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PONDA With two new power transformer installation work at OPA , Ponda , Tiswadi will get uninterrupted water supply said Executive Engineer Nivruthi Parsekar. He along with AE Jaywant Prabu inspecting the transformer installation work on Friday evening. He said old transformers replaced because they had begun leaking oil. The old transformers will be kept as standby and will be used only incase of breakdown. The old would be also repaired and keep stand by at time of emergency. New high capacity transformer installation work at OPA Treatment Plant was began yesterday morning and by evening the work is nearly…

Goemkarponn Desk PONDA: There is good news for water consumers. As summer began people always worry for water supply as water consumption of consumers increases. Presently water level stored in OPA Plant measured at a level of 4 meter. Besides Bandharas on Dudhsagar river also fully stored with water which will meet summer water requirement. EE Nivruthi Parsekar inspected the OPA water level along with AE Jaywant Prabu. EE Nivruthi Parsekar said OPA water treat daily around 142 MLD water and supply to Tiswadi and Ponda besides parts of Valpoi, Dharbandora etc. It gets it water from Dudhsagar river and…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa which boasts of high human development indices in the country, has the lowest sex ratio under 7 years of age as per Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare report. Sex ratio of the population under 7 years of age is unusually skewed at 774 females per 1,000 males as per the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) 2019-21 report by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. This is significantly below the 838 ratio for 2019-20 Survey and drastically down from the figure of 966 girls per 1,000 boys in the same age group of…

Goemkarponn PANAJI: Goa Government has notified facilities under the SUMAN initiative which will focus on assured delivery of maternal and newborn health care services encompassing wider access to quality care services, at no cost, zero tolerance for denial of services, assured management of complications along with respect for women authority, dignity, feelings, choices and preferences etc. The facilities under the initiative will be provided through 31 Health Centers across Goa. Along with all other pregnancy and newborn care related facilities, free referral transport from home to facility, inter facility and drop back for pregnant women at the time of delivery…

Goemkarponn desk KERI: Environmentalist Rajendra Kerkar on Friday demanded that an expert committee be formed urgently to thoroughly investigate the cause of the Mhadei Wildfire. Informing that he has visited and studied the pattern in which the fire has broken out, Kerkar said, “I smell a conspiracy behind this wildfire. Looking at the pattern in which the forest is burnt, the prima facie points towards intentional forest fire. Since evidence is required to prove the same, I urge that an expert committee be formed to probe into the matter,” he said. Suggesting that an expert committee may include Scientists from…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Water Consumers residing in society near Almeida High School complained that they received a bill of Rs 63928 after a gap of nine months delay. Vishal Fadte, a social worker who is residing in the building, said there are around 16 flats in his building. “If PWD issues a bill after a long delay, it would be difficult for them to make payments as the monthly budget collapse. He said PWD should issue monthly bills so people can pay on time,” he said. Fadte said if people receive huge bills at a time, suddenly they would…

Locals say Fire may intentionally destroy biodiversity tags, drive away wild animals, level hills, and ploy for road construction and plot on hills. Ponda Fire Station flooded with fire calls. Goemkarponn desk PONDA: In just ten days of March, 54 dry grass fire cases in Ponda Hills Jungles. The fire personnel are tired of cases after chasing cases reported at various parts of Ponda and Dharbandora. Locals suspect some fires may be natural or accidental but feel many fire cases may be intentional for vested interest. Today the Fire Personnel were seen as busy attending fire calls at Dhavlim and…