MONDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER 2026

Staffing not adequate at Chinchinim post office

The postal authorities don't care for the needs of customers. The complement  of three staff is now reduced to two. A post office with over Rs80 plus crores in deposits  cannot efficiently service  the customers without  inordinate delays forced to  stand in sun and rain. After protests and intervention by local organisations and elected representatives over ten years, the second clerk was sanctioned with great fanfare. It is disgusting  and disappointing that as before  he is like a  spare wheel,  sent everywhere  on deputation as a substitute for those on leave.  A single, harassed  postmaster  is doubling up as jack of all trades.

If the authorities cannot sanction a permanent staff here then close the facilities as an unviable unit. The much needed Aadhar facility is lying dormant for lack of personnel. Why go on adding more facilities in post offices, when basic needs  are not satisfactorily attended to? Are no candidates in Goa  available to fill the vacancy of postman  here who  is an engineering graduate  from  another state? It sounds  strange.


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Precautions needed to prevent kidnapping

ADELMO FERNANDES, Vasco
Published Sep 28, 2022, 8:14 PM IST
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The scare of kidnapping of school children has worried institutions across Goa prompting managements of various schools to issue advisories to parents and students. The Goa Police department too has sent communication to all police stations to intensify police patrolling in and around school and college areas. However the police officials have asked parents and students not to panic but to take necessary precautions in order to avoid any such incidents. Precautions like not…

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