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Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Despite the rain intensity being low for many days, the water flowing from Opa iseems muddy and polluted. Ponda locals seem concerned about the Opa-Khandepar river, which houses the Opa Treatment plant, flowing with muddy water twice in ten days. Even though there was no rain, Chaturthi locals received muddy water from the tap, and secondly, locals again saw the river flowing brown with muddy water, which worried about their health and complained to the pollution board. The Ponda and Tiswadi is supplied treated water by OPA Plant. Yesterday morning as the locals at Kodlim saw the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Amidst allegations of his possible involvement in land grab cases, Minister Rohan Khaunte has demanded a CBI inquiry into the Salvador do Mundo land scam case. Khaunte was reacting to the allegations made by Former GPCC President Girish Chodankar. “I am not saying only SIT, but cases should be given to ED and CBI to ensure that the guilty are taken to task, and people get their land back. When I was in the opposition, I was the first person to take up this land grab case in Salvador Mundo,” said Khaunte. He further said that he…

Goemkarponn desk SALIGAO: Recollecting the Beautiful memories of village life in Kerala, Governor of Goa P.S. Sreedharan Pillai said, “whenever I visit beautiful villages in Goa, its greenery and coconut trees remind me of my village life having born and brought up in Village in Kerala”. Speaking further, he said Mahatma Gandhi once stated that Gram Swaraj is the only solution to develop the country and added that elected representatives have to work to improve society and develop villages. “We all are public servants and have to work to serve society. Taking this into account, Raj Bhavan has taken various…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: In a shocking incident which brought back the memories of a similar accident last month, a bike rider was injured as a roadside tree fell on his moving bike. In an incident that took place at around 7.15 am today morning, a Motorcycle pilot was seriously injured after a roadside Gulmohar tree at Top Cola Borim was uprooted and fell on his moving bike and another passenger bus. Due to the tree uprooting, one electricity pole also fell on a moving lorry. Following this, there were traffic jams, and long queues of Vehicles were witnessed on Borim…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Minister for Environment Nilesh Cabral said that the government has written to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) to allow sand mining in the traditional method in CRZ areas. “I have written to MOEF to allow sand mining in the traditional method in CRZ areas. The government has also sought an amendment to CRZ notification 2011 to allow sand mining in flowing rivers,” said Cabral. He further said that the Secretary of Environment made a presentation on the revised Coastal Zone Management Plans (CZMPs) 2011 prepared on the 1:25000 and 1:4000 Scale. “Also, it…