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Goemkarponn desk BAMBOLIM: The Goa Association of Resident Doctors have requested for separate accommodation facility for doctors tested positive for COVID 19. With the second wave of COVID pandemic hitting our state hard, there has been an tremendous increase in the workload of all healthcare workers. “Amidst this crisis, atleast 15 of our doctors have tested positive with atleast 8 more doctors having symptoms, awaiting test reports. There is an urgent need for a separate accommodation facility for doctors who test positive, as they cannot be accommodated in the general hostel for fear of transmission of infection. Most of these…

Goemkaponn Desk PANAJI: Voting for five municipal councils of Margao, Mormugao, Sanguem, Quepem and Mapusa has concluded peacefully today. The overall poll % from 8 am till end of poll for 5 municipal councils was 71.47%. According to reports, Sanguem Municipal Council recorded 81.49% polling, Quepem Municipal Council 78.01%, Mapusa Municipal Council 68.57%, Margao Municipal Council 64.25 % and Mormugao recorded a voting percentage of 65.04%. In Panchayat by-polls ward IV in Velim saw a turnout of 65.59 % and ward ll Karapur-Sarvan registered a voting percentage of 85.96 percent. Altogether 402 candidates battled it out today in 93 wards…

Canacona. In this times of many uncertainties another uncertainty which is haunting the land owners all over Goa is the sword of the Damocles hanging over their head of their land marked to be declared as private forest. The NGT order in 2018 to notify 46.11 square kilometres privately owned land as ‘private forest’ was in itself a huge blow to the owners of these land who feel that the day their land is identified as private forest it will be a dooms day for them. The whole bone of contention is the privately held lands spread across five hectares…

Goemkarponn desk BICHOLIM: The officials seem to have taken the matter of annual floods in Bicholim taluka seriously as already the Bicholim Mamletdar has started convening meeting to avoid the same. Bicholim mamletdar, Pravinjay Pandit has directed the officials to undertake several preventive measures so as to avoid any untoward incident because of mining pits. Such has been the steadfastness that the The mamletdar informed that there will be site inspection of Shirgao and Poira mines on 10th May and told all the officials to be present. He also directed the AE of WRD to coordinate with his counterpart at…

NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force (IAF) is ferrying empty oxygen tankers to filling stations across the country, pressing its transport fleet into action at a time when SOS calls for medical oxygen are ringing out from different corners. On Twitter, IAF has said its “transport fleet is supporting the fight against Covid-19”, while also airlifting “medical personnel, critical equipment and medicines”. IAF aircraft C-17, IL-76, C-130 J, AN-32 and AVROS are crisscrossing the Indian skies to eliminate supply obstacles in the distribution of oxygen, a life-saving resource for critical Covid-19 patients. “Our effort is to give logistical help to…

There was a single rescue at Anjuna earlier today involving a male aged 28 years hailing from Hyderabad. A group of five from Hyderabad went into the sea for a dip when one of them drifted into the deep and found himself being dragged out into the sea. The others raised an alarm. Drishti Lifesaver Yogesh Gadekar dashed into the waters and securing the victim onto a rescue board and rescue tube brought the victim ashore safely and oxygen was administered by the Drishti lifesaving team stationed at the beach. Thereafter the victim was taken to the hospital for further…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: A day after 21 people succumbed to the dreaded COVID19 virus, 12 more lost their lives even as Government said that there was no shortage of Oxygen in the State. Apart from the 12 deaths, Goa registered 1420 new cases and 596 recoveries. The active cases have now reached 11,040 as total cases since last year reached 73644. With 596 recoveries, the total recoveries stand at 61,628. Total death toll is 976. So far the State has tested 6,09,932 samples. On Friday 146 more patients were admitted in different hospitals. Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said that “In…