THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2026

Govt should act to protect kids of migrant labourers

The tragic truck accident which took away an innocent child's life of a worker who was working for the contractor of the road hot mixing in Sodiem, Siolim is deplorable and the contractor and PWD has to be booked for negligence. The Department of Women and Child needs to step in and see that every child of the workers, especially the migrant labourers are provided with the creche facility at the work site. For this the contractor and the department which engages the service of such casual labourers who move with their little children should be first accommodated with the day child care centres in anganwadis, etc. The village child committee, the respective panchayats and Women and Child department need to sit and discuss and come out with a a proper safe child care centre envisaged in labour construction workers schemes. These sort of tragic incidents should open the eyes of our government to act for the welfare of migrant labour.



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Misguiding all aspiring new taxi drivers in Goa

JERRY FERNANDES, Saligao
Published May 30, 2023, 8:59 PM IST
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Drivers applying for a badge to drive taxis will henceforth be put through a compulsory 15-day training course,  according to Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho. Well, it looks like the minister must have signed a contract with one of his close friend's private school imparting training for drivers in the state with the sole intention of somehow making a few bucks for himself by giving his own silly justifications in Goa. Does anybody think that by merely sending drivers…

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