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Govt needs to act quickly on bad roads


The authorities using the dry spell in the monsoon to fill the potholes is small consolation, enabling a little smoother ride for devotees. 

However, one begins to wonder for how long will this process of repairing potholes continue? Seems like it will continue as long as we don't build good quality roads. 

Even in cities like Mumbai, we have a large number of potholes throughout the year. Some of the main roads get temporarily repaired. We spend a huge amount of money on repairing the roads, is it worth it?

While ensuring a smoother ride during the Ganesh festival don't you feel the general public is entitled to good roads in the first place? Will that become a reality?


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Increase drone subsidy to boost agriculture

ADELMO FERNANDES, Vasco
Published Sep 8, 2024, 11:54 PM IST
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Several famers in the state are facing the issue of their transplanted paddy being damaged after remaining under water following the recent rains. It is learnt that drone technology can come to the rescue of the farmers by reviving the damaged crop. This method was effectively used at the Tolleband water body at Benaulim to revive the damaged paddy which was transplanted recently. The drone technology was reportedly used to undertake special spraying of urea over…

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