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Bad road engineering also contributes to road deaths

The rising cases of road accidents in Goa has shown an alarming trend of deaths and injuries to the public due to bad policing by the traffic police and bad road engineering by the PWD roads. We have made progress by putting in crores of rupees to help our scientists do research  and exploration on the moon with all safety care and measures taken by these intelligent personnel. But we don't have engineers to study our bad roads and put in research on how to make our roads safe in Goa. Lives of people do not matter for many governments in power.The point raised by Goacan needs to be considered and transport facility must be provided to the workers who work beyond 8 hrs during normal work. It should be the responsibility of the company as it will be in the interest of the workers and betterment of the company and society and result in preventing road accidents.



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Two Goans played key role in rescuing trapped workers

RAJU RAMAMURTHY, Vasco
Published Nov 30, 2023, 9:04 PM IST
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After nearly 17 days, the workers trapped in under construction tunnel at Uttarkashi were rescued by rat miners. The tunnel collapsed on November 12 and nearly 41 workers were trapped inside with no access. However the expert team and machinery did not work but rat miners-- a team of 12 rescued the workers successfully and are given credit for the same. Goa's two youth Asif  Mulla and Amogh Gadekar as mining engineers were also among the rescue team who played a major…

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