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* While one worker drowned, another was rescued. * Kavlem- Ponda Locals demand a thorough inquiry into the matter Goemkarponn desk PONDA: In a tragic incident, the work on long pending Ponda 15 MLD Sewerage Treatment Plant work claimed one innocent life while cleaning a sewerage tank, and another worker was rescued. According to Ponda Police, two workers were cleaning a 6-meter deep sewerage chamber located near Kapileshwarim–Kavlem underpass at around 6 pm when suddenly one worker Shubham Gopde (21), a resident of Maharashtra was, drowned in the chamber. In contrast, another worker Shabuddin (22) from Kolkata, was rescued and…

AERIAL VIEW There are two issues with this; one, Vishwajit trying to nail Lobo, has inadvertently hit out at his own government since 2012. He has admitted corruption in the BJP government since 2012 as the ODPs of Calangute-Candolim-Sinquerim and Arpora-Nagoa-Parra were opened and approved in the last two terms of the BJP. While Michael Lobo was the chairman of North Goa Planning and Development Authority from 2012 to 2019, former St Andre MLA Francis Silveira was the chairman from 2019 to 2022. Late Francis D’Souza was the TCP minister when the Calangute-Candolim-Sinquerim ODP was approved, and after that, former…

Goemkarponn desk CALANGUTE: Leader of the Opposition Michael Lobo today said that Town and Country Planning (TCP) Minister Vishwajit Rane is targeting him personally, which is not right in politics. Lobo reacted to the FIR filed against him in the alleged Parra illegal landfilling case. “TCP minister Vishwjait Rane is personally targetting me, which is not right in politics; I am a businessman before I could become the MLA; He has already filed a case wherein I have shown that land is used for farm purposes,’ said Lobo. He further said that this is vindictive politics and that he had…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – The Unseasonal rains once again lashed Canacona early Thursday morning, bringing the soaring mercury down to bring great relief to the residents. Incidentally, the soaring temperature accompanied by the damp squib in the atmosphere throughout the Wednesday brought down a sprinkle of showers through the night, which at times brought heavy pour past midnight. Due to light drizzle, incidents of two-wheelers skidding on the road were reported, while at least two accidents involving 4-wheelers were reported elsewhere in the taluka. By wee hours and early morning, heavy rains again lashed several parts of Canacona taluka. Some…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Panaji Fast Track Court today has rejected the bail application of the prime accused Income Tax inspector Manindar Attari in the alleged sexual assault case. Police had registered an FIR against three Income Tax Inspectors working at IT Department in Patto for allegedly sexually assaulting and threatening a female staff. The accused had been identified as Manindar Attri from Delhi, Aditya Verma from Rajasthan, and Deepak Kumar from Bangaluru. Police said that the above three inspectors were allegedly sexually assaulting and threatening a junior female staff at the office since February 2022. All the three accused persons…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: A black smoke coming from a parked railway wagon at the Railway yard grabs the people’s attention. The fire station officer sprinkles water on the coal. On Thursday morning at around 10.45 am, Vasco Fire station received a call citing that black smoke was coming from the railway wagon parked at the Railway yard in Vasco. After receiving the Distress call, Firefighters with their fire tender rushed to the site and noticed that dark smoke was coming from the wagon. When contacted by Vasco Railway station master Ramdas Guddemani, he said that he got information stating that…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Commuters traveling on Ponda- Margao highway demand safety railings at the accident-prone Bythokhol- Borim sharp turn, located on a steep slope, to prevent fatal accidents. Over the past two decades, Bythokhol-Borim sharp turned on a slope in the news and had earned a bad name due to several accidents, including fatal accidents. There are incidents of many types of vehicles, after losing control, fell into a roadside ravine or deep valley at Bythokhol-Borim as there are no safety railings nor road is straightened. It may be recalled that on Tuesday, 10 May, Vinayak Chari (44)…