http://savegoa.com/ en Copyright 2010 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:28:57 +0530 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 20th July 2010 Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) has been holding a series of agitations over the outdated Goa TCP Act, 1974 act and drafting of the Regional Plan 2021. They had demanded that the act should be in consonance with Article 243 ZD as amended by the 73rd and 74th amendments to devolve powers to municipal bodies and panchayats and district planning committees for the purpose of participatory planning. http://savegoa.com/press_room/gba_press_releases/replace_outdated_goa_tcp_act_1.php http://savegoa.com/press_room/gba_press_releases/replace_outdated_goa_tcp_act_1.php GBA Press Releases Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:28:57 +0530 Goa Bachao Abhiyan in a letter to all MLAs has requested for a follow-up on the assurance given by the chief minister on the floor of the House in the last Assembly Session on the Regional Plan 2021 that the same would be ready in the next six months (i.e. by Sept 2010). ]]> http://savegoa.com/press_room/news_articles/remind_cm_about_rp_promise_gba.php http://savegoa.com/press_room/news_articles/remind_cm_about_rp_promise_gba.php News Articles Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:23:23 +0530 Times Of India- Goa July 16, 2010 After several amendments during the past three decades, the Goa government has constituted an eight-member committee to review the Goa, Daman and Diu Town & Country Planning Act, 1974. However, not everyone is happy with the composition of the panel. http://savegoa.com/press_room/news_articles/discontent_over_panel_chosen_t.php http://savegoa.com/press_room/news_articles/discontent_over_panel_chosen_t.php News Articles Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:51:48 +0530 Herald 10 July 2010 The Goa Bachao Abhiyan said the Government continues to flip flop on its assurances and till date it has failed to constitute an expert committee headed by the Secretary (Town and Country Planning) for reviewing and replacing the defunct TCP Act 1974. http://savegoa.com/press_room/news_articles/govt_reminded_on_expert_panel.php http://savegoa.com/press_room/news_articles/govt_reminded_on_expert_panel.php News Articles Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:17:17 +0530 Herald July 1,2010 GBA demands a freeze on FAR Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) has said that the State government’s failure to release Regional Plan 2021 is a slap on the face of the society. http://savegoa.com/press_room/news_articles/govts_failure_to_release_rp_a.php http://savegoa.com/press_room/news_articles/govts_failure_to_release_rp_a.php News Articles Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:22:22 +0530 Village Groups of Goa, Goa Heritage Action Group and Utt Goenkara bitterly complained that the much-touted Flying Squad constituted to look into illegal hill-cuttings and filling up of low-lying areas had refused to entertain their complaint on Monday.]]> http://savegoa.com/press_room/news_articles/activists_say_flying_squad_did.php http://savegoa.com/press_room/news_articles/activists_say_flying_squad_did.php News Articles Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:21:21 +0530 8th June 2010 The GBA takes stock of the dismal performance of the Government progress of the Regional Plan 2021 and protection of environment and people’s rights. http://savegoa.com/press_room/gba_press_releases/rp2021_half_time_no_show.php http://savegoa.com/press_room/gba_press_releases/rp2021_half_time_no_show.php GBA Press Releases Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:54:13 +0530 Goa Bachao Abhiyan has urged village groups and concerned citizens to join them to form a human chain starting from Mandovi Hotel in the capital city this Friday, June 11, from 4 to 6 pm.]]> http://savegoa.com/press_room/news_articles/govt_delaying_rp_2021_to_facil.php http://savegoa.com/press_room/news_articles/govt_delaying_rp_2021_to_facil.php News Articles Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:37:58 +0530 Dr Kasturi Dessai.]]> http://savegoa.com/press_room/news_articles/rising_sea_could_swallow_goa_g.php http://savegoa.com/press_room/news_articles/rising_sea_could_swallow_goa_g.php News Articles Sun, 06 Jun 2010 14:29:40 +0530 World Environment Day, the environmentalists continue to find it a distant dream to get state’s wildlife sanctuaries declared as a tiger habitat, thanks to the lack of a strong political will.]]> http://savegoa.com/press_room/news_articles/centre_should_decide_on_goa_as.php http://savegoa.com/press_room/news_articles/centre_should_decide_on_goa_as.php News Articles Sun, 06 Jun 2010 14:24:29 +0530 240-metre long ore carrier ran aground off the Candolim coast on a stormy night on June 6, 2000, no one would have expected the ship to remain at the site for the next ten years.]]> http://savegoa.com/press_room/news_articles/a_decade_on_princess_removal_s.php http://savegoa.com/press_room/news_articles/a_decade_on_princess_removal_s.php News Articles Sat, 05 Jun 2010 14:40:03 +0530 Freeze on constructions in ecosensitive zones marked in draft RP2021" while the RP2021 gets ready.]]> http://savegoa.com/press_room/gba_press_releases/meeting_on_world_environment_d.php http://savegoa.com/press_room/gba_press_releases/meeting_on_world_environment_d.php GBA Press Releases Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:13:13 +0530 covering the dump yard with tarpaulin and construction of tanks to collect lechate, but added that whether the measures would serve the purpose would be known only during the monsoons.]]> http://savegoa.com/press_room/news_articles/fomentos_sonsodo_works_to_be_a.php http://savegoa.com/press_room/news_articles/fomentos_sonsodo_works_to_be_a.php News Articles Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:10:21 +0530 Villagers Group of Goa (VGG) on Saturday visited various controversial real estate projects at Sancoale on the occasion of World Environment Day.]]> http://savegoa.com/press_room/news_articles/vgg_visits_controversial_proje.php http://savegoa.com/press_room/news_articles/vgg_visits_controversial_proje.php News Articles Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:04:46 +0530 irrational policies, unscrupulous urbanisation of villages, especially in the coastal belt, and blatant abuse of the natural resources have contributed significantly to global warming and climate change in the State.]]> http://savegoa.com/press_room/news_articles/csjp_calls_for_efforts_to_save.php http://savegoa.com/press_room/news_articles/csjp_calls_for_efforts_to_save.php News Articles Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:25:42 +0530