Monthly Archives: September 2010
India tops under-5 child mortality rate: Unicef
New Delhi: This is another ranking that India would hate to top. Close on the heels of recording the largest number of women dying during child birth, the country now occupies another top spot. India holds the unenviable record of … Continue reading
Govt bulldozing its way with land acquisitions!
What’s common between the government proposals to acquire land for the multi-purpose utility project at Davorlim, fish meal project at Cutbona and the kabrastan at Sonsodo? Perhaps for the first time in recent years, the government has literally kept the … Continue reading
CRZ notification a ploy to rob our land: fishermen
The National Fish Workers’ Forum (NFF) has termed the new CRZ notification as mere eyewash and ploy to rob land of the traditional fishermen. “Special consideration for Goa is an eye wash, as merely mapping fishing villages and khazan lands … Continue reading
Pollution board notices to 35 mining leases
The Goa State Pollution Control Board has issued notices to 35 of the 104 mining leases registered with it, even as a senior official mentioned that more than 25 per cent of the mines were operating without clearances from the … Continue reading
NGO threatens street protest if casinos permitted in Verem
Irked with the government’s decision to permit two casinos in Verem, the Reismagos and Verem Citizens Forum has threatened to come on the streets if the government fails to withdraw the decision of permitting Casinos in Verem.
Fishermen forum rejects draft CRZ notification
The National Fishworkers Forum headed by Matanhy Saldanha on Friday “completely rejected” the draft CRZ Notification 2010 issued early this week, saying it neither protects the fishing communities’ rights and livelihood nor the coastal environment. Read more:
Self-employment scheme misused;kiosks sub-let
They were meant to provide self-employment to the unemployed, but many kiosks under the Deendayal Swayam Rojgar Yojna (DSRY) are being sublet to non-Goans. Taking advantage of the lethargic attitude of authorities, many beneficiaries of the DSRY have rented out their … Continue reading
Almost decade later, building rules notified
PANAJI: Group housing units and multi-storied buildings will face stringent action in future if they misuse parking space for commercial and other purposes.After nearly a decade, the government finally notified the Goa Land Development and Building Construction Regulations, 2010, on September 9. The new … Continue reading
Relief for Nuvem farmers as land acquisition lapses
There’s good news in store for the farmers of Nuvem who have been agitating against acquisition of paddy fields for the proposed football grounds. If Deputy Collector, Land Acquisition, Margao Johnson Fernandes is to be believed, the land acquisition proceedings … Continue reading
Plastics, tea packets wash ashore
MARGAO: Flotsam of a different type surfaced on a stretch of the Salcete coastline on Thursday and beaches from Velsao to Majorda were strewn with garbage including plastic bottles and large tea packets. Read More