Monthly Archives: June 2016

TTAG wants immigration facility outsourced

  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/TTAG-wants-immigration-facility-outsourced/articleshow/52737514.cms With immigration facilities at Goa international airport showing no sign of improving, Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG), the travel body of hoteliers and tour operators, wants it to be outsourced. A TTAG delegation met minister of … Continue reading →

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Ramponkars oppose Betul port

Has the damage that this satellite port will cause been assessed at all. Is this government concerned only about profits without giving a damn about the ecology and marine life and the people?

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Central body demarcates high tide line for coastal states

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Central-body-demarcates-high-tide-line-for-coastal-states/articleshow/52737560.cms National centre for sustainable coastal management (NCSCM), Chennai has demarcated the high tide line (HTL) for Goa and other coastal states, paving the way for preparation of coastal zone management plans (CZMP). The issue of HTL and preparation of … Continue reading →

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Locals demand the scrapping of the river project

It will not benefit the locals…the voice on the ground has spoken. They do not want it. Is this government going to listen?

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No development area to be redrawn?

If this is in the best interests of the local people …then why the secrecy? This looks more like an exercise to eliminate the locals and clear the coast for big business.

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Dudhsagar tourists to register online

The carrying capacity of the Dudsagar waterfalls needs to be studied. This is an eco-sensitive area and having uncontrolled number of tourists will only lead to destroying nature and ecology. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Dudhsagar-tourists-to-register-online/articleshow/52719360.cms With tourists starting to throng Dudhsagar lake, having been … Continue reading →

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