Dragonflyindia Meet and 9th Symposium of Indian Odonatology at Surla-Sacordem from September 15 to 19, 2017. Odonatology is the science of studying dragonflies and damselflies, collectively referred to as odonates. They are excellent indicators of health of wetland ecosystems on which their lifecycle is dependent. Popularly known as “bhirmut” in Goa, till recently…
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GOA: YET ANOTHER BLOW FOR CURLIES; GSPCB WITHDRAWS CONSENT
ANJUNA (GOA) The Goa State Pollution Control Board has ordered the revocation of the consent to operate under Water and Air pollution Act to Curlies shack located at Anjuna. The order was passed in connection with the application moved by social activist Kashinath Shetye in National Green Tribunal (NGT). The NGT had ordered the pollution control board to revisit the consent…
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WITH GARBAGE-FREE MISSION BY 2020, CM URGES GOANS TO KEEP SURROUNDINGS CLEAN
Panaji (Goa): Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar as sought citizens’ cooperation in keeping the State clean claiming that garbage menace is the problem of all Goans. “The problem of garbage is not of one person alone or of the government. It is the problem of all Goans,” he said at the launch of the ‘Services of Regular Cleaning of Road Stretch from…
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MODERN AGRICULTURE AND THE CHEMICALS WE EAT
SUUHAS TEDDULKAR The awareness about the quality of food and effects of chemicals has led to the revival of organic/natural farming movement. In nearly every country, an alternative natural farming movement is underway with or without government support. About 8 states in India already have formulated organic farming policy. The most notable case of the successful organic farming is Sikkim. In…
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RAIN WATER HARVESTING THROUGH WATERSHED
DR SACHIN TENDULKAR The participation of local authorities and village communities is necessary to achieve self sufficiency and sustainability of water availability in the village. The focus of government on providing 24×7 water for drinking does not augur well with sustainability of this important resource. The concept of Watershed Development is based on participatory treatment of watershed area. Goa annually receives…
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