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Every nation is obliged to protect the environment

Is the idea of protection of environment stretched too far? How does one maintain a balance of developmental needs of human growing population  and environment? Ozone hole is in a dangerous situation.  The green  house effect of CO2 is raising temperature, leading to melting of  ice cover and flooding. Pollution of air is harmful to humans. Pollution of water is killing life. Fossil fuels reduction with clean energy is not economical. Discharge of  effluents can be controlled. Forest depletion can be augmented. Energy from dams has catastrophic effect on land and so is nuclear energy a dormant bomb. Humans will have to travel back to  stone age .The ever increasing demands  of bulging population puts stress on resources. The costs of fuel,  gas, electricity,  wood, even sand and laterite stones have touched the roof  as they all  linked to fuel costs. Floods have not decreased nor pollution with all measures in place  .The developed nations are greatest contributors to green house gases and still demand developing nations  to apply the brakes. So the solution is all  must take serious measures and alternative resources to reduce carbon footprint.


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Give pension for poor parents of fatal accident victims

ADELMO FERNANDES, Vasco
Published Dec 14, 2023, 9:06 PM IST
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Expressing concern over the number of accidents taking place in the State, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Monday reportedly said that Goa has become the accident capital of the country. In several of the reasons like over-speeding, drunken driving, not following traffic rules, not wearing the helmet or seat-belt, reckless driving and the like, the driver/rider of the vehicle must be considered to be at fault. But it needs to be noted that accidents can be attributed to…

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