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South Western Railway (SWR) in a vritual press conference held has claimed that quantum of coal being transported has been continously declining. SWR further said that doubling of the tracks will be a game changer for the state of Goa, taking the development to new heights, by giving impetus to trade and enabling easier and faster passenger movement. Existing rail network is constrained due to single line long ghat sections severely limiting train running capacity. On being asked about the purpose of doubling the track, it has been informed by Railway officials that the same is to strengthen connectivity to…

PANJIM: The ‘war of words’ has come to light between Goa Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. On November 11, 2020, Kejriwal had said it’s not about Delhi vs Goa’s pollution and that we have to work together. Kejriwal had tweeted this response to news tweet of a local news portal wherein Goa CM had said that Delhi CM should first fix issues of pollution in his area before getting worried about Goa. In a quick response, Dr Pramod Sawant writes, “Dear CM @ArvindKejriwal ji, we are making sure that there is no pollution issue in…

Mapusa: Director General of Goa Shri Mukesh Kumar Meena visited Mapusa Police Station and held a meeting with the staff of the Police Station. The grievances of staff were heard and necessary directions were given for their reddressal. Staff was motivated for doing good work with integrity. Further DGP, Goa also interacted with Members of Mapusa Municipal Market wherein issues were raised by public were heard in respect of area security including CCTV cameras, Police patrolling and availability of vehicles at Mapusa Police Station. All public persons were individually heard assured regarding resolution of various issues concerning policing in the…

Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare today interacted with Chief Ministers, State Health Ministers and Principal Secretaries/ Additional Chief Secretaries of 7 States though video conferencing. These States included Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura Meghalaya and Goa. Sh. T. S. Rawat, Chief Minister (Uttarakhand) who also oversees the State’s Health Ministry, Sh. N. Biren Singh, Chief Minister (Manipur), Sh. Rajesh Tope, Health Minister (Maharashtra), Dr. R. Lalthangliana, Health Minister (Mizoram), Sh. Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane, Health Minister (Goa), Sh. Ratan Lal Nath, Minister of School Education, Higher Education, Law and Parliamentary Affairs (Tripura) participated virtually. Dr Harsh…

PANJIM: Goa today reported 109 new Covid-19 positive cases. While there were 152 recoveries and 5 deaths. As per DHS bulletin, a 55 year old patient from St Cruz with DM+HTN, 71 year old patient from Karwar with DM+HTN+COPD+Chronic PTE, 34 year old patient from Assonora with Alcohol Dependence Syndrome, 70 year old patient from Vasconwith DM+HTN+IHD+COPD and 59 year old patient from Vasco with DM+HTN+IHD s/p CABG +CKD succumbed to the virus. Meanwhile, the active cases stand at 1813, total death tally is 656 while the samples tested today are 1469.

PANJIM: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today informed that he could not dicuss the issues of Mhadei and Mining during visit in Delhi due to Bihar elections. “Could not discuss Mhadei and Mining issues during visit to Delhi due to Bihar assembly elections,” CM Sawant said The Chief Minister during his Delhi visit had discussions with the Minister for Railways and Commerce and Industries, Piyush Goyal. The Chief Minister also had healthy interaction on availing assistance for further development of basic and modern infrastructure in the State of Goa with Mr Chintala Chairman of NABARD. CM also met and discussed…

PANJIM: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today said that Union Minister for Shipping Mansukh Mandviya has assured to reduce coal handling at MPT. Addressing the media, CM Sawant said that the shipping minister has assured to reduce coal handling at MPT. “In the year 2017, MPT handled the largest coal that 14 MPT and that was because of less iron ore handling at that time,” CM informed He further said that four Projects under sagarmala had dropped from the list of the ministry as they were not feasible. CM also informed  that he has conveyed the apprehensions of people regarding…