Tension mounts, anti-IIT locals protest at Valpoi police station

THE GOAN NETWORKPublished Sep 30, 2020, 1:43 PM IST

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Tension mounts, anti-IIT locals protest at Valpoi police station

VALPOI
Tension mounted on Wednesday after locals from Shel-Melauli protested at the Valpoi police station, demanding the release of two leaders arrested on charges of protesting against IIT project on Tuesday night.

Valpoi Block Congress President Dashrath Mandrekar and AAP worker Vishwesh Prabhu were arrested by Valpoi police on charges of obstructing government officials on land survey duty at the IIT project site on Tuesday.

Mandrekar and Prabhu were arrested under Section 353 IPC (detering public servant from discharge of duty) and they are presently in police custody. Incidentally, Vishwesh Prabhu is the son of former Valpoi MLA Ashok Prabhu.

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Save Mhadei stir to be launched from Oct

THE GOAN NETWORK

Published Sep 30, 2020, 1:10 AM IST

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PANAJITaking strong objection to Karnataka's action to divert the water of Mhadei river, the Progressive Front on Tuesday criticised Chief Minister Pramod Sawant for his failure to take action to deter Karnataka from carrying out gross irregularities. Announcing an agitation from October to save Mhadei, Mahesh Mhambre of Progressive Front said “this time the agitation will be more forceful... we will go at it in a big way”.Mhambre said that Goa's ecology will face…