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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Forward President Vijai Sardesai has written to the Chief Secretary over Bandharas constructed by the Karnataka government to divert water in Mhadei Basin “I have written to the Chief Secretary over Bandharas constructed by Karnataka government to divert water in Mhadei Basin. The State government should immediately investigate this and bring this to the notice of the Tribunal and Supreme Court: said Sardesai. He further said that Environmentalist Rajendra Kerkar had reported yesterday that the Karnataka Government had initiated the construction of Bandaras on the Mhadei river with the intention of diverting the water outside the…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: On 1st August, Base Support Facility (Goa), an aviation maintenance unit of INS Hansa, completed 25 Years of service to the nation. According to a Naval press release, Since 1st Aug 1997, the unit has undertaken the arduous task of providing maintenance support to Russian Origin aircraft at Goa Naval Area viz., Ilyushin (IL 38), Kamov 25 and Kamov 28. “The last 25 years have witnessed transformative inductions and upgrades about Russian Aircraft. Today, BSF (Goa) provides unbridled technical support to Kamov 31 (AEW Helicopters), upgraded IL 38SD (Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft) and MIG 29K/ KUB…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: In a bid to prevent cases of drunken driving, Vasco traffic cell on Thursday launched a drive to randomly check motorists for alcohol content in a breath sample using alcometers Vasco traffic cell PI Shailesh Narvekar said that the drive began with random checks on Bus drivers on different routes in port Town “We carried out a special drive against drunken driving. While we usually check two-wheeler and four-wheeler drivers, we decided to check the drivers of private buses and Kadamba buses today for alcohol content. We have even warned the drivers that we will regularly check…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: In a major victory for the Villagers of Chicalim, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on 1st August rejected the appeal of a shipyard and ordered Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) to restore the illegal reclamation carried out by the shipyard within two months. A press release issued by Chicalim Villagers action committee ( CVAC ) secretary Rui M. Da Costa Araujo said that NGT has also ordered that the Chief Electrical Engineer has to disconnect the power supply to the violator till the restoration is complete. “In addition, the Village Panchayat, Chicalim is directed to suspend…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) workers, along with State President Amit Patkar, were detained during their protest in Panaji’s capital city over many issues, including inflation and unemployment. Congress interim president & MP Sonia Gandhi led the protest of party MPs against inflation and unemployment in Parliament. “Inflation has risen beyond the limit; the Government will have to do something about it. This is why we’re fighting,” said Patkar speaking to the media during the protest. The party workers said that this protest was about a price rise and Agnipath. “Price rise affects everybody. As a political…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – A truck carrying mining material fell into the roadside drainage, causing traffic congestion on NH-66 throughout Thursday. Traffic was halted for a prolonged time as two Cranes were engaged to remove truck No.KA-35 D-1634 fell into the roadside trench (drainage) on the NH-66 road on its right-hand side while driving across another truck that lay broken down on the left-hand side of the highway. According to sources, earlier in the wee hours, a truck loaded with steel bars and headed towards Canacona/Karwar got brokedown and halted on the left-hand side of the road towards Canacona. While…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Forget about fish buyers visiting the badly maintained Canacona municipal fish market, but the uncleanliness and presence of crawling worms make the fish-selling women stay away from the market complex. The atmosphere is pathetic and unhygienic in and around the only Fish-market of Canacona municipality located in the heart of Chaudi town. The fisherwomen of Canacona are accused of not using the Fish-market to sell their fish and instead are often taken to tasks of blocking public movements out in the space outside the Market. ‘How can one even sit on these platforms inside the fish…