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Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Bandora locals demanded that Government and NH Authorities improve and reduce the size of accident prone GVM Circle at Farmagudi Ponda due to frequent fatal accidents. Like the Borim Circle, this Circles has also become a headache to commuters. Rajesh Naik, a Bandora panch member, said the GVM circle has become an accident-prone zone, and so to prevent accidents, the size of the Circle should be reduced. He said there is a need to study why the accident occurred at the same spot. “For past many years, we saw several accidents including fatal at the spot.…

SURAJ NANDREKAR/ Goemkarponn desk MOPA: Even as several farmers are still fighting for their compensation for the land acquisition of Mopa airport, the State government has mooted another draconian plan of acquiring huge tracts of land (5.25 lakh sq metres) for the Expressway connecting the NH17 to the Airport. The Central government, in November 2020, granted National Highway (NH) status to the project. While the State is upbeat about saving the costs of the Expressway, hundreds of farmers are left wondering about their future due to another land acquisition. Team Goemkarponn travels to Casarvanem and Tulaskarwadi and the places where…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: MGP today said that it is not very keen on challenging the High Court of Bombay at Goa order on disqualification and in turn wait for March 10 election results and then think of next course of action. The MGP today held its executive committee meeting to dicuss on High Court final order on its disqualification. “We have held our meeting today and we resolved not to challenge the HC verdict on disqualification in the Supreme atleast at the moment” said MGP President Deepak Dhavalikar after the meeting He further said that they would Inturn wait for…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa State Election Commission (SEC) has extended the time to submit suggestions and objections to the draft Panchayat ward delimitation ward proposal until March 4. “The draft delimitation proposals of the Village Panchayat wards for ensuing General Election to Village Panchayats 2022 prepared by the Electoral Registration Officers (EROS) has been kept open in the Office of the respective EROS and also in the Office of the Talathi of the respective Village Panchayat till March 4, 2022 (Friday)” the order by SEC states. The SEC said that the draft is kept open for the general public…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Mormugao municipal employees are in dismay since they have yet to receive their two-month salary. Mormugao Municipal Council Chairperson assured to pay pending salaries after borrowing a loan from a bank. It has now come to the fore that the MMC will take a loan of Rs 3 cr to pay the employees. In a sorry state of affairs, Mormugao Municipal Council has once again encountered the problem of a financial crunch. Due to the insufficient recovery and generation of revenue by the Mormugao municipality, salaries for January and February months are yet to be released to…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa State Co-operative Bank officers association held a peaceful demonstration against the bank’s failure on wage revision and threatened a strike. Subash Naik Jorge, president of the GSCB officers Association, said that the bank has been making a profit for the last several years. “In fact, call to 10 18 the bank has been making a profit and is likely to recruit a large number of new employees because many employees have retired. However, as far as the existing employees and officers are concerned, there has been an increase in wage for the last 7-8 years,”…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: In a fatal accident that took place Friday late evening at around 8 pm, bike rider Arjun Laxman Naik (47), a native of Thane Maharashtra and resident of Cuncoliem-Priol, died on the spot while his wife got injured and shifted to Ponda Sub District Hospital and then to GMC. It is learnt that the bike rider came under the wheel of a Canter truck and died. The bike rider had come to Ponda market with his wife for shopping and was proceeding from Ponda to Cuncoliem Priol, and when he reached GVM circle Farmagudi, the canter truck…