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Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Tension prevailed at Usgao yesterday evening following water logging and rise in level on the access road of Villagers at Dhatwada. The Villagers gathered in front of one company office seeking clarification for blocking the flow of rainwater by constructing a compound wall by the side of road access. Citizens were forced to face waterlogging on the access road which prevented their entry to their houses. School-going children, women, elderly fell in the potholes and got injured moving through water-logged streets. They said it also poses risks to the lives of school-going children. The villagers said one…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – In yet another mishap that could trigger a public uprising against the PWD for I’ll need maintenance of NH-66 road, a Karnataka registration truck fell off the narrow Highway section at Gulem early Wednesday morning. According to sources, the Truck bearing no. KA52 B3317, loaded with Cement bags headed towards Margao, fell off the road after slightly steering on the left side to give sufficient road space to another oncoming truck. It just went off as the road itself gave away and fell on its side with a bang. However, the driver and cleaner escaped without…

Goemkarponn desk SANGUEM: Don Bosco Agricultural College at Sulcorna Sanguem has not been recognised by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), and the future of the students studying is bleak, claimed Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. The organisation has urged the government to support and secure the future of the students who have passed out from this institution. Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad’s Avadhut Khuntkar has raised the question that it is an unjustified situation for students here, staying with false hopes since 2015. At present, the graduated students from this institute have raised the issue at a press conference, while…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Vasco MLA Daji Salkar handed over the memorandum to the Vasco railway station Master requesting to start an additional pilgrimage train for the Vailankanni feast at Vailankanni. A memorandum to put an additional train between Vasco to Hyderabad for the pilgrimage of Vailankanni was submitted by Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar to Vasco railway station master Ramdas Guddemani on Wednesday morning. Mormugao Municipal Chairperson Leo Rodriques said that this Goa Vailankanni pilgrimage train was stopped for the last two years due to the Covid19 pandemic. But this year, the train should start for the devotees who could go…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: “It is most unfortunate that the BJP Government rewarded the people of Goa with Rs.50 Hike in domestic LPG Cylinder price, on the very day of Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant celebrating 100 days of his Government,” said Cuncolim MLA Yuri Alemao. He said the Supreme Court verdict dismissing the Special Leave Petition of the Government on Panchayat Elections has exposed the Anti-OBC agenda of the BJP Government. “The LPG Price Hike and Non-Reservation to OBC’s in Panchayat Elections is “Double Jhatka” given by” Double Engine” BJP Government to the people of Goa on completion of 100…

Goemkarponn desk NEW DELHI: Supreme Court refuses to interfere with the order of Bombay High Court at Goa dated 28th June 2022 directing Goa Panchayat elections to be conducted within 45 days instead of the decision of the State to conduct the same after the monsoon season. The state government on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging the high court order that directed the panchayat election process to be completed by August 12. The government has submitted that it would be appropriate to hold the elections to 186 village panchayats in September, Pangam said In its petition, the government also…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa’s state-appointed lifesaving and rescue organization, Drishti, has had a busy year in 2022, with the lifesaving force conducting 218 rescues through 223 separate incidents from the months of Jan to Jun of 2022. A total of 223 incidents took place in the last six months, which included water-based rescues, first aid and medical emergencies. Several of these were double and triple rescues. A total of 218 individuals were rescued during the incidents, while 04 individuals succumbed to the waters. The month of May witnessed the highest rescues where 63 rescues were reported in the month, followed…