The South Goa district has declared Betqui-Candola as a containment zone and ward no 5 in Haldanwad as buffer zone after 32 COVID19 positive cases were reported till date. “It has been made to appear to me that 32 person from six houses in Ward Haldanwad of Village Panchayat Betqui-Candola of Ponda Taluka in South Gon District have tested positive for COVID-19 as per information received from the Betqui- Candola PHC by the Dy. Collector & Sub Divisional Magistrate Ponda, as such it was requested to declare area as micro-containment zone,” said the order issued by South Goa Collector Ajit…
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A lot has been said and written about how the COVID19 victims are being disowned by their own in Goa as well as the country, let alone attending the funeral, they oppose the bodies to be brought in the locality crematorium. However, amidst all this there has been a silver lining as the Chief Minister of Goa Dr Pramod Sawant, who has become a subject of meme, due to his regular statement “bhivpachi garaz na” (no need to get scared), in wake of rising COVID19 cases. While many across the State laughed at his statement and joked at him as…
CM Dr. Pramod Sawant lauded Vedanta Sesa Goa Iron Ore’s community infrastructure initiatives for handing over village playground to Amona panchayat which is renovated by Vedanta Sesa Goa Iron Ore and laid the foundation stone to initiate Vedanta’s one more infrastructure project in the village that is, construction work of compound wall for Mahadev Temple, Amona. “I appreciate Vedanta Sesa Goa Iron Business and all the panchayat members for consistent efforts towards upgrading village infrastructure which is of utmost importance for overall development of communities.I am sure this renovated panchayat playground will help in promotion of sports in the village…
Goemkarponn Sunday Special The COVID-19 pandemic in the State has become one of the worst nightmares for everyone be it government servants, police, health workers or the businessman. However, the worst hit from this crisis are the taxi operators, who are without any revenue for almost four months now. For months together, the taxis are parked at one place and have been gathering dust. While there is no revenue coming in, they have to somehow manage food and other necessities of the family. Moreover, while doing so they also have to pay the instalments, insurance etc. Besides the verbal…
The COVID19 outbreak in the State seems to be entering a dangerous phase as the State recorded three deaths and 117 new cases on Saturday along with 81 recoveries. As per the information received from health department, the three deaths included that of one female 80 year old from Rumdawada, one male 31 years from Baina and one male 75 years from Kharewada. As per reports all were with co-morbid conditions and were admitted at the dedicated COVID ESI Hospital. The release further says that there were 5637 samples tested, from which 1886 were negative, 117 were positive and 3634…
Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday said that the Government that had failed to devolve any of the functions to Panchayats and ZPs, mandated under the 73rd amendment, had set an ‘evil eye’ on gram sabhas to hijack its proceedings. Questioning the intention of the government behind the move to amend the Panchayati Raj Act to allow MLAs to attend gram sabhas, AAP General Secretary Pradeep Padgaonkar said that the legislators who were running away from assembly proceedings under the cover of covid were now out to intimidate members of gram sabhas to tow a particular line and cautioned that such…
Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Saturday said that the State cannot escape the spike as the entire country has seen a huge increase in COVID19 cases. Speaking to a local channel, Rane said that community transmission has become a reality in some places. “We cannot deny the fact that community transmission is happening,. To control the situation, we have restrain ourselves follow rules of social distancing, masks and use sanitisers. Also people should not move out without reason” he said. To a query he said he said lockdown is not the answer or solution. “Strict testing, isolation of infected and…