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Goa team to visit Kankumbi today

BICHOLIM

Taking serious note of Karnataka’s move to restart the work of the Kalsa Bhandura canal, a Goa team will visit Kankumbi village on Saturday.

It may be recalled that Karnataka has restarted the work of the Kalsa Bhandura canal to divert 7 TMC water to Karnataka after a gap of about one year. Environmentalist Rajendra Kerkar had informed that the work was inspected by an official.

Speaking to reporters, an official said a Goa team will visit Kankumbi village on Saturday and prepare a detailed report of the work undertaken by Karnataka and it will be submitted to the Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT).

The Additional Attorney General of Goa Adv Dattaprasad Lawande said: “The report will help the Goa government to make the case strong at the hearing in March.”

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272 candidates pass scrutiny

THE GOAN NETWORK / PANAJI
Published Jan 21, 2017, 12:00 AM IST
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After two days of scrutiny, the Chief Electoral Office (CEO) has announced out of the 405 candidates that had initially filed nominations, a total of 272 were cleared to contest the upcoming elections. Out of the 272 that were cleared, 127 were from North Goa and 145 from South Goa. Among the highest, St Andre, Velim and Cortalim had 12 nominations while St Cruz and Fatorda got 10 nominations. Thought the CEO has cleared 272 nominations, a clear picture of who's contesting…

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