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Goemkarponn desk VASCO: A bike suddenly caught fire in the middle of Vasco city near a restaurant and two fuel stations. Locals managed to extinguish the fire, and a major disaster was averted. In a shocking incident in Vasco city, a bike caught fire suddenly. The bike rider was shocked and stunned due to this incident. Speaking to the media, the bike rider said that he filled the fuel in his bike from the nearest fuel station from Vasco, and afterwards, he withdrew money from the ATM machine. He then noticed a slight smoke coming from the bike. The rider…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today assured to act against illegal encroachments in Comunidades in the Benaulim constituency. AAP MLA Capt Venz Viegas urged the state government requested government to amend the Act empowering the Attorney and President of Comunidade to call the police to tackle encroachments. “File the complaints regarding encroachments in communidade land; the government will demolish and act them,” said CM Sawant. Capt Venzy, during the session, requested more powers for attorneys and President, forcing police to take cognisance of their complaint. He further said that police must act against encroachments whenever the Attorney and…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: The South District is organising a new outreach programme for the Senior Citizens residing in Goa. This programme’s main motto is to familiarise senior citizens with the local police and police officers. As per the information available from the office of the South Goa Superintendent of Police, the police will begin knocking doors of the senior citizens and reaching out to them to make them aware of the safety issues under this major outreach programme. The senior police officers will speak to the elderly citizens about Cyber Crimes and other personal issues and will collect data. This…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Stating a marginal increase of adding new cultivation areas has given a huge agricultural boost to the taluka, Canacona ZAO informed over 300 ha is undergoing Kharif Paddy Cultivation in Canacona. ’20 ha of new areas is brought under Kharif Paddy Cultivation in Canacona, increasing the overall Paddy Cultivation during this. Kharif season to over 300 ha’. Canacona ZAO Kirtiraj Naikgaunkar informed. Incidentally, Canacona taluka predominantly agriculture as the main occupation of the people continue to have vast tracts of paddy fields lying dormant for decades. However, many people, especially youngsters who have turned away from the…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte said there is a need of the hour to have app-based taxi aggregators in the state, and the revenue collected can be used to create welfare schemes for Taxi operators. “Goa Miles kind of model is required where Taxi operators are not made to pay from their pocket while aggregator charges convenience fees from the customers and pay to the government,” said Khaunte. He further said that his department can discuss the rate with the stakeholders, and the revenue collected can be used to create welfare schemes for Taxi operators. Khaunte said that…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Residents of Vasco are worried over the tap water contamination of a restaurant from Vasco. The restaurant owner has been ordered to make alternate water arrangements in his restaurant by the Urban Health Centre Vasco. There is a likely disaster regarding the health of the citizens in the making in Vasco town. As per the available information, a letter addressed to the Chief Officer by the health officer of Urban Health Centre Vasco dated July 18, a restaurant from Vasco near F.L.Gomes road, has come un der the scanner of the Health services department. As per the…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Minister for Transport, the total amount of fines collected on offences related to driving during the year 2021 is Rs. 9.86 crores. “The total amount of fines collected on offences related to driving during the year 2021 is Rs. 986.86 lakh,” said Godinho. He further said that during 2021, the number of offences registered for driving without a license was 5072, and the number of offences registered for driving under the influence of alcohol was 262. After several postponements, the then State government finally announced implementing the amended Act after the poll results from April 1, 2022.…