Panaji: Despite a rain deficit of over 30% in the first two months of the monsoon, three water reservoirs in the state reached 100% capacity, including Selaulim, Panchawadi and Gaunem.Tillari and Amthane reached 85% capacity, while Anjunem and Chapoli reached just above 65% capacity.WRD minister Subhash Shirodkar said that all the dams would reach their…
Panaji: The Corporation of the City of Panaji will soon clean and desilt drains to tackle waterlogging in the city, mayor Rohit Monserrate said on Monday. He said that sewerage works may have affected two stormwater drains, which will be reopened and cleaned shortly.On the perennial problem of flooding at the Patto complex, Rohit said…
Panaji: Goa police investigations are set to move faster with the establishment of a forensic psychology division and an e-Peshi (Nyay Shruti) video-conferencing facility at the directorate of forensic sciences, Verna.Chief minister Pramod Sawant will inaugurate both facilities on Tuesday.The forensic psychology division, created through state funding, will introduce advanced tools such as polygraph examinations…
Best of You-Special Olympics Goa did well to make it to the group final of the Genuine Cup in Houston on debut Panaji: In the end, it all came down to penalties.The Best of You-Special Olympics Goa squad had done well to put it across Club Brugge Foundation (Belgium) 3-2 on penalties in the semifinals…
Margao: Hardly three months after it was inaugurated, the functioning of the waste treatment plant using the gasification method at Sonsoddo has come under a cloud, with Congress alleging serious defects in its working and the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) countering by filing a police complaint against the party’s members for ‘trespassing’.A delegation of the…
A huge mound of earth excavated during the redevelopment work has been lying along the road Margao: Commuters at the Curchorem-Sanvordem railway station continue to face unsafe and inconvenient conditions years after redevelopment work began, with construction debris littering the main platform, limited canopy along the second platform, and an unbarricaded mound of excavated earth…
Bicholim: Karapur villagers opposed the proposed mega housing project and demanded its cancellation at the Karapur-Sarvan gram sabha on Sunday, citing its impact on ecology, landscape and water resources.Sarpanch Avni Sawant chaired the gram sabha. Police were deployed at the venue as a precautionary measure.Biodiversity management committee president Gauresh Ghadi said the lake in Survey…
Panaji: To revitalise neglected khazan lands in Goa, govt has notified a scheme to restore abandoned saline fields by distributing salt-tolerant paddy varieties, including the indigenous Korgut, at fully subsidised rates. Govt also offers schemes for subsidised seeds, free seed kits, incentives for mechanised paddy transplanting, and promotion of improved cultivation technologies.Eligible farmers cultivating in…
Ponda: Power minister Ramkrishna Sudin Dhavalikar has urged Goa’s major political parties not to field defectors and instead give opportunities to new faces.“More youth need to join politics,” Dhavalikar told reporters. He said young people aspiring to enter politics should understand Goa’s political history by studying the tenures of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), Congress…
Canacona: Despite a statewide ban on driving on beaches, two incidents were reported in Canacona taluka, prompting action by the tourism department.In the first case, Gopal Kusalkar was found driving a Maharashtra-registered vehicle on Agonda beach. Locals stopped him before the vehicle could get stuck in the sand. Kusalkar told them he had been misled…
