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PANAJI
Six weeks after the lockdown curbs, Goans on Monday latched on to freedoms and ventured out bringing life back to otherwise deserted streets and highways across the State.
Government offices recorded good attendance although many employees did face several commuting issues with private bus operators still uncertain about the economics of plying their vehicles at 50 percent capacity.
It was left to the State-owned Kadamba Transport Corporation (KTC) to meet the public transport needs.
The KTC, meanwhile, said it put in operation 225 of its buses on Monday. It is also contemplating hiring buses from the private operators, who are reluctant to get back on the roads fearing losses due to the stipulation that only 50 per-cent of vehicle capacity can be utilized.
Meanwhile, excise inspectors and higher officials including Excise Commissioner Amit Satija, IAS, fanned out in the field across the State to inspect commercial outlets selling liquor.
Satija himself was seen going around in the capital city and urging proprietors and staff of liquor wholesalers and retailers to adhere to the physical distancing and other guidelines.
Many of these outlets had tipplers in queues waiting for their turn to pick up their favourite brand.
There were no change in the liqour rates and the enough stock with the dealers and distributors in their godowns.
