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Goemkarponn desk PONDA: This is the Development Model of the Goa Government, teh Khandepar Bridge was Inaugurated years ago sans any approach road leading to accidents at OPA junctions. The locals now demand the construction of the approach road at the earliest. Yesterday, the Car and KTC bus travelling on the wrong side hit each other. A similar accident happened between Omni Car and Tempo during the New Year occasion in Dec 2022. According to Khandepar locals, there is no approach road to the new Khandepar bridge, which was inaugurated in 2018, and this is one major reason for the…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The locals residing at the Green Park residential area opposite the CMM Company in Curti-Khandepar Panchayat are furious that despite their opposition to mobile towers in their area, the work on its erection has begun. The locals said they had submitted a memorandum to Ponda Deputy Collector in October 2022. After that, the work was stopped; however, now the Contractor started work in Police Presence. Local Panchmember Nilkant Naik said he was with people and asked the Mobile company to shift the tower away from the residential area. The locals said the tower is very close to…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The panicked Usgao locals, along with women today, gathered at Usgao Ganjem Panchayat Office and staged Dharnas to oppose the WRD Bandhara coming up at Sonarbag Usgao.Usgao. The women said they don’t want WRD Bandhara on the Khandepar river at any cost. They were upset that Sarpanch was on leave without giving charge to anyone. According to women, the area is prone to flood, and with the worst flood experience of 2021, they fear that Bandhara would only add to their problem, causing major floods in the Monsoon, and some houses collapsed in flood when nobody came…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Governor of Goa, Shri P. S. Sreedharan Pillai, launched the “Exam Warriors” book authored by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today at Old Durbar Hall, Raj Bhavan. The Prime Minister has authored a book, “Exam Warriors’ exclusively in the interest of the student fraternity in 2018; considering the seminal impact made by the book, the National Book Trust, India, under the support of the Ministry of Education, Government of India has published this book. The launching ceremony was graced by Shri Damodar Mauzo, Jnanpith Awardee, Prof Harilal Menon, Vice Chancellor of Goa University, along with other prominent…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Office of Superintendent of Police (Training) and Child Rights Commission launched a series of training for Police Sub Inspectors at GO’s Training Hall in the presence of Sanjith Rodrigues, Secretary, GSCPCR, Sucheta B. Dessai, SP (Training), Peter F. Borges, Chairperson, GSCPCR and Child Welfare Committee, North Goa, and South Goa. The training will reach out to more than 260 PSIs from 19-24th January 2023. Sexual crimes against children have captured the stage for quite some time now, with Goa also witnessing a surge in recent times. “The state has a very low conviction rate, with several…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that a House committee under WRD minister Subhash Shirodkar would be formed on the Mhadei water diversion issue. Sawant was replying to the discussion on Mhadei Issue. The House unanimously resolved to demand the withdrawal of approval to the Detailed Project Report submitted by Karnataka and also demand not to allow out of basin diversion of Mhadei water. “House committee under WRD minister Subhash Shirodkar will be formed on the Mhadei water diversion issue, including legal and environmental experts and will also take inputs of opposition,” said CM Sawant. Sawant informed…

Goemkarponn Desk PORVORIM: Minister Vishwajit Rane today said that the Opposition is more focused on getting political mileage out of the Mhadei issue. “Opposition is more focused on getting political mileage out of the Mhadei issue. They want to make people restless through meetings like at Sankhali,” said Rane during a special discussion on Mhadei. He further said that if the Opposition had attended the all-party meeting, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant would have even got the backing and would have even taken them for the Meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah and Jal Shakti Minister in Delhi. “Our government under…