The 12 students of Sonshi Government Primary School in Sattari have nothing, but mining dust for company during their school hours. There is no playground or any open space in front of the school. No sooner the students step out of their classrooms they are catapulted into the thick of mining activities.

Two out of the 13 mines that were asked to suspend operations have obtained the necessary forest clearances as laid down by the Goa State Pollution Control Board, which will issue revocation orders to these firms soon.

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A HERD of over 170 sheep died after allegedly drinking polluted water stagnated on the roadside near a company at Ganesapuram here on Monday.

After its campaign against the illegal mine owners recently, the Goa State Pollution Control Board turned its ire towards the hospitals for absence of proper equipment to treat medical waste.
The GSPCB has issued notices to around 125 medical facilities including top government hospitals for absence of proper equipment to treat medical waste.

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The Goa State Pollution Control Board is assessing replies received from some of the 74 mines that were asked to furnish requisite forest and wildlife clearances required to operate their businesses.

The Goa State Pollution Control Board on Tuesday issued show-cause notices to a veterinary dispensary at Pirna, a health officer of Cortalim Primary Health Centre and Indus Medical Centre, Porvorim, for failing to dispose bio-medical waste as per the Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998.

Sesa Goa and the Vedanta Group has challenged the Goa State Pollution Control Board's order of suspension of closure of mines operation.
The GSPCB last month had asked 13 mining leases to suspend operation as they lacked requisite environment clearances.
The GSPCB chairman speaking to reporters said that the companies have challenged the suspension before the adninistrative tribunal.

KOCHI: It seems that the direction given by the district administration to various agencies to take strict action against those polluting the Periyar has fallen on deaf ears.

The Kerala State Pollution Control Board has served show cause notices to four companies for discharging effluents from their units in the Edayar industrial area into the Periyar during the Onam holidays.