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Goemkarponn Desk PONDA: Local demands to clear Electric pole at middle of Ponda road. The Locals in Ponda City as well as Villagers of Kavlem besides villagers from four surrounding Panchayats has express concern over hot mix carepting of Ponda- Kavlem road without clearing two dangerous electricity poles leaving them as it in middle of recently hotmixed road. Locals demanded to clear them immediately. Kishan Naik said this may invite accidents. He said seven years after hotmix is done in Ponda as roads were in bad state due to sewerage work but sadly safety issues neglected and electricity poles on…

Goemlarponn Desk SIOLIM: A day after the Sarpanch of Siolim-Marna Village Panchayat Sharmila Vernekar on Tuesday resigned after five panch members moved no-confidence motion against her Marna-Siolim Sarpanch Sharmila Vernekar & her supporters expressed their unhappiness over no confidence motion moved by some panchayat members. Sarpanch challenged ward members to divulge the illegalities she had done with proof. Citing the reasons for moving no-confidence motion against the sarpanch, the five panchas in a letter addressed to the Block Development Officer (BDO) stated that the sarpanch failed to act against illegal construction and various illegalities committed in the jurisdiction of the…

Goemkarponn Desk MARGAO: The Goa Forest Department has constituted a committee to look into allegations of illegal transportation of timber in Canacona. DCF Margao Prem Kumar said that strict action will be taken against perpetrators of the offence if any illegality is detected. “One lot of timber was officially auctioned by the Forest Department and transit passes were issued by the RFO for the lot” he added Kumar said that he had conducted a departmental auction and an auction price was paid according to the government notified rate and based on that the RFO (Range Forest Officer) Canacona had issued…

Goemkarponn Desk CURTI: The Locals from Curti Khandepar as well Bethora Panchayat has expressed concern over mud excavated for Bethora –Borim four lane widening has been dumped on Bank of main nullah flowing by the side of Highway. Most of heaps of mud is already spread into nullah basin and incase of monsoon the flow of nullah would be blocked as nullah basin likely to fill up with mud resulting to flooding at Bethora Junction. Environmentalist Sandeep Parkar said the mud dumped into Nullah is in negelegent manner and is likely to spread in nullah in monsoon. He said the…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The North Goa district administration has imposed CrPC section 144 around the Manohar International Airport and nearby villages to prevent unlawful assembly for two months in view of a call for blocking its road given by people who have lost their land for the airport project. The order under Section 144 that was issued yesterday will be in force for a period of 60 day unless withdrawn earlier. The order points out that taxi operators many of whom are land losers from Pernem Taluka, Mopa, Warkhand , Nagzar and Chandel are protesting under the banner of ‘Together…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: A Tamil Nadu holidayer-duo had a narrow escape over the weekend after their kayak was trapped on jutting rocks at Palolem beach, before they were rescued by Drishti lifesavers. The trapped kayakers, who were in their early 20s, called out for help, after which a lifesaver rushed to the site and managed to extricate the duo from the treacherous rocks. A double rescue was also reported at the Miramar beach, where two men in their early 20s, both residents of Rajasthan, were swimming in the water when a sudden wave knocked them out, pulling them into the…

9 students of Aakash BYJU’S from Goa, secured an overall 95 percentile and above in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2023 much to the elation of their parents, and the entire staff of the institute. The results were announced by the National Testing yesterday. Notable achievers are Aditya Kumar Prajesh who secured 99.51, Aryan Prajapati 98.87, SAURABH 97.36, Anderson Eric Lopes 97.07, Puja Basuli 96.87, Palash Jain 96.71, Aryan Sharma 96.12, Srushti Dessai 95.95 and Sashwat Panjwani 95.64 The students joined Aakash BYJU’S in classroom programme to crack IIT JEE, considered the world’s toughest entrance exam. They attributed their…