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Groundwater levels are falling, and wells for household use and for irrigating farmland are running dry in some parts of
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the procedures established by law, particularly the provision of
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It noted that more than half of 28 household wells surveyed in Don Vaddo and
Sonarbhat went dry in April/May 2001, a normal monsoon year. At least 138 consumers depend on these wells. Falling water levels in this area have coincided with a very rapid increase in commercial extraction from the local
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The petition challenged the selection of a garbage disposal site on the top of Saligão plateau, in the midst of a social forest plantation raised by the Goa government's Forest
Department. It argued that the decision to locate the disposal site in this "inappropriate area" was made without following
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In recent years, Saligão, which is just outside the North Goa beach-belt, has seen significant concerns over the large-scale sale of ground-water from a number of wells in the village, particularly at
Donvaddo. There has also been concern raised by villagers over the dumping of garbage from the
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coastal belt on the hillock atop the village, partly on village lands and partly on land belonging to the
Calangute comunidade but very close (and overlooking) the village. On 12 December 2002, a writ petition was filed over this issue in the Goa bench of the High Court of Bombay.
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