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USHERING IN NEW YEAR AT COLVA

USHERING IN NEW YEAR AT COLVA

MARGAO

It’s party time at the world famous Colva beach as hordes of domestic tourists descended on the beach on Sunday to usher in the New Year. The party began on Sunday with beer and booze flowing freely on the beach in the absence of any law enforcing agency monitoring the tourists. And, the party is expected to continue till the wee hours of the New Year with tourists from the neighbouring states arriving in droves.  As the sun set for the last time on the last day of the Old Year, anxious visitors made a beeline to take photos of the sunset. Water sports made hay, while the beach belt was dotted with beach beds ahead of the night long celebrations. The traffic police had a hard time in controlling the vehicular traffic heading to the village on Sunday. Lensman Santosh Mirajkar captures some moments of revelry


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Bio-Diversity Board to hold meeting on heritage tag issue for Curtorim lakes

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published Dec 31, 2023, 11:14 PM IST
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MARGAOThe controversy surrounding the draft notification to accord the Bio-diversity heritage site tag to the lakes and water bodies in Curtorim village has come under the scanner of the Bio-diversity Board Chairman and Environment Minister Alexio Sequeira.With the tenants Associations and citizens from Curtorim raising strong reservations over the move to give bio-diversity heritage status for the lakes, the Bio-Diversity Board has convened a meeting of the stakeholders in…

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