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Not in my backyard syndrome so prevalent among Goans

It isseen that a section of the Goan society is always hell-bent on objecting to anyproject or development in the State. Be it the opposition to so-calleddouble-tracking of Railways or the proposed IIT, the same lot of people can beseen opposing. It also appears that the Church in Goa is once again on anactive mode opposing developmental projects. This reminds me of the agitationagainst Konkan Railway decades ago. The irony is that many of those whose landswere acquired never traveled by Konkan Railway, but those predominantly fromSalcete, opposing the project, now gladly commute in the KR trains. Thesyndrome of 'Not In My Backyard' (NIMBy)" should stop. Goa's march towardsdevelopment should not be impeded by politically motivated interests.


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Covid-19 pandemic and the doomsday predictors

SRIDHAR D IYER, Caranzalem
Published Nov 1, 2020, 1:20 AM IST
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Everyother day we read articles and opinions from and hear debates of specialistsand non-specialists on the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Each of them has theirown views and ‘know-it-all’ attitude as to when the virus would peak or exitfrom a place or country. There are claims, sometimes just one-off case that thevirus has been found in sewage waters and even in a cremated corpse. Severalattributes and parameters are used by these predictors to claim that the viruswould peak or…

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