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Arpora residents are happy over hot mixing of roads

Residents of Arpora-Nagoa village have expressed satisfaction over the government, local MLA Michael Lobo and Arpora-Nagoa village  panchayat for widening the village roads at some places and hot mixing roads .  In fact, this was  long  pending demand of the villagers. The condition of the roads was deplorable.  Roads connecting St Joseph's High School to Mainath Bhati and Vegaswado Super Market to Mainath Bhati to Anjuna-Arpora main state road (MDR) were in poor condition due to potholes and narrowness. Sarpanch of Arpora-Nagoa village along with some members inspected the road sites and cooperated with road contractor for road widening at some places.

Calangute MLA Michael Lobo pursued the entire process at the government level to complete the hot mix asphalting of the roads. There are many reasons why good roads deteriorate.The contractors in many fields are frequently digging up roads.  The government and the local panchayat should obtain guarantee from the road digging contractors and get roads repaired immediately.






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Depletion of soil nutrients affects agricultural produce

ELVIDIO MIRANDA, Via email
Published Mar 23, 2023, 12:05 AM IST
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A major scientific study has determined that several of the agricultural produce such as grains, vegetables and fruits in recent years are deficient in nutrients compared to the same produce a decade ago mainly due to constant use of farm lands and soil erosion as a consequence of flooding which results in the dissolution of the water soluble nutrients in the soil, thus resulting in the produce containing less quantities of major as well as micro nutrients as a consequence…

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