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Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Vasco traffic cell PI Shailesh Narvekar on Tuesday evening appealed to the people to refrain from parking their cars along the Highway while warning that the Traffic department will be launching a drive against wrong parking and abandoned cars from Wednesday “We have seen that many vehicles are parked along the Highway between Varunapuri and Goa Airport on either side, and this is dangerous and leads to accidents. Sometimes people don’t get away, and sometimes pedestrians are caught unaware of vehicles moving along the Highway due to these parked vehicles. We request the owners to remove their…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Ministry of Civil Aviation V.K. Singh today has assured that both Dabolim and Mopa will continue to function. “This is an unfounded perception, and we are very clear that both international airports will continue to operate in Goa. In 2010 there was a cabinet decision, and we have to abide by it. The decision was that if there were two airports, both would operate simultaneously. One airport is by AAI, and the other is by GMR,” said Singh. He further said that Civil Aviation will…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today hinted that Mopa International Airport might be inaugurated next month. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today attended the Canso Asia Pacific Conference in the capital in the presence of MoS Civil Aviation General V.K. Singh and other stakeholders from the aviation sector. “Hosting the CANSO Asia Pacific conference in Goa is of utmost importance. Decisions on the inauguration of Mopa airport can be taken during the various scheduled meetings. Mopa airport maybe opens next month,’ said CM Sawant. He further said that different issues in the aviation sector will be discussed at the…

Goemkapronn desk VASCO: Goa Airport was caught on the wrong foot on Tuesday while discharging untreated sewage in the natural spring at Assoi Dongri during a joint Inspection carried out by Chicalim Panchayat, Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) and health authorities. The Chicalim Sarpanch Kamla Prasad Yadav has demanded strict action on Goa Airport for contamination of the natural spring due to the open sewage discharge. “We have received complaints from the locals for the last four years that the natural spring in the area is being contaminated due to the sewage discharge by Goa Airport, and we wrote…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Public Works Department (PWD) has informed that the new Mandovi Bridge will be closed for vehicular traffic from November 2 to 22 between 10 pm to 6 am (total of 8 hours) for maintenance. During the closure, heavy vehicles will be diverted via Atal Setu, and light vehicles will be diverted via Old Mandovi Bridge. “Whereas the work of Replacement of existing elastomeric expansion joints and bearings of the New Mandovi Bridge on NH-17 (66) across River Mandovi on EPC mode at Panaji Goa is started for which there is a need to close the New…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Don Bosco College, Panaji, will play St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa, and Carmel College, Nuvem, will take on Rosary College, Navelim, in the semi-finals of the Inter-Collegiate Football Women Championship, 2022-2023 organised by Goa University. In the quarter finals played at Goa University ground, Carmel College, Nuvem defeated G.E.C. Farmagudi by 3-0. The first half, Carmel College scored two goals which came from Rachel Pearl Vaz in the 6th minute, and the second goal was self-scored by Alina N. Aga in the 9th minute. In the second half, Carmel scored one more goal in the 37th minute, which…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Team Sparkling Stars’ edged out Magic Touch 75-72 in the All Goa Junior Badminton League 2022, organised by Chicalim Badminton Club under the aegis of Goa Badminton Association, at Chicalim on Sunday. The event saw five teams vying for the coveted JBL Trophy. Several of Goa’s top-ranking players battled it out for glory on an eventful day at the Chicalim Indoor stadium. The winners, Sparkling Stars (Coach Vinayak Kamat), won a cash purse of Rs 20,000, while the runners-up Magic Touch (coach Mohammad Nadaf), were awarded a cash prize of Rs 15,000. ‘Overlockedd Smashers’ (Coach Karan Dhavaskar)…