The expert committee appointed to study the quantum of loss in the fishing business and the long-term effect on aquatic life after the recent oil spill in the sea is meeting on Friday at Mantralaya.

The state government has clarified that it would claim maximum compensation towards the loss to nets, boats and fish, the seizure of fish made by the BMC after the oil spill and ecological damage to

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Margao/Panaji: The deposition of tar balls on some stretches of south Goa

Panaji: Goa

The Indian Coast Guard today virtually ruled out the possibility of oil spillage being the reason for the presence of tar balls on Goan shores.
Environment Minister Aleixo Sequeira had stated that the discharge of oil by some

Students and village volunteers joined the beach clean up exercise at the Colva beach on Wednesday, even as officials of the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) made their presence felt at Colva to investigate the tar ball menace.
Around 20 students and two teachers from Infant Jesus High School, Colva responded to a call to clean up the beach hit by tar ball menace.

Experts today blamed the monitoring bodies

Tar balls continued to appear on Velsao Beach on Wednesday, albeit in smaller quantities in comparison to the first day when they were washed ashore.
The tar balls resurfaced on Wednesday afternoon, after the beach was cleaned a day ago by tourism officials and Drishti Special Response Service (DSRS) lifeguards.
Local people said during the high tide, a small amount of tar balls appeared on the

The Goa State Pollution Control Board on Wednesday picked up tar ball samples from three beaches in South Goa and handed the same to the National Institute of Oceanography in Dona Paula for a thorough analysis.
Officials at the GSPCB said tar ball samples were picked up from Velsao, Colva and Betalbatim shores today and handed over to Dr Sanil Kumar at NIO.

THE Coast Guard has to urgently address the requirement of augmenting the response capabilities at the highest level in order to avert calamities following any oil spill, a top official with the organisation responsible for various services at sea said on Wednesday.

This was necessary given the environmental hazards arising out of such an event, pointed out DIG B S Yadav, Commander, Coast Guard