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NGOs must keep opposing destructive infra projects

With elections just about 15 months away, the government is on a fast-track mode to the double-tracking works of the SWR in Goa knowing fully well that they are going to meet their waterloo at the 2022 hustings. Irrespective of the public outrage, the present dispensation is hell-bent on completing a major portion of these three infra projects within this state at a huge ecological cost throwing caution to the winds to please their Delhi bosses and their three crony capitalists. NGO's like the GE, GKN, RG should keep on fighting on till the authorities backtrack and see reason. Goans are basically very cool, calm and tolerant people but when push comes to shove they can rise to the occasion as seen at Chandor few days back


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Despite knowing, people fall prey to fraudsters

SRIDHAR D’IYER, Caranzalem
Published Nov 11, 2020, 12:29 AM IST
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A few days back a person from Ponda was cheated by a fraudster who promised to loan him Rs 20 lakh. The person remitted Rs 11.5 lakh to the fraudster over a period of time in the hope of obtaining Rs 20 lakh. The fraudster convinced the person that the amount was towards some charges or the other. The cheated person could have been wary and used his common sense and not gone ahead with the payments. It is ironic as to why he wanted a huge loan when he could arrange Rs 11.5…

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