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Goemkarponn Desk PORVORIM: WRD Minister Subhash Shirodkar today said that his department would install a 250 MLD project to supply to North Goa in a bid to solve the problem of water shortage in the next 10 to 15 months. “In a bid to solve the problem of water shortage in the next 10 to 15 months, the state government would install a 250 MLD project to supply to North Goa,” said Shirodkar He further said that WRD department would soon start projects to solve water supply problems in Ponda. “This year, people will have to bear with water shortage…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA : A “Community Hall at Muthal Sadolxem In V. P. Poinguinim of Canacona Taluka constructed under GGSY Scheme is inaugurated and dedicated for the use of the people on Monday. The Hall is inaugurated at the hands of Speaker and Canaocna MLA Ramesh Tawadkar, in the presence of Poinguinim Village panchcyat Dy Sarpanch Sunil Paigankar and others. DRDA-South Goa Project Director Pravin M.S. Barad, , DRDA-South Goa Executive Engineer- Nitin V.S. Neurekar; DRDA South Goa Engineer- Ulhas N. Gaonkar, Saraswati Devasthan Muthal-Sadolxem President Shahikant Pagi, Ward Panch Member Smt. Shilpa V. Prabhugaonkar, other Panch members of VP…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA : The 78 houses in Canacona Communidade in Agonda village got reprive for the second time, after an interim court order have reportedly stayed the demolition of a few houses. According to sources, the demolition of 78 houses in Canacona Communidade land at four different places in Agonda village was again scheduled for 9th May ‘2023, after its initial demolition of 18th April’2023 was postponed due to non-availability of Police Force because of ongoing G-20 meetings in the State. It is learnt that the Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court had stayed the demolitions pertaining to…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: Each of the members attending the gramsabha, were given 2 kgs of manure free of costs produced from the waste collected in the village at the panchayats garbage plant on Sunday. Earlier, the gramsabha deliberated on the various developmental works and also passed resolutions on a few. Sarpanch Fatima Rodrigues informed that eight tenders of developmental works including gutters, roads constructions, and blacking topping of roads at Parvem, Mudkud, Karashirmoll, Mudcheli,aamongst a few areas. Some residents raised the stray dogs menace particularly on the beachfronts at Dhavalkhazan side is very menacing and needs to be addressed, with…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The fate of Goa’s beloved Mhadei river, a lifeline for its people and ecosystems, is facing significant peril in wake of the ongoing attempts to divert water from its basin by a neighbouring state. In response, the Earthivist Collective, in association with the Goa Heritage Action Group (GHAG) and the  Save Mhadei Save  Goa Frontis calling on Mhadei’s children to become her Guardians (Rakhondar) by joining a community engagement festival called ‘Mhadei Amchi Mai’, a creative celebration of the intrinsic and critical relation between the river, the land and its people. This festival aims to bring concerned…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Goa Police has suspended one head constable and a constable for allegedly extorting Rs 5000 from a couple by threatening them. SP North Nidhin Valsan said that following a complaint from the couple, both the police personnel are placed under suspension and a departmental inquiry has been initiated. As per the information, the unmarried couple was spending time at Dona Paula when these two cops apprehended them and demanded Rs 5000 by threatening to inform their families. The couple said that after the incident, the cops took their phone numbers and tried to contact the woman…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: DMG has postponed the e-auction of already extracted ore lying on jetties or within the erstwhile mining leases from the scheduled dates of May 8 to 10 to May 16 to 18,2023. The dept has also issued an order yesterday, May 8 permitting the screening and crushing at the primary location of e-auction subject to necessary approvals to facilitate ‘Ease of Doing Business’ Goa government has put up about 1 million tonnes of iron ore for the e-auction. This is the 28th e-auction which will take place on the platform of MSTC (earlier called Metal Scrap Trade…