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Goemkapronn desk VASCO: Goa Airport was caught on the wrong foot on Tuesday while discharging untreated sewage in the natural spring at Assoi Dongri during a joint Inspection carried out by Chicalim Panchayat, Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) and health authorities. The Chicalim Sarpanch Kamla Prasad Yadav has demanded strict action on Goa Airport for contamination of the natural spring due to the open sewage discharge. “We have received complaints from the locals for the last four years that the natural spring in the area is being contaminated due to the sewage discharge by Goa Airport, and we wrote…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Public Works Department (PWD) has informed that the new Mandovi Bridge will be closed for vehicular traffic from November 2 to 22 between 10 pm to 6 am (total of 8 hours) for maintenance. During the closure, heavy vehicles will be diverted via Atal Setu, and light vehicles will be diverted via Old Mandovi Bridge. “Whereas the work of Replacement of existing elastomeric expansion joints and bearings of the New Mandovi Bridge on NH-17 (66) across River Mandovi on EPC mode at Panaji Goa is started for which there is a need to close the New…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Don Bosco College, Panaji, will play St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa, and Carmel College, Nuvem, will take on Rosary College, Navelim, in the semi-finals of the Inter-Collegiate Football Women Championship, 2022-2023 organised by Goa University. In the quarter finals played at Goa University ground, Carmel College, Nuvem defeated G.E.C. Farmagudi by 3-0. The first half, Carmel College scored two goals which came from Rachel Pearl Vaz in the 6th minute, and the second goal was self-scored by Alina N. Aga in the 9th minute. In the second half, Carmel scored one more goal in the 37th minute, which…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Team Sparkling Stars’ edged out Magic Touch 75-72 in the All Goa Junior Badminton League 2022, organised by Chicalim Badminton Club under the aegis of Goa Badminton Association, at Chicalim on Sunday. The event saw five teams vying for the coveted JBL Trophy. Several of Goa’s top-ranking players battled it out for glory on an eventful day at the Chicalim Indoor stadium. The winners, Sparkling Stars (Coach Vinayak Kamat), won a cash purse of Rs 20,000, while the runners-up Magic Touch (coach Mohammad Nadaf), were awarded a cash prize of Rs 15,000. ‘Overlockedd Smashers’ (Coach Karan Dhavaskar)…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that the state government is ready to increase the rate of Mid day meal provided by the SHGs on the condition that good quality food be provided to the students. “Those SHG which say that rate of mid day meal be increased, the state government is ready to increase the rate of Mid day meal provided by the SHGs on the condition that good quality food be provided to the students,” said CM Sawant while speaking on the sidelines of a function He further said that quality food must be provided…

Goemkarponn desk USGAO: After Curti Khandepar Gramsabha passed a resolution against Bandhara on Sunday, the Usgao locals residing on another side of the rivers opposed the proposed WRD Bandhara on the Khandepar-Mhadei river. The foundation stone is scheduled to be laid on October 3. The Bandhara was proposed by WRD for storing water meant to supply it to the treatment plant at Priol; however, it is facing opposition at the initial stage. The Usgao locals Abjieet Naik, Nilesh Gaude, and Rohan Naik said today they held the meeting in Panchayat hall with WRD officials, but they played truant. In their…

Goemkapronn desk VASCO: Goa is hosting the three-day Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) Conference from 1st to 3rd November 2022. Across the three days, delegates and exhibitors from the Asia Pacific region and beyond will be discussing and collaborating on the key issues that will help shape the future of Asia’s aviation industry and turn the Complete Air Traffic System(CATS) Global Council’s vision for the skies of 2045 into a reality. Dr Pramod Sawant, Chief Minister of Goa, General (Dr.) Vijay Kumar Singh (Retd), Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, and for Road Transport and Highways, Simon Hocquard,…