In what could dent Goa

The Chennai Corporation on Tuesday announced that a fine of Rs.100 would be collected from people who violate the plastic ban on the Marina Beach.

Inspecting the development works in progress at the Marina, Mayor M.

SHWETA KAMAT
PANJIM, OCT 12
The Ocean Researchers have warned that prompt cleaning of the beaches need to be done to avoid long term impact of tar-balls.
The researchers have also suggested that if required even a top layer of the sand should be replaced.

RAMANATHAPURAM: Commandant D.S.

Scientist Dr Joe D

Thick, black tar balls, some of them as large as a foot in diameter, have washed ashore on Majali and Tilamati beaches, 8 kms from here.

After the tar balls menace on different sea fronts of State

Contrary to reports that the authorities have lifted away the tar balls from the affected beach belt, large traces of the oily substance was still found along the Gandaulim-Colva shoreline till date.
Local activists cried foul over the lackadaisical attitude of the authorities to lift away the collected tar balls from the Gandaulim stretch of the Colva beach.

Tar balls have appeared on the beaches of Kihim, Murud-Janjira, Rewas-Mandwa and Kashid, near Alibag in Konkan. This follows the appearance of tar balls on Mumbai

South Goa District Collector, G P Naik has sought a detailed report from the Tourism Department on the plan of action to lift away tar balls collected at various locations along Salcete