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In honor of Earth Day 2019, on 28th April, several organizations and citizens came together to organize a Beach Clean Up at Anjuna Beach. In what was a unique event, not only did many locals, tourists, and hostel owners clean up the beach, but there was also plenty of fun through musical performance by ‘Musica…
As per the earlier mentioned directive of the National Green Tribunal, on April 24th, 2019, the Goa State Government identified 6 village Panchayats and 3 cities as model villages/cities for the implementation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. The villages that were identified include Aldona, Se Old Goa, Oxem, Navelim, Chicalim and Uguem and…
In April 2019, the National Green Tribunal pulled up the Goa State Government for failing to meet its obligations towards appropriate solid waste, plastic waste and biomedical waste management. The NGT directed the State Government to identify at least 3 village panchayats and 3 municipalities as models for solid waste management within 2 weeks. Further,…
In May 2019, Congress MLA Luzinho Faleiro met with the panchayat members from his constituency of Navelim to discuss waste management plans and announced a Rs 1 Lakh award for the cleanest ward amongst them. A committee is to be set up to judge the same. Meanwhile, the Goa Waste Management Corporation has agreed to…
