A long delay in declaring a marine park around the twin islands off Mormugao with a rich diversity of corals and marine life is raising a concern about the likely impact of neglect and pollution.

PANAJI: Continuous and rampant reclamation of mangrove areas in flagrant violation of CRZ rules around the city is likely to lead to significant disruption in tidal movements and displacement of wa

Says projects should not hamper environment and ecology of state in exchange for employment

The ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEF&CC) has issued a draft notification to amend the coastal regulation zone (CRZ) notification, 2011, allowing for reclamations and al

With beach erosion turning into a major concern for residents of Vizag, the Andhra University and the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) have taken up studies to prevent further damage t

VISAKHAPATNAM: The preliminary Marine Environment Impact Assessment (MEIA) report on the Visakhapatnam-Kakinada Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR) has been submitted t

PANAJI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted a committee to oversee that casino operators comply with municipal solid waste (MSW) rules, even as it noted that casino vessels cannot be

The treated industrial effluent from the Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) to Ulhas and Waldhuni rivers is not discharged into the river at a point decided by the National Institute of Oceanog

The pre-monsoon churning of currents on the high seas throws up sticky and oily tar balls, which turn people away from Goa’s pristine beaches annually.

PANAJI: Congress general secretary Ulhas Parab has demanded that the government immediately stop casinos from operating in the Mandovi river as their sewage has caused dangerous levels of pollution