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Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The bypass road, which is converted into four lanes, has become an accident-prone zone due to haphazard parking by trucks. Locals say the truckers use the side of this bypass for parking for long hours. According to local Sandeep Parkar, the trucks are one of reasons for accidents on this road. “The three bypass roads, namely Curti – Ponda, Bethora – Borim and Dhavlim Farmagudi, constructed by the government two decades ago to divert the NH traffic, have become accident-prone zones due to truck parking on both sides of the road,” he said. Parker says the truck…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Legal Metrology Inspector Shubert John D`Costa and his team carried out the general inspections at business premises involved in trading activities. The team inspected around 23 inspections and did with seizures pertaining to unverified \Electronic/Mechanical weighing scales along with unverified double peg measures. In a massive inspection of various traders in the Shiroda, Mardol, Farmagudi & Bandora area, the legal Metrology Department booked around 13 traders for violating the legal Metrology act. Goods worth around Rs 80,000 were seized in the raid.

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Congress Party has demanded to withhold the Controversial Police Recruitment process taking place whilst the election model code of conduct is in force. GPCC President Girish Chodankar has written a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer, Chief Secretary and Director General of Police. Chodankar said that the BJP government has done injustice to deserving candidates by selling jobs and providing jobs to relatives of BJP office bearers and leaders. “BJP is trying to recruit candidates who have failed in the physical test, and their marks in the written test were manipulated.” Chodankar alleged. “DGP of Goa…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant said that six cases have already been registered under the PM Cares scheme for COVID-19 orphans. The state government will ensure that all eligible are covered. “In Goa, there were 6 cases already registered under this scheme. The Govt will ensure that all the eligible are covered, and no one will be left,” said CM Sawant. He further said that he was thankful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for extending the deadline for registration of applications under PM CARES meant for covid orphans. CM Sawant also said that the Social Welfare Department…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Welcoming the decision of Chief Electoral Officer to take action on those influencing ballot voters and seeking report from returning officers in that regards, following the complaint by Congress, GPCC Media Chairman Amarnath Panajikar has opined that the time period given for ballot votes should be made shorter in future. It may be recalled that GPCC President Girish Chodankar had claimed that BJP had indulged in election related corrupt mal-practices and had distributed huge sums of money to the voters in an attempt to influence the voters. Congress had also written a complaint to the Chief Election…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: New flyover from Varunapuri to Destero is slowly turning into a party zone with several groups of young teens are seen waiting, taking selfies and even drag racing at this stretch. The Vasco locals have opined that concerned government authorities should control this situation to avoid accidents and life loss. The Varupuri to MPT missing link was recently turned into a state of the art flyover which connected the Varunapuri to the Sada stretch directly outside the main city of Vasco. This flyover was recently opened up for the public. No doubt the picturesque view that people…

AERIAL VIEW But as the election came closer, TMC ran out of steam, realising they were not getting enough support from Goans despite splurging money on media houses, hoardings and political leaders. This is the time when the exodus started in TMC. Leaders like Lavu Mamlatdar and Aleixo Reginald Lourenco disembarked from the TMC ship, alleging that the Bengal-based party was not serious. The only serious local leaders in TMC left were Kiran Kandolkar and Churchill Alemao. Of Course, we need to mention that the MGP still continued tits tie-up with the TMC. Though there were eyebrows raised when …