The Union ministry of urban development has sanctioned 72 crore towards the CCP's solid waste management plant proposed at Baiguinim, mayor Surendra Furtado said on Tuesday.
Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) has extended the study of ground water contamination, earlier commissioned for the River Sal basin, now to the Bethora industrial estate also.
Coal, coke and petroleum products which are transported from Goa have now come under the ambit of green cess, after the state government notified the Goa Cess on Products and Substances Causing Pol
The contamination of Ponda nullah has hit about two hundred farmers, including 180 from Kapileshwari-Kavlem in Bandora village panchayat while about 20 from Ponda Municipal Council (PMC) areas.
Green activists from Colva are hoping that fresh reports prepared by the Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) regarding hotel units discharging effluents into the stormwater drain will force t
The status quo on recommendations of the Kasturirangan-led high level working group (HWLG) will continue and no approvals for development will be issued in breach of the notification dated November
The ban on iron ore mining in Goa will continue as the Supreme Court on Monday granted another month to the panel which was asked to submit a report suggesting the annual cap on the volume of iron
With the appointment of community organizers in state municipal councils, plans are afoot to set up women run self-help groups for door-to-door collection of garbage, its segregation and recycling.
Lung diseases caused in workers employed in iron ore mines and those living near the mines are reversible and not fatal in nature, doctors said, speaking ahead of the opening of the 64th national c
