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Nuvem locals point at land filling along bypass

Residents of Nuvem on Thursday cried foul to the land filling taking place along the Nuvem bypass, as they stopped trucks transporting mud for want of action by the Town and Country Planning department and the flying squad.


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Social activist Jose Roque Andrade along with Nuvem Zilla Panchayat member Wilfred D’Sa told the media that they had been approaching the flying squad as well as the TCP, but lamented that there’s no action forthcoming from the authorities concerned. “When we questioned the persons present at the land filling site, they claimed that the filling is being done for the highway. But, we strongly suspect that it is the handiwork of some private party,” the duo said, while saying that the area where mud has been dumped during the last three days constitute a catchment area for the rain water.   
What has surprised the local residents is the inaction by the TCP and the 
flying squad. 
“Officials of the two authorities sought to push the blame on each other for inspection and initiating action against the land filling activity,” Jose Roque Andrade said. 
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Tension in Dharbandora after locals halt Vedanta’s ore transportation

Ore transportation of Vedanta from its Codli mines was stopped by locals at Dharbandora junction on Thursday, after the agitators claimed that the mining department had banned such transportation during the monsoons.

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Published Jul 15, 2016, 4:58 AM IST
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the goan I networkPONDAAccording to reports, locals received information that a truck carrying ore had left the Codli mines and was proceeding to Amona. A group of locals then gathered at Dharbandora junction and stopped the truck.   Mamlatdar Satish Prabhu and Ponda Police Inspector Sudesh Naik rushed to the spot to defuse the tension.   Speaking to The Goan, Dharbandora sarpanch Vinayak alias Balaji Gawas said they had stopped one truck carrying…

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