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Don't vandalise newly hotmixed roads

The entire Chogm road stretch in Porvorim (starting from O’Coqueiro junction up to the Calangute church) was hotmixed by the Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation after many years just one a half years ago and the former Saligao MLA Jayesh Salgaokar had even said that the same road after its repairs would be of the best quality and nothing will happen to it for the next 15 years.

Unfortunately, what is the condition of this same hotmixed road, especially starting from Porvorim O'Coqueiro junction and up-to the Sangolda Lightning Club area today?  It has been fully vandalised by the Sewerage and Infrastructure Development Corporation of Goa Limited (SIDCGL) at the behest of the government in the name of carrying out underground repairs/laying sewerage pipeline network and due to which most motorists are currently finding it very difficult to navigate this stretch. If the government had plans of carrying out such an exercise then why it had wasted crores of rupees to hotmix the Chogm road stretch unnecessarily? Well, it looks like the government deliberately allows such exercises to fill its own empty coffers and to make fast money.



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Identity cards for migrants to boost security in villages

ADELMO FERNANDES, Vasco
Published Oct 16, 2023, 7:17 PM IST
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It must be said that there is a huge influx of migrants in the state, especially in the villages. It is common knowledge that these migrants could be involved in anti-social activities including theft, rapes and even murders. People in the villages, especially women, could be moving in fear of these migrants who could be moving about suspiciously at odd hours. Not all of these migrants could be working and may not possess a work-card provided by the contractor. Hence it…

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