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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Office of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities in Goa is set to conduct an Access Audit of all educational institutions in the state. This initiative aims to align educational institutes with the National Education Policy (NEP) and the provisions outlined in the Rights of Persons with Disability Act, 2016. State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Guruprasad Pawaskar, emphasized the importance of creating an inclusive society where individuals with disabilities can thrive and said, “The Office of the State Commissioner has appointed Access auditor who will visit all the government schools, government aided schools, colleges…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Terming BJP government as ‘Sarkar of suit boot’, Congress on Saturday urged people of Goa to question saffron party about inflation, mining resumption, status of land grabbing and free cylinders promised by the ruling party. Congress General Secretary Vijai Bhike on Saturday addressed press conference in Mapusa and lambasted on BJP for not keeping its promises. Congress leaders Virendra Shirodkar, Himanshu Tivrekar, Pradip Harmakar, Akshay Naik and Pramesh Mayekar ,Pradip Harmalkar, Atul Naik were present. “Illegal land grabbing in Calangute and other places are going on. But government is mum over it. There were cases filed against…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: Agonda panchayat began construction works of Steps to enable smooth Gapati Visarjan (Immersion) at Parvem ward on Friday. The foundation works were commenced at the hands of Canacona MLA/GLA Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar in the presence of ward panch and Agonda Sarpanch Prettal Fernandes. The Ganapati Visarjan platform and Steps will be constructed at a cost of Rs.4.90 Lakhs at the traditional Ganesh immersion site near Dhavalkhazan (old Borim bridge) in Agonda river at Parvem Ward. Ward members including ex-panch Agnelo Fernandes who has been persuing the development of the Visargan site, since a decade ago following demands…

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Goemkarponn Desk PONDA: Rain shower relief to Pondaitees, however roads dug for power cabling turned dangerous. Since past few days people were suffering due to heatwave. There was also water shortage due to absence of rain ,however since today early morning there were people witnessed rain three times which also brought down temperature. Roads dug in Marcaim and various parts of Ponda turned slippery and several bike riders fell from mud it’s slush flown on road. The locals are upset that despite long summer the power department failed to restore roads and now the gutter water is flowing on main…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Save Mhadei Save Goa Front condemns Goa Government for refusing to protect River Mhadei, while doing everything possible to destroy Goa’s besieged and scarce water resources, threatening to turn Goa into a manmade desert. Save Mhadei Save Goa Front calls upon all the people of Goa to start a State wide Water Revolution, failing which this ignorant Government is going to completely destroy Goa’s water resources, and Her future. There are many ominous signs that the water crises have already hit Goa. River Khandepar is dry this summer, and Goans are drinking water from mining pits fed…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: While the local body slept over the burying of low-lying lands and water-bodies with heaps of garbage and wastes, even as rains can anytime flood the choked drains and rivulets, some concerned youths of Loliem got themselves active to keep the village safe from eventual floodings. Stating where there is a will there is a way, environmentalist and social worker Dennis Fernandes led a few like-minded residents of Loliem taking up the challenging tasks of cleaning and clearances of chokked up marshy-land and Flood-gate Drains and Gutters-drains in the village. Ponds, khazan-lands and other water bodies all…