Farmers Market – ‘Buy local, eat local’
Farmers Market promoted: Recently, Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai announced plans to set up a ‘Farmers Market’. His intention being that the farmers of Fatorda get provided with an avenue to market the produce that they grow locally in Fatorda as per a TOI report. Vijay Sardesai also said that traditional farmers from Fatorda producing vegetables […]
Champions Yacht Club
“I spent uncounted hours sitting at the bow looking at the water and the sky, studying each wave, different from the last, seeing how it caught the light, the air, the wind; watching patterns, the sweep of it all, and letting it take me. The sea.” ― Gary Paulsen, Caught by the Sea Very few […]
Goa is a Tsunami prone region?
Recently the Director of National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), S.W.A. Naqvi said that tsunamis are not new to the Western India Coastline. 2007 was the most recent. It hit the Gujarat Coast and Goa felt the effects. Tsunamis, occurring even up to a travel distance of eight hours away, could hit Goa. The state is also vulnerable to […]
Goa to receive its third Coast Guard Vessel
On September 9, Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) will receive an Indian Cost Guard Offshore Patrol Vessel, ‘ICGS Sarathi’ commissioned by the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. Although the vessel was launched by Defence production Special Secretary Ashok Kumar Gupta in 2015 at GSL yard. It is only the third ship to be received out of six that the Coast […]
Rivers: Mandovi and Zuari among 8 for immediate development
Along with 6 other national rivers,Goa’s famous Mandovi and Zuari will be fast tracked for development as national waterways. Chairperson of Indland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), Amitabh Verma recently disclosed that 8 rivers in the country have been shortlisted for immediate development as national waterways. Apart from Mandovi and Zuari, other waterways include Barak in Assam, […]
Ganesh Chaturthi, know more about the festival
Ganesh Chaturthi, also known as Vinayaka Caturthi or ‘Chovoth’ in Konkani is a Hindu festival celebrated in honor of the ‘Elephant-headed God’. Chaturthi translates to ‘fourth day’ or ‘fourth state’ in Hindi. Celebrations for the festival are generally held on the fourth day of the first fortnight in the month of Bhaadrapada in the Hindu […]
Hauling 250% rise – Marine Overload
Not long after the fishing ban, the Goan markets are flooded with fish. Particularly with tuna.This financial year witnessed a sharp rise of over 250 per cent in comparison to last year. According to the state’s fisheries department, local fishermen netted 5,577 tonnes of the saltwater finfish (Tuna) in 2015-16 against 1,560 tonnes in 2014-15. Tuna […]
Butterfly Beach? A Beach in Goa
Ever heard of such a beach in Goa? Not only is it breathtakingly beautiful but also mysterious. It is known as “Butterfly Beach” because the shape of the valley in which it is ensconced is similar to a butterfly. Located between the Palolem and Agonda Beaches of South Goa, this beach is one of the […]
Common Effluent Treatment Plant to solve Cuncolim issues?
There has been slight progress on the clearing up of contaminated water around the Cuncolim Industrial Estate. The Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) has decided to opt for a Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) as a permanent solution for the Industrial Estate. Mumbai-based Aditya Environmental Services has been appointed as the agency to prepare a […]
Poaching Endangered Wild Animals
Goa has a huge forest cover which houses a variety of wild animals, big and small. Many of these wild animals are hunted down for various reasons. Wild animals like Meru (cervous unicolor), Pisay (mouse deer), Bhekare (barking deer) and animals like Shekaro (Malabar Giant Squirrel) and Sheryo (Pangoline) are not spared by the hunters […]
