CANACONA
Premanand Gaonkar, a journalist and a teacher, passed away after a brief illness on Friday.
Hailing from Gaondongrim, Gaonkar (45), a para teacher with Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, had started his journalism career with a Konkani daily some 12 years ago and later used to report for a prominent Marathi daily.
He had not been keeping in good health for the last two months and when his health further deteriorated, Gaonkar was hospitalised in Margao and where breathed his last late Thursday night.
He is survived by his wife, two sons and an aged mother.
The final rites took place at the crematorium at Ziltawadi-Gaondongrim on Friday afternoon.
Canacona Patrakar Sangh President Babesh Borkar condoled the death of their member Premanand Gaonkar and expressed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family on behalf of the Canacona Patrakar Sangh.
