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Goemkapronn desk VASCO: Panchayats Minister Mauvin Godinho on Thursday evening said that a lot of development works were being carried out across the Dabolim constituency. He was speaking to reporters after Inaugurating developed open space at Dabolim under ZP funds by Sancoale ZP Anita Thorat. “Every day, somewhere, some work is taking place in Dabolim either through ZP, Panchayat or MLA Level. Today we have launched various programs under ZP funds by our Sancoale ZP Anita Thorat,” Godinho said. He added that the government has already launched the laying of pavers, footpaths and beautification of the stage near MES College,…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Enthusiastic youngsters have now been roped in by Goa’s state appointed lifeguard agency, Drishti Marine, to assist its lifesavers on the beaches with regards to crowd control and first aid, as part of its newly implemented local volunteer program. The volunteer programme, which involves local community members in beach safety efforts, is designed for youngsters, mostly college students between the ages of 18 and 23 years. To avoid conflict with the student’s college schedules, the volunteer program will be held on weekends, spread over two to five hours of service. So far, 10 youngsters, seven women and…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: Mapusa police have arrested one person from Bijapur, Karnataka, for kidnapping and sexual abuse of a minor girl. As per SDPO Mapusa Jivba Dalvi, on 10.06.2023 Mother of the victim girl lodged her complaint to the effect that on 10.06.2023, the accused person Mr Nagesh @ Sanju Lalsab Kolakar, aged 23 years R/o Mapusa, Bardez, N/o Bijapur, Karnataka kidnapped the complainant’s Minor daughter aged 14 years and kept her in the secret place. Mapusa Police Station registered an FIR under sections 363 IPC and Sec 8 of the Goa Children’s Act. Further, during the course of the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: High Court has lifted the moratorium imposed on Colva Village Panchayat regarding issuing of construction licences. The Court had put the restraint in April this year as the Panchayat had failed to set up and make an operational permanent Material Recovery Facility (MRF) for garbage management within its jurisdiction. High Court also asked the Sarpanch and Secretary of Arambol Village Panchayat of Bardez Taluka to appear before it in person on June 19 for throwing non-bio-degradable waste in the open. Goa State Pollution Control Board(GSPCB) had submitted to the Court that non-bio-degradable waste was being thrown in…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Vande Bharat train on the Mumbai-Goa route, along with four more new routes, will be operational from June 26, as per the railway official. The inaugural ceremony of the Mumbai-Goa Vande Bharat train, earlier scheduled on June 3, was cancelled due to the Colamandel train accident. The Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who had arrived for the Mumbai-Goa Vande Bharat train inaugural event in Goa, had to rush to Balasore district, where the accident occurred, to take stock of the situation. The operation of Vande Bharat trains on five more routes from June 26 will be the…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Cortalim MLA Anton Vas, along with other leaders, including former minister Prakash Velip, and ZP Merciana Vas, on Wednesday evening arrived in Vasco to congratulate Gracina Colaco for topping the NEET exams. Colaco, a student of St Andrews, probably was the first girl from the ST community to have topped the NEET exams. Speaking to the media later, Vas said that Gracina Colaco had made the entire state proud with her achievements and especially the ST community. “It is a matter of pride for our community that our girl Gracina Colaco has topped the NEET exams, and…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Stating illegal digging is going on at Karmlaghat, Congress in Canacona objected to the same, saying it will further aggravate the already treacherous and dangerous accident-prone zone on NH-66 road in Canacona. “On one side, Collectors of both districts are issuing notification not to dig roads during the monsoon as it creates obstacles for smooth flow of vehicular traffic/cause accidents during the monsoon. But we think these notifications are issued only as a routine formality and not for implementations as digging work on the road/side of the road is still going on unabated in rains also.’, pointed…