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Power dept’s grievance redressal has to be fast

The matter pertaining to an LED fixture existing in a hanging position in the vicinity of Bhingi’s Farm House at Talaulim in Ponda was published in this publication on October 13. Travellers and pedestrians were facing inconvenience due to the lack of illumination in this area at night. Taking note of the matter, the electricity department re-installed the hanging fixture in its correct position. With the said positive change, the public at large would now receive illumination on the road at night. Let us hope that in future too, such minor defects would be rectified regularly in public interest.


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Please give way to ambulances

ADELMO FERNANDES, Vasco
Published Oct 23, 2021, 12:43 AM IST
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It is learned that a 52-year-old patient was killed when a 108 ambulance, which was taking him for treatment to the GMC hospital, crashed against a truck on the Santa Cruz-Bambolim highway on Thursday. Two others who were in the ambulance were reportedly also injured in the mishap. Unfortunately, it does not seem to be a custom followed by most of the motorists in Goa to give way to an ambulance with the siren on. People need to be sensitized to the fact that every second…

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