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Unsatisfactory road works

Sometime back, some agencies had undertaken excavation work for laying sewerage, gas pipeline, etc. However once the work was completed in all respects, the excavated areas were not filled up satisfactorily. As a result travellers, in particular, two-wheelers face inconvenience while proceeding along such locations. During the rains, the situation is worsened due to water accumulating inside the excavated area. Due to invisibility of depth, there is every possibility of a mishap taking place at such locations. Seen in the picture is an exposed pipeline at Dhawali in Ponda. Let us hope that the authorities take a note and arrange necessary filling of the exposed area so that safety is assured to travellers on a permanent basis. 


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Hope power talk sees light of day

Parrikar’s electricity booster is enticing, but it has no time frame

Published Jul 30, 2018, 6:38 PM IST
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Has the Chief Minister of Goa Manohar Parrikar hinted at a hike in electricity tariff? Government servants, he claimed, enjoyed around 77 per cent rise in salaries over a period of time while power tariff continued to remain constant. The point here is that comparisons cannot be drawn to salaries, for the fact that inflation has gone up drastically vis-a-vis the high standards of living in the background.   Goa’s electricity scenario has however remained grim over…

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