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Easing flow of traffic at St Andrew's church circle

The circle road from Saint Andrew's Church, Vasco to Goa Shipyard is always jammed with traffic and causes inconvenience in the port town to our citizens.  With the increase of cargo shipment and traffic and the roads being narrow, there is no free flow of traffic and traffic jams can cause dangerous situation during an emergency that sees traffic police standing in hot sun on duty hours. A flyover at the circle could ensure free flow of traffic. The National Highways department, government of Goa, port town authorities, Mormugao Municipal Council should upgrade this project at earliest for free flow of traffic in the port town.



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Rainwater in abandoned quarries could be harvested

ADELMO FERNANDES, Vasco
Published Nov 23, 2023, 7:20 PM IST
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A 19-year-old boy, a resident of Andheri, Mumbai has reportedly drowned in an abandoned stone quarry at Shirven-Chimbel. Four years after Tuem tragedy, wherein four school students met a watery grave in a laterite stone quarry filled with rainwater, it appears that the authorities concerned have not taken lessons from the incident and have failed to fence the abandoned quarries in Pernem taluka. Forget barricading them, the authorities have also failed to install signboards…

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