Panjim Waterfront: Privatising Public Spaces for Casinos/Tourism
By Pamela D’Mello 2 January 2023 / Mongabay Among three major projects planned in Panjim are repurposing of the Campal children’s park, a passenger rope-way project and leasing out of a park area for tourism purposes. Residents and NGOs claim that the projects, all of…
Alcohol bottle waste: A transparent problem on Goa’s beaches
Goa’s position as a year-long tourism hotspot has uncorked a notoriously jagged problem: alcohol bottles, carelessly tossed or dangerously smashed on beaches, highways and tourist spots. As the number of domestic visitors has gone up almost four times in a decade (2 million in 2008…