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PANAJI
Goa could see road blockades and protests that could spiral out of control as mining affected persons are expected to gather in Panaji in the early morning hours even as the state administration went into a huddle in a series of meetings to chalk out a strategy to handle the situation on Monday.
The state administration, which does not yet know what to expect from the protests has imposed prohibitive orders between 6 am and 10.30 am in areas of Panaji and asked tourists to avoid travelling between 10.30 am and 3 pm to avoid being caught up in possible traffic snarls.
After a series of meetings, the final meeting of the day was a meeting of the three-member Cabinet Advisory Committee along with officials including the Director General of Police Muktesh Chander, Chief Secretary Dharmendra Sharma, Personal Secretary to the Chief Minister, P Krishnamurthy other officials including the North Goa Collector, North Goa Superintendent of Police and others.
Emerging from the meeting, Sudin Dhavalikar urged the groups planning the protest to begin protesting only after 10.30 am.
“They can protest by all means. Our only request is that they should begin their protests after 10.30 am, if only to not cause any inconvenience to students of Std XII and don’t involve children below the age of 18 in your protests,” Dhavalikar said.
Section 144 imposed
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PANAJI
The North Goa Collector on Sunday issued an order imposing prohibitive orders under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure prohibiting the assembly of five or more persons between 6 am and 10:30 am on Monday, March 19.
The restrictions being issued in the wake of a call for an agitation given by the All Goa Truck Owners/Drivers Association, Barge owners, heavy machine and other equipment operators and other mining dependents who have said that they would gather in Panaji at 8.30 am.
