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Goemkarponn desk CORTALIM: Acute water shortage issue in some parts of Cortalim village to be solved soon. PWD(water supply) officer informed that the new water supply pipeline would be laid down to improve the water supply pressure, resulting in insufficient supply to all elevated areas. Locals of Cortalim village areas from Pajentar, Thana, and near Ferry warf have been suffering from acute water shortages. In the past, locals, on multiple occasions confronted the PWD(water supply) section officials on the low water pressure and critical water supply issue. Villagers had questioned officers about when the old water supply has passed through…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Michael Lobo, who contested from Calangute on Congress ticket, on Thursday rejected the rumors that BJP’s top leaders are in contact with him and stated that Congress will stake claim to form government on 10th March by 5 PM, if the results are out by 3 PM. Lobo on Thursday addressed a press conference in Panaji and said that BJP is master in spreading rumors and hence nobody should believe such rumors. Former Chief Minister and Senior leader Digambar Kamat, GPCC President Girish Chodankar, former ZP member Moreno Rebelllo and Vice President Altino Gomes were present on…

Goemkarponn Desk PORVORIM: Porvorim Police have arrested one accused person for committing theft of laptop, iPad, smart watch and liquor bottles from a residence of a journalist at Porvorim. As per PI Anant Gaonkar a complaint was received from Mr. N. Venkateshwaran, journalist by occupation complaining that on 21/02/2022 unknown person had broke opened the lock of his apartment in Devashri Garden, Sucoor, Bardez Goa and further committed theft of his DELL laptop, Lenovo pad, Amazefit smart watch and various liquor bottles. Accordingly Porvorim Police analysed various CCTV footage’s and through technical surveillance accused person namely Mr. Sumeer Sharma,…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In a major setback to the protesting Mopa villagers, the North Goa District Collector declined to stop the ongoing work of the link road connecting the upcoming Greenfield International Airport stating that the work is done following legal procedure. The affected farmers from Mopa were called in for a meeting at the North Goa Collectorate office in the capital for a round of discussion. “The government is going ahead saying that the work cannot be stopped as it based on a central act. This is not done and we will be discussing and approching the High Court…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Curti- Khandepar Panchayat locals are now concerned about the people dumping waste in the open at Deepanagar Curti where several houses of migrants are releasing their waste in open at the roadside which may become breeding ground for vector borne diseases. Sandeep Parkar and Chandrakant Holkar pointed out to the reporter how the domestic waste flows in open has formed an artificial dirty water pond where strays take pleasure in resting. A local named Sandeep Parkar revealed that in the year 2020 he had complained to Health Department at Ponda about waste being released in open following…

AERIAL VIEW It is not just the percentage or the money; the whole issue is of the faulty reservation policy wherein a person who gets just around 50 or 60 per cent marks gets the seat due to the age-old reservation criteria, a deserving student like the Karnataka student who died in Ukraine could not make it despite getting 97 p.c in 10+2. On the other hand, a reserved category student, even if his parents are millionaires, walks away with the seat. So who is responsible for the situation? If the student who has achieved 97 percent wants to pursue…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Special Court at Mapusa has adjourned the Louis Berger money laundering and bribery case involving former chief minister Digambar Kamat and ex PWD minister Churchill Alemao has been adjourned to March 15. The case was adjourned after the counsel for one of the accused moved an application under section 319 seeking more time. It was alleged that US-based firm Louis Berger had bribed Indian officials with several crores of rupees to win two major water developmental projects in Goa. The Rs 1,031-crore project, funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), was approved when the Kamat-led government…