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Committee to keep check on heinous crimes in Canacona

Condemning the rape and murder of an Irish woman, a committee was formed in Canacona to follow-up with the law enforcement agencies to stop repetition of such serious crimes.


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CANACONA 

Cancaona Municipal Council Chairperson Prathana Naik Gaunkar was appointed as chairperson of the committee at a specially convened meeting on Sunday.  
Speakers condemned the rape and murder of Danielle McLaughlin and called upon the authorities to give maximum punishment to culprits involved in such crimes.  
The speakers also recollected how citizens convened several meetings in the past with the authorities, especially with police personnel, on the need to build confidence among public and especially foreign tourists against the rising anti-social activities in the taluka.  
The speakers however, regretted that no concrete action came forth and the most unfortunate thing had happened in the taluka.  
Besides Gaunkar other members of the committee are: CMC Vice Chairperson Samita Dhuri (Vice-president), members: Divakar Pagui, Hemant Naik Gaunkar, Bharati Komarpant, former ZP member Daya Pagui, Shristhal Sarpanch Prashant Dessai, Panch Devendra Naik and citizens Mahesh Naik, Samrat Bhagat, Nandeep Bhagat, Suraj Naik Gaunkar, Vinay Tubki, Omkar Desai and Deepak Dessai.
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All eyes on minister Vijai to solve Sonsodo imbroglio

With the Margao Municipality and the government groping in the dark on how to dispose of the Sonsodo waste mound, whether by bio-remediation or capping, the civic body is yet again bracing up to perform the annual ritual at the site at the tax payer’s money “ covering the Sonsodo site with tarpaulin ahead of the ensuing monsoon to stop leachate from contaminating the water bodies and underground water.

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Published Mar 20, 2017, 6:43 PM IST
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the goan I networkMARGAO Take note, the Margao civic body has already spent a whopping Rs half a crore on the temporary covering of the site annually with a permanent solution of the decade-old problem eluding the city fathers and successive governments. Municipal officials in the know say it would cost the civic body nothing less than Rs 10 lakh this year to carry out the annual exercise, taking the total money spent on the temporary covering of the dump yard to over…

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