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Govt's hypocrisy on 'Save the Soil' stands exposed

There are a lot of cases of Sewage pollution into fields, water bodies, etc. This pollution is caused by select commercial establishments and even faulty STP plants.   How difficult is it for the Environment Ministry and the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) to keep a check on this massive pollution, in such a small state of Goa? I suspect a lot of corruption is involved, with pollution control officials turning a blind eye to numerous complaints filed by Goans across Goa. 

The Goa government markets thousands of crores for development but can't even take care of basics. Also recently, the Goa govt  signed the Save the Soil plan, but allowing the release of sewage into areas including large parts of agricultural land is a classic example of the massive hypocrisy of the Goa government on its intention to "Save the Soil".



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Name our airports after Goa's immortal heroes

AIRES RODRIGUES, Ribandar
Published Nov 5, 2022, 10:31 PM IST
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It would be very appropriate for the new Airport at Mopa to be named after Goa’s first Chief Minister Dayanand Bandodkar and the Dabolim Airport after Goa’s first Leader of the Opposition, Dr Jack Sequeira.Though Dayanand Bandodkar may have initially been for merging Goa with Maharashtra, he respected the people’s verdict and later with Dr Jack Sequeira as the fiery voice of the Opposition, they toiled with a vision and passion towards the development of Goa. Unlike many of…

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