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Welcome to Goa, but at your own risk. Be careful and don't drive fast, especially at night time, as you will find many cows and buffaloes squatting in the middle of the roads, not just in the villages but even in the cities. And more often than not, they are not visible until the very last minute. So many motorists have been injured and even lost their lives on account of this.
So if you want to go home safely, you drive slow because your safety is in your own hands. In our India, a cow's life is more precious than a human being's.
Hope our State government will look into this matter keeping in mind that Goa is a tourist state. Assure them safety so that they can go back home safe with no injuries.
Ronnie D'souza, Chandor
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Published Dec 7, 2017, 7:27 PM IST
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Even as the Goa government decides to give Rs 5 crore aid to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) to help states like Lakshadweep, etc which have been badly hit by cyclone Ockhi, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's admission that Goa doesn't have proper disaster management mechanisms is a first positive coming out. After Goa felt the shivers of Ockhi, which was seen more as a wake-up call, Parrikar has assured to put an independent disaster management system in…

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