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Residents of Odlem Bhat and Acsona in Benaulim village today decided to present a memorandum to chief minister Dr Pramod Sawant regarding their water problem as the local MLA Churchill Alemao has neglected the problem for over a year now. Around 50 villagers gathered at the Perodem ground with empty pots and buckets and to protest against the government inaction they broke the pots. A meeting of the villagers was called by Aam Aadmi Party which while discussing the problem recalled that exactly a year back on 28th December 2019 the same issue was discussed at the same place. AAP…

Panaji: Panaji which generates around 18,250 tonnes of municipal solid waste a year has been a pioneer in waste management in India. Let it be appropriate infrastructure set in place, or mechanism for 5 way segregation of waste from source, the city has been setting impetus for other cities around the globe. City Corporation of Panaji (CCP) has even gone steps beyond and is piloting implementation of 16 way segregation now, with an objective to move more and more waste to recycling routes. City Corporation of Panaji has about hundred compost pits, three composting plants and a centralised material recovery…

Pernem Police have conducted a narcotics raid on Sunday and arrested 02 persons for illegal possession of drugs. As per PI Jivba Dalvi information was received that 02 persons are involved in drug activities and roaming on a activa scooter. Accordingly a team was prepared and the 02 suspected persons were intercepted at Harambol beach parking and they were searched. During the search Ganja worth Rs.69,000/- was found hidden in the dickey of thier scooter. The ganja was seized during the raid. The accused persons are identified as 1.Pradeep Ramesh Valecha, age 27 yrs N/o Kalyan Mumbai and 2.  Salim…

Porvorim: The locals from a ward from Penha de Franca panchayat have objected to the construction of a compound wall for proposed High Court building project, which has blocked their traditional access. The locals led by Porvorim MLA Rohan Khaunte on Monday questioned the Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) authorities for blocking their traditional pathway, while providing alternate route, which is narrow and non-motorable. The worries were also pressed over the lack of drainage to channelize the water from slope, which would result in the flooding of surrounding area. The ward number 5 of Pehna de Franca panchayat are…

PANJIM: Goa today reported 105 new COVID-19 positive cases. While there were 91 recoveries and 3 deaths reported today. As per DHS bulletin, the active cases now stand 955, the total death toll is 734, the samples tested in last 24 hours is 1174 and the recovery rate is now 96.67%.

PANJIM: After a gap of three days, the Capital City Panjim reported seven new COVID-19 cases, which include one Lucknow resident. As per the information shared by City Mayor Uday Madkaikar, the City had on December 24 reported five cases. Post which, there were no updates. As per the bulletin, total seven cases were reported today, of which five cases were from a residential complex at Miramar. A 42-year old male, 37, year old female, 35 year old female and a 12 year old boy have tested positive in the complex. A resident from Lucknow, residing at Caranzalem, is also…

SATTARI:Shyam Gaonkar, a young farmer from Satrem Village has become a sucessfull farmer to introduce the growth of strawberries in Goa which is consideref unsuitable for the fruit due to climatic conditions. Goankar informed that he had got around 1000 saplings from Mahableshwar and grown it in November “We have also done the harvesting and found that the colour here and size of fruit is almost similar to that of Mahableshwar. So this proves that the climate here is favorable,” He added Meanwhile, Shyam also said that the peak of Strawberry lasts for almost 6 months. Taking it to social…