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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Union Minister for Road, Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari’s dreams of a signature bridge with watch towers across Zuari will have to wait for some more years as the State has decided to keep the watch tower project on hold for now. PWD Minister Nilesh Cabral said that the Watch Tower work will be kept on hold for now. “The work of the two proposed towers (observatory and viewing galleries) atop the new bridge is not part of the original scope of the contract and will be considered later,” he said. Cabral added, “the construction cost…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: PWD Minister Shri Nilesh Cabral launched the Jetpatcher machine on Wednesday, which will help fix the potholes in the State at Taleigao. Speaking on occasion, Cabral said that this machine is used not only in India but across the globe in various forms to fill the potholes. “Every year, we face the problems of potholes during monsoons. The reason behind the causes of potholes is mainly due to digging of the roads by the agencies/PWD dept to carry out the work of laying cables, water connection, sewage connection etc.,” he said. Taking all this into account, the…

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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: When Maharashtra political drama was at its boiling point with the top leaders busy counting the number of MLAs they had, a 30-year-old woman, Sonia Doohan — a politician from Haryana — was trying to repeat her 2019-like “rescue” operation, where she had managed to flee with four NCP MLAs from Gurgaon. At that time, BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis was trying to form a government with NCP’s Ajit Pawar, after Assembly poll results were divided. This time, however, things went haywire. Doohan, national president of the NCP students’ wing, had gone to Goa and checked into Hotel Taj…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa dismissed the petition for delaying the panchayat elections for the OBC reservation stating the authorities had enough time to compile with the SC-mandated triple test. The Division Bench of Justice R.N. Laddha and Justice Mahesh S Sonak said that the Petitioners, as well as the OBC Commission, nowhere assert that the triple test formulated by the Constitution Bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court was complied as of 1st July 2022 when the impugned Notification was issued by the SEC. “Their case is that the Panchayat election may be postponed so…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Contrary to the election promise of teh BJP, which said it would give three free cylinders to every Goan, the CM’s 100-day achievement report says otherwise. “Rs. 40 crores have been allocated in the budget to provide 3 free cylinders to every BPL household under Goa Gram Urja Yojana,” said the 100-day report released by CM’s office. Following is the detailed report card: Home and Vigilance “Know Your Neighbours” initiative was launched in the South Goa District. This initiative was introduced in order to spread awareness among people to be watchful and vigilant about neighbours residing…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Seven Anganwadi workers on hunger strike at Azad Maidan, Panaji, for the past 21 days have given an ultimatum to the government today. The workers have warned that they will give up consuming water if they are not taken into service by this evening. CM Pramod Sawant had said that the striking workers will be taken back into service on the condition that they give in writing that they will not participate in any politically motivated strikes. The workers had written that they are not affiliated with any party, nor are their strikes backed by any political…