10 panchayats given an added incentive for proper waste management

Goa is the smallest state in the country. It is also considered to be a haven for permanent residents and tourists alike. Having so many residents and people visiting is bound to create some problems. Like the garbage problem. Each year, the amount of garbage generated seems to grow bigger and bigger and no one […]

Miramar Beach almost disappears under waste after New Year’s Eve

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Goa in general faces a problem with garbage and waste management all through the year. It’s not just the roadside areas that suffer. Our beautiful beaches bear the brunt of most of it since this is where the hordes of tourists descend from the hinterland areas. New Year, same old problems with waste On the […]

Snake vomits entire plastic bottle in Goa

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In a bizarre event captured on camera, a Spectacled Cobra regurgitated an entire plastic bottle in the village of Karvem-Canacona, Goa. It is learnt that the Spectacled Cobra entered the village and while swallowing a small rodent, gulped down a plastic bottle from a garbage dump, assuming it is food. People of the village panicked […]

Does Goa really care about garbage?

An aerial view of the Solid Waste Management Facility at Calangute. Graciously Accepting Refuse Perched on the top of the Saligao Plateau in Goa, the Solid Waste Management Facility operated by M/s Hindustan Waste Treatment Pvt. Ltd. has been graciously accepting solid waste and garbage from the surrounding areas and treating it for the past […]

Dumping Garbage to be under CCTV surveillance in Mapusa

Dumping Garbage? Not anymore. “You are being watched!” Dumping garbage in Mapusa has gained enormous proportions.  People have been dumping garbage in unauthorised areas. The Mapusa Municipal Council has finally opened its eyes or so it seems. Modus Operandi of the miscreants Illegal garbage disposal is usually carried out at the crack of dawn or […]

Waste management? Tonnes of Garbage

With a population increase in Goa and huge tourist influx, waste management needs to be taken up on a war-footing. Tonnes of garbage gets generated on a daily basis, all over the state. With no proper system in place, this waste gets dumped into water bodies. Some of it even ends up on unused properties. […]

Do your bit for Goa this World Environment Day

As the world is all set to celebrate World Environment Day on the 5th of June, we should ask ourselves whether we are doing enough to save the environment. It is just not enough to come out in large numbers on just one day to show our support or post a status and pictures on […]