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Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: The 2024-25 Turtle Season have virtually ended on a poor note that only 50.98% of the eggs laid have successfully hatched, while a grave percentage of 47.87% of Turtle Eggs are either failed to hatch or Young One’s died at the twin twin hatcheries of Agonda and Galgibaga Turtle Rehabilitation Centres (TRC) in South Goa. Both the TRC’s have protected 188 Turtle Pits with a maximum of 143 Pits at Agonda alone and 43 Pits at Galgibaga, laying total of 19191 eggs, which also includes 02 unreported turtle pits protected elsewhere with a success rate of 92.38%…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: Amidst the torrential rains intermittently pouring, a huge tree got uprooted and came crashing on the building/House where the Police Outpost of Agonda is housed on Friday afternoon. The un-identified tree with huge trunk got paritially uprooted at its root, and with its large branches came to rest on roof-top of the police outpost damaged the roof-tiles and rafters badly. Incidentally, on intimation personnel from Fire & Emergency Services (F&ES) came and left without attending the disaster at hand stating F&ES has no services of an Expert Tree-Cutter. According to Agonda VP Secretary Amol K Naik Gaunkar,…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has confirmed that the project tender for the Ponda-Bhoma road development has been finalised, with special attention given to the protection of heritage sites along the route. The 10-km Ponda-Bhoma stretch, part of the Hyderabad-Goa corridor, will feature a 4.28-km six-lane elevated corridor. Gadkari highlighted that a special 76-metre span has been incorporated into the design to safeguard the historic Bhoma temple and lake. “We have also made a provision of ₹30 lakh for the beautification of Bhoma lake,” he added. The broader Hyderabad-Goa corridor spans 68 km,…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari announced that the ₹460 crore redesign project of the Dabolim airport road is progressing steadily and is expected to be completed by July 2026. Providing updates on key infrastructure initiatives, Gadkari also revealed that the long-pending four-laning of the Mumbai-Goa highway will be completed within the next three to four months. “This will reduce the travel time between Goa and Mumbai to just 5–6 hours,” he stated. In another major development, the Minister informed that work on the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the ₹12,000 crore Borim bridge…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari announced that alignment work is currently underway for Goa’s ambitious Ring Road Project, estimated to cost ₹15,000 crore. He stated that the project would represent the culmination of all major road infrastructure developments in the State. However, Gadkari declined to reveal the exact route of the proposed alignment, citing concerns over speculative land purchases. “I have deliberately withheld the route alignment to prevent speculative land purchases, especially by politicians,” the Minister said. The Ring Road project is expected to significantly improve connectivity and ease traffic congestion in and…

New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has taken disciplinary action against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) skipper Rajat Patidar and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) captain Pat Cummins for breaching the IPL’s Code of Conduct due to their respective teams’ slow over-rates during a recent league match. While Cummins was fined ₹12 lakh for SRH’s first offence of the season under the minimum over-rate regulation, Patidar was fined ₹24 lakh as RCB committed the same offence for the second time this season. In a statement, the IPL confirmed: “As it was his team’s second offence of the season…

New Delhi: Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra finished second at the Janusz Kusocinski Memorial meet in Poland on Friday, behind Germany’s Julian Weber. Despite not being at his peak form, Chopra managed to secure the runner-up spot with a final throw of 84.14m in his sixth and last attempt. Chopra, 27, was positioned third until his final throw lifted him to second place. Earlier attempts included distances of 81.28m and 81.80m in his second and fifth rounds, while the remaining three throws were fouls. The competition took place at the Silesian Stadium under overcast skies following rain earlier in…