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Min Dhavalikar cornered in Assembly over staff shortage & contract workers issue in Goa Elect Dept Nearly 20% of positions at the Electricity Dept vacant, how does dept function, questioned Digambar MLA Sequeira says min doing injustice to contract workers Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: The ruling MLAs criticized Power Minister Sudin Dhavalikar today over the Goa Electricity Department’s inability to function without the necessary manpower. Nearly 20% of the positions in the Electricity Department are unfilled, according to MLA Digambar Kamat, who questioned how the department could continue to operate with such vacancies. According to Minister Sudin Dhavalikar, the Staff Selection…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Activist Claude Alvares of the Goa Foundation said the Bombay HC judgment would “have a very significant impact on the four wildlife sanctuaries”, namely, Mhadei, Bhagwan Mahavir, Netravali and Cotigao. “Out of the 745.18 sq km protected area, around 578.33 sq km is proposed as the core zone and about 166.85 sq km as the buffer in the forest department’s working plan. “This will put [these areas] in a different level of protection,” he explained. Moreover, it would also impact linear projects like the controversial proposal for double-tracking the railway line from Castlerock in Karnataka to Kulem…

According to the police, the driver lost control of the vehicle as he approached the narrow bridge and veered off the bridge Goemkarponn desk SANGUEM: The deceased have been identified as Milind Naik (38) Rekha Yadav Naik (35), and their son aged between two and three. While the bodies of the mother and child were found inside the car after it was fished out shortly after the accident around 11 pm on Monday, Milind’s body was found around 10 am on Tuesday. According to the police, Milind lost control of the vehicle as he approached the narrow bridge and veered…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The work of construction of a six-lane link road (NH-166S) with paved shoulder configuration to Mopa Airport on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) mode in the State of Goa is in progress for which one lane each on the right side and left side of the median of flyover at Sukekulan junction, Dhargal at Ch.492/554 of NH66 was temporarily closed for two months between June 1, 2023, to July 31, 2023, to set up of scaffolding work for the erection of Bow-String structure. Now, the Executive Engineer of Division-VII(NH) PWD, Panaji Goa, In-charge of the Highway stretch…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Tennis Ball Cricket Association have selected the following players in men section who will represent Goa State Team for the All India Inter Zonal Tennis Ball Cricket Championship to be held at Sundernagar Himachal Pradesh from 5th to 7th August 2023. 1) Abhishek Gaonkar 2) Deep Palni 3) Harsh Gala 4) Sarvesh Gawas 5) Smitesh Sawant 6) Kaushal Churi 7) Akshay Satarkar 8) Samarth Naik 9) Maruti Patil 10)Shoaib Ansari 11) Punit khandeparkar 12) Mahadev Malik 13)Saheel Gawde 14) Akash Lamani The above teams will leave on 2nd August 2023 by train and will return on…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa University Inter Collegiate Badminton championship 2023-2024 for men and women was held at S.A.G. Indoor Stadium, Campal, from 25th to 28th July, 2023. P.G. Goa University won the women’s title and defending champions Goa College of Engineering, Farmagudi won the men’s title. In the women finals P.G. Goa University defeated Goa Medical College 2-1. Niharika Tiwari defeated Sarvadhnya Patil 21-11, 21-13 in the first singles. Yashmin Sayed defeated Ritika Velingkar 21-1, 21-1 in the second singles. In the deciding doubles match Yashmin Sayed & Sarvadhnya Patil defeated Niharika Tiwari & Ritika Velingkar 21-9, 21-13. In…

As a precautionary measure, a speed restriction of 10 kmph has been imposed, for now Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: South Western Railway officials have succeeded in clearing the debris that accumulated on the railway track following a landslip between Castle Rock and Caranzol railway stations on the Braganza Ghat section of Hubballi Division last week. The railway track has now been restored and certified fit. And, a locomotive was run on the track at noon on Sunday and tested (engine rolling test) to assess and certify fitness of the track with regard to safety parameters. Train services have resumed and at…