Remerging Amrut Chodankar on his birth anniversary

The Goan NetworkPublished May 10, 2025, 1:24 AM IST

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Remerging Amrut Chodankar on his birth anniversary

PANAJI:

Amrut Babuso Chodankar, born on May 10, 1935 in Ecoshi, Bardez was a prominent freedom fighter whose legacy is preserved at the ‘Aguad Interactive Museum: Goa - The Land, The Struggle, The People’ in Sinquerim. A member of the Azad Gomantak Dal (AGD), he was actively involved in organising operations in Pomburpa before joining the Goa Liberation Army (GLA). Known for his fearless acts of sabotage, Chodankar participated in the dynamiting of two ore-carrying barges and a jetty at Sarmanas, Bicholim and Curti. He died in an accidental bomb explosion on the Sakirvhal-Sale road along with fellow freedom fighters Raghunath PundaalikShirodkar and Soma Rama Malik.

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Trend shows boost to mechanisation of farming in State

The Goan Network

Published May 10, 2025, 1:23 AM IST

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PANAJI:Mechanisation of farming operations got a big boost in Goa last year with more than 1,500 farmers availing government subsidies and purchasing machinery and other essential implements to switch over in their farms and paddy fields in 2024-25.Tractors, harvesters and other essential implements were purchased by these farmers and the government spent approximately Rs 4 crore on subsidies to them.The Agriculture department implements this special scheme to provide…