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Goemkarponn desk BICHOLIM: The people from Surla in Sattari, especially the students will have a reason to smile as the new mobile tower would be operational in the next few days. It may be stated that there was a network issue in the village and a section of newspapers had also highlighted the plight of the students who were going to high up areas of the jungle in search of the mobile network for attending online classes. “There is no mobile network in Surla. Only sometimes we get the BSNL network for few minutes but it is not permanent. If…

Goemkarponn desk BICHOLIM: Surla village from Sattari has achieved the fate of becoming the first village where every adult has been vaccinated. Even though the village is a part of Sattari one has to travel about 25 km to reach this small hamlet. One has to cross the Chorla ghat, enter Karnataka and then reach this far-flung village. It lies at the border of Goa and Karnataka and for most of the daily needs, people have to travel a lot of distance either towards Karnataka or Goa. Undeterred with all this the people from this village strive hard and try…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: The famous nursery rhyme London Bridge is falling down has been transformed by Agonda locals and one can hear some saying “Agonda’s Borie pull is falling down, falling down, falling down, my unfair PWD”. The bridge connecting Parvem to Davalkhazan commonly called Borie pull is in such a precarious position that the locals feel that it can crumble any time as it has developed multiple cracks and the foundation has washed away at some places locals say. The situation is so grim that a local resident has clicked the pictures of the damages to the deck and…

Goemkarponnd desk PANAJI: Asserting that the Government is fully prepared to tackle the predicted third wave of COVID-19, Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant said Goa plans to complete the first dose of vaccination against COVID-19 in the State by July 30. Speaking at the felicitation ceremony of Doctors, Nurses and other healthcare workers at Ravindra Bhavan Sakhalim the Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant lauded the efforts taken by Healthcare workers during the 1st and 2nd wave of the Covid-19 crisis. Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant appealing to the people to take the Covid-19 vaccine informed that eight lakh people have…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Aam Aadmi Party has castigated the BJP Govt for demolishing the kiosks outside GMC in Bambolim. AAP leaders Valmiki Naik, Cecille Rodrigues, Vighnesh Apte, Dr Vibhas Prabhudesai and Ritesh Shenai rushed to the chaotic scene where the demolition reportedly started in the dark hours around 4.00 am. Naik questioned the necessity for carrying out this action suddenly and that too under the cover of darkness. “There had been assurances given by the local MLAs just two days ago that nothing would be demolished until there was a rehabilitation plan. So who decided to remove the stalls in…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho on Thursday afternoon hit out at the Goencho Awaaz party calling them bankrupt in terms of visions, thoughts and political issues Godinho was speaking to reporters at a function in Chicalim Sub District Hospital where ITC distributed oxygen commentators to the hospital under CSR. Godinho said that with elections approaching, many dead and stale issues will be got up to mislead the people “It is very clear that land acquired for parking was acquired wrongly and had to be reversed which was done. The issue is long dead and buried and it only…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today said that the monsoon assembly session was limited to three days due to the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the state. “We have curtailed the assembly session to three days, this move has been taken in view of prevailing COVID-19 situation in the state,” said CM Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has summoned a three-day monsoon session of the Goa Legislative Assembly from July 28. The opposition parties, however, have raised objections to the conduct of the three-day session and have termed it as an “undeclared emergency” in the State. As per the…