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Goemkarponn desk SALIGAO: The Waste Management Minister Atanasio postponed the reply on the Saligao waste treatment plant to the last of the Assembly. This is the third postponement sought by the Minister on calling attention tabled by Calangute MLA Michael Lobo on bringing additional 30 tonnes of waste to the Saligao plant for treatment. Now he has assured to answer on the last day of the Assembly on August 10. The garbage issue at Saligao Gramsabha took an ugly turn on Sunday as two groups fought with each other over the garbage plant at the plateau. The gram sabha resolved…

Goemkarponn desk OLD GOA: The Goa Police have arrested a man on charges of culpable homicide after the car he was travelling in crashed into four vehicles at high speed, killing three people and injuring six others, some of whom are said to be serious. According to the police, the accused Paresh, alias Shripad A Sinai Sawardekar, (48 years) was allegedly under the influence of alcohol when the accident took place and was travelling with a woman in their Mercedes SUV when the speeding car veered into oncoming traffic around 8pm on Sunday on a bridge in Banastarim, around 15km…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Office of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Goa and Lakshya Foundation, Pune is proud to announce a special felicitation program on the momentous occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Kargil war. State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Guruprasad Pawaskar said that his office would like to take this opportunity to bring to the fore and celebrate the resilience and talents of the gallant, serving and retired, officers and soldiers of the Indian Armed Forces who have sacrificed for the Nation and in doing so sustained a disability. There will also be interactive sessions of…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The North Goa District Magistrate (DM) has issued an advisory to general public and tourists to refrain from entering/taking bath/swimming in water bodies, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, mining pits etc. during the ongoing monsoon season”. The general public are hereby requested to adhere to the advisory, so that drowning incident can be prevented and precious lives are saved. North Goa District Magistrate has also released helpline/control room numbers : District Control Room – 2225383/2426578, Emergency service – 112 , Fire & Emergency Services-101/2225500

Goemkarponn Desk MORMUGAO: Mormugao MLA Sankalp Amonkar on Saturday morning said that there had been communal tensions in Goa over a controversial statement made on Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and appealed people to live in peace and communal harmony. ” It is very sad that such an issue has happened because Goa is a peaceful state and Goans have a seperate respect across the world . Goa has an image of peace loving people where people living in communal harmony with each other irrespective of the religion. We have never seen communal tensions in Goa and people making such controversial statement,…

Confident that these issues will be resolved-: MLA Amonkar Goemkarponn Desk MORMUGAO: Mormugao MLA Sankalp Amonkar on Wednesday said that he had successfully raised many public grievances and issues in the assembly session and that he was confident that many issues would soon be resolved giving benefits to all the people of Mormugao constituency. Amonkar was speaking to reporters after organising a tree plantation drive along the Sada highway as part of Vanamahotsava celebration in association with Goa Forest department and Gammon India. ” I have raised issues which I am confident will be fulfilled with the support of the…

WAKE UP SALIGAO, PILERNE; WAKE UP SAIPEM, CANDOLIM YOUR LOCALITY IS BECOMING A DUMPYARDWaste from Panaji, Margao and now Ponda is also making its way to the Saligao plant MLA Kedar Naik says his constituency will not accept waste from other areas; Calangute MLA Lobo also obbjects Goemkapronn desk SALIGAO: It’s been over a month now that the Saligao Waste Treatment Plant is getting additional waste from not just from the entire North Goa but also far-reaching areas like Sonsodo in Margao and so also Ponda Municipality. The development has come after the Goa government gave an assurance in the…