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Claims of Geobag technology • Will make Sewage Treatment Plan (STP) redundant • To be cheaper than STP • Uses a 30 metre geo bag tube which can inflate upto 2 metres after trapping the sediments • Pilot project cost to be 5-6lakh rupees which are far less than building an STP • Will initially be implemented on a ‘no cure, no pay’ basis Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Water Resources Department (WRD) has decided to introduce a Geobag tube technology to reduce the Sal water pollution by initially plugging in one of the sources, Khareband nullah, which discharges wastewater into river…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Karnataka police have arrested a man at Mangaluru and seized 16 grams of narcotics estimated to be worth ₹1.56 lakh. The accused, identified as Abdulla Bardila (51), is a resident of Goa and was arrested a Mangaluru. The accused was found in possession of one auto-press transparent Polyphone bag containing white colour powder suspected to be Cocaine weighing 12.64 grams, police said. Mangaluru police “There was another similar bag containing in it crystal powder suspected to be MDMA (drug), weighing 3.82 grams. The total value of the seized narcotics approximately stands at Rs. 1, 56,000 in the international market.”

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar on Thursday said that the Maimolem lake, which was in a bad state, would be revived in phases and added that the government had already sanctions ₹1 crore rupees for the works on the first phase. Salkar speaking to reporters after a joint inspection with the Mornugao Municipal Council (MMC) councillors, also added the work order was awaiting NOC from the Mormugao communidade. “This Maimolem lake which once was so beautiful and even had even lotuses blooming, is close to the heart of all Vascokars, and they have an emotional connection with this…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: United Balrath Employees Union today has given the state government a 15 days ultimatum to fulfil their series of demands, including a salary hike. The union has also threatened a strike if the demands are not fulfilled within the next 15 days. “We have given a 15 days ultimatum to the government to fulfil our demands which are Job security, hike in Salary, PF benefits and insurance for the Employees,” said the United Balrath Employees Union. Social Activists Swati Kerkar alleged that by not absorbing the employees into the regular workforce, the government treating as bonded labourers.…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: ‘Chicken-Pox, a highly contagious viral infection, is prevalent in the Khotigao village of Canacona taluka, say Healtyh Department Sources. Following people’s aspirations of some awful disease has gripped their Khotigao village, a Taluka Health Services (Community Health Centre (CHC)) led by Health Officer Dr Sneha Amonkar visited the village, tracking over 36 Chicken-Pox cases, with as many as 9 Active cases. The Health team of CHC Canacona, along with Health Officer Dr Sneha Amonker, visited Mahal-Baddem, and Avali (A) for Active Surveillance of the Epidemic of Chickenpox. “Total of 9 Active Cases were found, and more than…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: As forecasted by IMD two days back, the minimum temperature in Panaji has dropped by 2-3 degrees Celcius in view of the cold wave from the North. The minimum temperature recorded in Panaji this morning was 17.2 and 18 degrees Celcius in Mormugao. It is 2.9 deg lower than normal at Panaji and 3.8 degrees lower than normal in Mormugao. The lowest-ever minimum temperature recorded in Panaji was 14 on Jan 3, 1991. Mormugao recorded the lowest minimum temperature of 16.7 deg Celcius on Jan 7, 1945. The minimum temperature is likely to continue to remain lower…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: An IndiGo airline has started booking for its direct flight from Raipur to highly popular tourist destination Goa. The new non-stop service, which is scheduled to start from January 7 has been added to the winter schedule of Swami Vivekananda Airport (SVA), Raipur. The non-stop journey between the two cities will take 2 hours as per the new sector schedule released by the airline. The new flight, however, will originate from Indore and culminate in Kochi via Raipur and Goa. “The onward flight arrives at Raipur at 1810 hour and takes-off from here at 1840 hours. The…