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Water supply to Usgao-Ganje resumes after 3 days

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Water supply to Usgao-Ganje residents was restored on Sunday morning after being dry for three days.

The Public Works Department (PWD) had been warned by angry villagers that they would halt work on the new 25 MLD water treatment plant if the water was not turned back on by Sunday.  

Ganje village, located along the Mhadei River, experiences water shortages every monsoon. After three days without water, the villagers protested on Saturday, threatening to stop the new treatment plant’s construction if their water supply was not resumed.

As a result, the PWD restarted the water supply on Sunday morning.

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2 buffaloes killed on Canacona bypass

The Goan Network
Published Aug 12, 2024, 1:32 AM IST
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CANACONALate Saturday night, two buffaloes were found dead on the Canacona Bypass (NH66) road in the Tarir area. Sources say the buffaloes were discovered on the western side of the road. It appears that vehicles travelling from Karwar to Margao hit them. The buffaloes were about 25 metres apart, and pieces of a vehicle’s bumper were found on the roadside, indicating that the vehicle was damaged in the collision.Residents are increasingly calling for barricades to be…

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