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Car gutted in fire at Goa Velha

The Goan NetworkPublished Dec 1, 2021, 12:01 AM IST

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OLD GOA

A car was gutted after it went up in flames at Goa Velha on Tuesday afternoon.

According to Old Goa fire station sources, the incident occurred at around 2 pm at Vodlye Mol junction when the car caught fire.

“We got the call at 2.08 pm that a car had caught fire at Goa Velha and a tender rushed to the site and extinguished the fire by 4 pm,” the sources added and informed that short circuit could be the reason behind the fire.

Station officer Rohidas Parab supervised the firefighting exercise with leading firefighter Bablo Majik, driver operator Ramesh Virdikar, and firefighters Bhiva Gawas, Dhondu Tate and Rajesh Malik participating. The loss incurred in the incident was not ascertained.

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Electricity workers’ union seek regularization of linemen

THE GOAN NETWORK

Published Nov 30, 2021, 11:55 PM IST

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Electricity workers’ union seek regularization of linemen

MARGAOThe Electricity Employees Union (Goa) has made an impassioned plea to the government to regularize the services of the 321 line helpers as the Electricity Department has set in motion the process to fill up the vacancies.In fact, Union general secretary Raju Mangueshkar said the government which speaks of Atmanirbhar and Swayampura Goem should get the 321 contract line helpers regularized since almost all of the workers are niz Goenkars and sons of the soil.Addressing…