PANJIM: At long last, the State government has constituted a high level committee to scrutinize suggestions and objections given in response to the Goa Forest Policy, 2011.
PANJIM: State Mines and Geology department has almost 623 prospecting licences pending for the approval, besides the existing 595 deemed leases which are being processed, a government document revealed.
The mining scam unfolding in Goa has been throwing up the names of more and more leaders of the Congress and the NCP who have alleged links to the mining business, direct or indirect.
The Rs 90 lakh garbage treatment plant at Canacona sits idle, as people wait for the Municipal Council and Forest Department to iron out difference over an approach road.
The Goa Government has initiated the process to revoke licences of 19 mining leases which have been found to be operating within 10-km radius of wildlife sanctuaries or national parks in the State.
PANJIM: In a major development, Karnataka Chief Conservator of Forest (KCCF) has directed his Goa counterpart to revoke clearance licences of 19 mines, which are within 10kms radius of wildlife sanctuaries.
PANJIM: Data submitted to the high powered Regional Plan (RP) 2021 committee by Mines and Geology Department has revealed that there are 117 active mining leases, which is contrary to the figure of 90 active mining leases projected by the department before the authorities.
PANJIM: The Union Ministry for Environment and Forest (MoEF) Wednesday canceled the environment clearance (EC) given to Pirna Iron Ore Mines of Sesa Goa for suppressing information and faulty environment impact assessment.
The ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) have cancelled the environmental clearance (EC) to the Vedanta-owned Sesa Goa Ltd for an iron ore mine located in Pirna in North Goa on grounds of suppression of vital information.
