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Flying Squad swoops down on hill cutting at Maxem

CANACONA

Authorities on Thursday stopped hill cutting activity at Carai-Maxem in Loliem-Polem village.

According to sources, the hill cutting was reportedly going on at Carai-Maxem for the last two years, with heavy machinery and tipper trucks involved in the activity.

It is learnt that an NGO and some residents have been repeatedly complaining about the activity being allowed to continue without any intervention by authorities concerned.

Sources said, while the hill-cutting and transportation activity was in progress, a team from the Flying Squad with officers of Canacona TCP, a Talathi (Representative of Canacona Mamlatdar) along with Canacona Police team raided the site and ordered the machinery operators to stop the activity.


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As Goa played host to G20 meetings, kiosk owners outside GMC felt the pinch

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published May 12, 2023, 12:28 AM IST
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OLD GOAEvery time a G20 meeting is held in Goa, the kiosk owners operating outside GMC-Bambolim have to suffer as they are told to shut shop.And it happened for the second time in two months as the kiosks were shut for two days i.e. May 9 and 10 in view of the G20 meet that was scheduled from May 9 to 11.Earlier in April, the kiosk owners were told to shut shop for four days when the first summit of G20 was held.And this is not the end as there are several other G20 meetings…

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