PANAJI:
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar arrived in Goa on Friday on a mission to douse the fires ignited by the Centre pushing through the farm bills which farmers across the country are agitating against.
Javadekar is slated to meet with groups of farmers at Mapusa and Chorao on Saturday.BJP sources said the Central leader will hold forth on how the three new legislations will benefit farmers in the meetings on Saturday.
MARGAO'Goyant Kollso Naka' kicked off its month-long yatra from the former capital of Goa, Chandor on Friday.The yatra has been launched to spread awareness amongst the people on the ill effects of coal transportation.The NGO has been opposing the double tracking project on grounds that the railway project is taken up only to transport coal to the neighbouring states.
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