Salinity points, March 17 -- he salinity study of some of the State's major rivers has revealed that the anthropogenic activities like sewage discharges, port activities, barge/ship building yards, river cruises, sand mining, have added various types of contaminants to the riverine and the coastal environment, threatening them by exerting tremendous pressure on their fragile ecosystem.
As a part of the Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) exercise, the Department of Environment had asked the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) to conduct a special study of salinity content in major rivers of the State. The study conducted to monitor salinity presence up to 5ppt (parts per thousands) shows a distinct decrease in salinity from the estua...