November 04, 2020 7:35 pm
Earlier this week, the South Western Railway started laying tracks at a village in Goa, leading to environmentalists groups calling the midnight protest.
December 07, 2018 10:24 am
Justice R M Borde and Justice Prithviraj K Chavan were hearing a petition filed by NGO Goa Foundation and five others, seeking an order for permanent closure of operations of coal and coke handling at the port.
January 09, 2018 7:31 am
Goa State Pollution Control Board also pulled up the Mormugao Port Trust for importing coal through mooring dolphins without consent to operate and with no pollution control measures at sea.
January 02, 2018 2:15 am
Before the project starts, a copy of the marine and riparian biodiversity management plan, validated by the State Biodiversity Board, needs to be submitted.
December 16, 2017 5:46 am
Coal burying Goa: Manohar Parrikar assured his government will “conduct an independent health study” and that no proposals for expansion of existing berths or new berths will be allowed.
December 03, 2017 6:40 am
In a seven-part investigation into the transport of coal by rail, road and water across Goa, The Indian Express had found that JSW Group has been exceeding its import capacity since 2012, getting 10.11 million tonnes in 2016-2017 alone.
November 11, 2017 5:48 am
In its meeting, the EAC noted that air quality monitoring reports of the Goa State Pollution Control Board indicate that “particulate matter is exceeding the prescribed limits for the present handling capacities” at the port.
November 08, 2017 7:18 am
Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal had said that the Railways has started exploring a design change in its rolling stock to see if coal and other minerals can be carried in covered wagons instead of open ones to prevent coal dust from contaminating the environment.
November 04, 2017 10:12 am
An ongoing investigation by The Indian Express has revealed that transport of coal, at the rate of 25 tonnes per minute, by rail and road, has left in its wake environmental damage across Goa.
November 04, 2017 8:01 am
Trains and trucks are used to carry coal to hundreds and thousands of kilometers, releasing huge amounts of coal dust in the atmosphere and leading to what Goa has to suffer.
October 26, 2017 8:29 am
3800 tonnes of coal per train, an average of 9 trains every day- The Indian Express tracks their trail across Goa and what they leave behind.
October 25, 2017 10:28 am
The Indian Express travels through all three routes of Goa to find soot covered homes, a lethal cocktail of respiratory ailments, and a ruined ecosystem.