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Take action against tree felling: NGT Following a plea seeking action against felling of trees near Anand Vihar railway station and directions to treat effluents before being discharged in

Investigation report (Part I) shows how transport of COAL in GOA is destroying the air, water, land, lives and environment of Goa, and massive quantity of MORE COAL is on the way. The people and groups in Goa are fighting, but we all need to join.
- JWS, Adani and Vedanta are three biggest corporates, the report exposes illegalities involved already.
- Port had become unviable after export of iron ore was stopped.
- The coal dust is blackening lungs, pushing up incidents of respiratory disorder; it’s threatening fragile forests, paddy fields, countless streams and rivers, at one place even a tiger corridor, at least two sanctuaries, and an entire hill.
- On the proposed water route, the fishing unions are the first to sound the alarm. Says Olencio Simoes, vice-chairperson, National Fishworkers’ Forum, “The dredging will collapse river beds and cause floods in neighbouring villages. Also, this will amount to violation of CRZ (Coastal Regulation Zone) norms as mangroves will be cut or destroyed along with the destruction of corals and reefs, turtle nesting grounds, horseshoe crab habitats, sea grass beds, mudflats, and nesting grounds of birds.”

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