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Many shades of Fire services

It is very good that the Fire services not only conducts fire extinguishing operations but also emergency and rescue operations however big or small. Very recently a cow fell into a storm water drain in our village. Unable to stand, move or express its plight, the poor animal remained there for two days without food or water hoping someone would come to its rescue.

Luckily, a villager who saw it informed others and they called the Fire services who responded promptly. However, the big problem was that no vehicle could reach the spot. The fire force and the locals pulled up the animal manually, cut the bushes, made a way to walk and carried the cow all the way to the place where a vehicle waited to transport it to a animal rescue centre for treatment.


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Panjim-Ribandar causeway in a despicable state

Aires Rodrigues, Ribandar
Published Mar 25, 2023, 12:34 AM IST
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Due to the never ending greed of those currently in power, Goa’s capital city Panjim has been driven to the brink of collapse. With no road remaining to be dug, with just a passing shower the entire city would be sinking in grief. A further concern is that on account of rank negligence by the authorities, a part of the wall of the over 388-year-old Panjim-Ribandar causeway which caved in last year at the Ribandar end remains unattended.Built in 1634, it has withstood the…

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