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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Galgibaga also joins the Agonda Turtle Rehabilitation Centre to become the second Reserved Beach to have Olive Ridley hatchlings at its Nursery early Saturday morning. According to RFO (Wildlife), Anant Velip, the first-ever turtle nest, protected from 3rd January ‘2022 at Galgibaga, gave 54 hatchings so far, subsequently released in the sea. Incidentally, the first pit protected at Galgibaga Turtle Rehabilitation Centre had 117 eggs in the incubation process, and while only 54 eggs were hatched, some more are expected to be hatched within the next two days as the incubation period for Olive Ridley is somewhere…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: South Western Railway to run Train no. 17315/17316 Vasco Da Gama – Velankanni – Vasco Da Gama Weekly Express. As per the information available, train no. 17315 Vasco Da Gama – Velankanni Weekly Express will leave from Vasco Da Gama at 09.00 hrs every Monday from 07th March 2022 until further advice. The train will reach Velankanni at 12.25 hrs on the next day. Train no. 17316 Velankanni – Vasco Da Gama Weekly Express will leave from Velankanni at 23.45 hrs every Tuesday from 08th March 2022 until further advice. Train will reach Vasco Da Gama at…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Canacona municipality is blamed for the dark spots at the Agonda-Canacona road (@ entrance of Garbage Treatment Plant road) with strewn garbage all around. Canacona Municipal Council (CMC) operates barricaded and locked gate across the Canacona -Agonda MDR road, from where about a 200 m road proceed to the CMC’s Garbage Treatment Plant (GTP), Dumane. The road entrance inside the barricaded gate (operated by CMC) towards the GTP plant is always littered with strewn garbage. Strong garbage stench from the GTP, besides the strewn garbage rants the atmosphere with strong foul smell, besides the stray cattle and…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Vasco locals have questions about the movement of heavy vehicles from the busy city road despite the newly opened Varunapuri to Sada flyover. Traffic department authority revealed that some internal road connectivity to Port is still pending, and once it is completed, the heavy vehicle traffic will be diverted via the flyover route. Locals from Vasco are expressing surprise that despite a state of the art flyover recently inaugurated by the National Highway Authority, the heavy vehicles continue to ply from the Vasco city road. People in the past have also complained about the dust pollution accidents…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: On a bright Sunday morning, citizens of Panaji were witness to vintage cars, right from a green Hindustan Motors Contessa to a green Chevrolet truck and a convoy of bikes driving past their homes on the second day of the Panjim Carnaval. The classic vehicles were part of the Vintage Car Drive, which was flagged off by Ravi Dhawan, MD and CEO of Imagine Panaji Smart City, Agnelo Fernandes, Commissioner of the City of Panaji, Vivek Parsekar of CCP, Pradeep Naik, from the Samba Square as part of the Panjim City Carnaval celebrations. Organised by Goa Vintage…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: As the Pulse Polio immunization kicked off today 98,245 children’s were administered at the 667 designated booths across Goa. “98254 children were vaccinated with two doses of oral polio today on National Immunization Day,” the DHS said During the Polio Immunization Drive, healthcare workers and others followed all Covid-19 protocols. People were asked to maintain physical distance and wear masks while participating in the drive. The polio eradication program was first launched in India in 1995. It was called the Pulse Polio Immunization programme. This was started after the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the Global Polio…

Goemkarponn Desk PERNEM: The farmers affected by the Mopa airport link road today have given 24 hours to the state authorities to immediately stop the ongoing work of the project failure of which they said would protest at the Pernem Police station. The farmers also appealed to people for supporting them in the fight to protect their land and livelihood by joining them in the protest. The affected farmers from villages surrounding the Mopa airport link road site, especially Tulaskarwadi, Shemecha Advan, Nagzar appealed to people from all walks of life  – including social activists, environmentalists today showed their solidarity…