Dhavalikar slams protest at residence

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PANAJI: Power Minister, Ramkrishna (Sudin) Dhavalikar on Wednesday slammed the protest march to his residence organised the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to protest against high electricity bills and demand the scrapping of the smart meter project.

Dhavlikar said, AAP in Goa will face the same fate as the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) which he said is struggling with internal differences and many of their members were expelled by the party.

Alarm over Goa’s notified wetlands

64% under threat; Ramsar site Nanda Lake worst hit

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PANAJINearly 64 per cent of Goa's notified wetlands, including the internationally recognised Nanda Lake Ramsar site in Curchorem, are facing serious ecological threats right from encroachment, pollution, intensive agriculture to unsustainable harvesting of resources, according to the wetland assessment by the Union Ministry for Environment, Forest and Climate Change.Of the State's 25 notified wetlands, 16 have been identified as being under varying degrees of pressure from…