Cloth shop gutted in major fire at Ponda

THE GOAN NETWORKPublished Jun 7, 2023, 12:30 AM IST

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Cloth shop gutted in major fire at Ponda

PONDA
Large quantities of cloth and other material were destroyed when a cloth shop was gutted in a major fire on the ground floor at Hotel Menino building in the heart of Ponda city on Tuesday at about 5.30 pm.

Firefighters from the Ponda Fire Station were involved in operations to douse the fire till late night and vast amounts of cloth and other materials were gutted in the fire.

The fire mishap in the heart of Ponda town led to a traffic jam along the route and Traffic Police diverted traffic via Tisk-Ponda. The cause of the fire is unknown.

Ponda Municipal Council Chairperson Ritesh Naik along with Ketan Bhatikar and Rajesh Verenkar rushed to the spot to take stock of the situation.

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Gakuved Federation meets parents of boycotting Morpirla school students

Support move, raise concerns of mismanaged tribal funds

THE GOAN NETWORK

Published Jun 7, 2023, 12:29 AM IST

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MARGAOAfter visiting the Morpirla school complex and interacting with the parents, the Gakuved Federation on Tuesday said the organisation had always raised concern over the allocation of Tribal Sub Plan funds for the Scheduled Tribes of Goa.“The Morpirla government primary school and high school is the best example how TSP funds are either mismanaged or are kept unutilised,” Rupesh Velip told the media on Tuesday.A team of Gakuved Federation consisting of Ravindra Velip…