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Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: With alcohol being one of the prime reasons for rising fatal accidents across Goa, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that steps have been taken to identify the public drinking spots. The Opposition today took on the government on the rising fatalities due to accidents in the state. “Police have been identifying spots where drinking in public places have been taking place also PWD is checking the banking of roads in a bid to avoid accidents,” said Sawant. Sawant said that action will be taken after identifying such spots and violates will be taken to task. “In…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Panchayats Minister Mauvin Godinho on Wednesday inaugurated underground cabling works at Bogmalo Panchayat in the presence of Sarpanch Sankalp Mahale, Secretary Merida Mesta and others Speaking to the media later, Godinho said that there was a plan for having a new panchayat Ghar for Bogmalo Panchayat “This is a long pending demand and I had assured the people three years ago, that we will have this facility to avoid tripping of power because many of the trees and coconut palms touch the lines and cause power outages. We have taken this project on priority and we have…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Stating it is only because journalists point out mistakes and shortcomings, CMC Chairperson Ramakant Naikgaunkar said, politicians, authorities and others concerned gets the opportunity to improve themselves, bring out healthy developments, makes them stay awake and understand their surroundings. “Journalists must compulsorily show mistakes and shortcomings. While as we say some journalists are doing negative journalism, these very journalists by their negative reportage bring out positive works for the benefit and betterment of the society,” Naikgaunkar was speaking at the Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak Punyathiti (Tilak’s Anniversary), celebrated as Patrakar Din, by Canacona Patrakar Sangh on Tuesday. Journalists…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Panchayats Minister Mauvin Godinho on Wednesday said that there was no question of the Dabolim Airport closing down. Godinho was speaking to reporters after Inaugurating the underground cabling at Dabolim Airport in the presence of Airport Director Dhanamjaya Rao, Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar, Mormugao MLA Sankalp Amonkar and others “This is fake propaganda and there is no question of Dabolim Airport closing down. We have just inaugurated an underground cabling work here and the Goa Airport is continuously taking a lot of development works including new parking space, a new Airport terminal and additional aero bridges to…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: PWD Minister Nilesh Cabral today said that mangroves are interfering with and have penetrated the base, and consequently the foundations of the Panaji-Ribandar causeway thus making it weak “A close look at the base of the walls on either side indicates that the roots of the mangroves are interfering with and have penetrated the base, and consequently the foundations of the causeway. This is probably one of the reasons why the roadway is becoming weak and appearing to be collapsing or sinking,” said Cabral. He further said that, despite the above observations, there is structurally not much…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Calangute MLA Michael Lobo has hit at his own government over the renewal charges for taxi meters and app-based taxis in Goa. Speaking on demands for Transport, Lobo said, Taxi Operators are worried about their uncertain future: Nobody knows what is happening. Is Uber coming? No answers”. He said the Taxi operators are hand-to-mouth people, who are traditional Goans. “They are self-employed people who do not depend on State for employment and hence their issues have to be looked upon sympathetically. After the High Court order they fitted Taxi meters but now they are asked to pay…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho on Tuesday sternly advised to revoke the taxi licences of all those vehicles that fail to install digital meters and vehicle location tracking (VLT) devices in a timely way, pleading with his colleagues not to act as protectors of tourist taxi operations. The government will soon introduce a multimodal transport aggregator app, according to Godinho, which will assist users in selecting from a variety of public transportation options for last-mile connections. “MLAs must stop acting protectively. I’m not promising to use Ola and Uber. Will we provide affordable transportation to the people of…