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Manhole posing threat to motorists at Ana Fonte

While the traffic police headed by DySP Prabodh Shirwaikar conducted the annual ritual of holding the road safety week, questions were asked whether the men-in-uniform will direct the PWD to repair a sewerage manhole at the Ana Fonte garden, posing danger to motorists for over a month now.

Manhole posing threat to motorists at Ana Fonte

MARGAO: 
Neither JICA officials nor the PWD have moved in to fill up the surface of the manhole with tar though the manhole has been posing danger to motorists and pedestrians alike.
Meanwhile, Mahesh Nayak of Jai Damodar Association has said while the authorities observe road safety week, accidents and deaths have been only increasing by the day.
"All the roads in Goa are having speed governors in the form of potholes and the accident occurs in order to avoid the potholes," Mahesh said.
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VIVA GOA TINTO! Margao’s old market area all set for a makeover

GUILHERME ALMEIDA
Published Sep 12, 2017, 7:10 PM IST
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VIVA GOA TINTO! Margao’s old market area all set for a makeover

MARGAO Margao's old market area - which plays host to the century-old Tinto, the crumbling Salcete de Camara building, a row of small and business establishments and the heritage houses, extending right up to the Holy Spirit Church - is set to receive a fresh lease of life. The "Goa Tinto Project" has envisaged documentation of the existing spatial, functional and visual character of the defined area of intervention, comprising of the Old market and the Municipal building…

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