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Launch boats to navigate our waterlogged roads

With the incessant rain lashing Goa, citizens realised how unprepared Panaji  city was. Commuters wading through flooded water made matters worse. The flooding problem of Panaji is a serious issue every monsoon.  Moreover the roads are also potholed.  Panaji sinks in every monsoon, being designated a 'smart city'.  The shabby and unsafe conditions greet commuters, motorists and tourists alike as they enter the capital city.  Despite the many floods and cyclones that Goa has witnessed in the past three years, lessons have not been learnt.  The people of Goa will find it extremely difficult to negotiate normal life.  If it continues like this then commuters have to use makeshift boats for daily commuting.  




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SC ruling on panchayat polls wake up call for government

VINAY DWIVEDI, Benaulim
Published Jul 7, 2022, 7:52 PM IST
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Immediately after the Supreme Court refused relief to the state government on the panchayat polls issue, our Chief Minister Pramod Sawant announced that elections to the 186 local bodies would be held on August 10. The state had moved the Apex Court against the HC order dismissing the sarkar's petition for postponement of elections. In a strongly worded judgement the SC said that it finds no reason to interfere in the process of elections and that the lower court's order is…

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