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Western Bypass 'vikas' not needed for State

The government has been building the Western Bypass by dumping mud in low lying fields and filling up natural water bodies in Seraulim and Benaulim. With the very first heavy rain of the season the fields at Mungul have been flooded and rainwater is flowing on the Colva-Margao road causing lot of inconvenience for pedestrians and vehicular traffic alike.

We have been told time and again that this constitutes 'vikas' aka 'progress'. If this is the state of affairs when the bypass is not even half complete then I shudder to think what the case will be when the project is completed. We absolutely don't require such 'vikas' in Goa.




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Hope for daily wages LDCs and workers to get permanent jobs

RONNIE DSOUZA, Chandor
Published Jun 28, 2023, 8:26 PM IST
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Tears of happiness drop from the eyes of the workers of MMC Margao after the municipality has given them promotion after many years. We don't understand why the A class Margao South Goa municipality has taken so many years to see that their workers get promoted and now there is a hope that the daily wages LCD staff who are working for the past 17 years along with other workers will get a chance to be made permanent, who are serving the Margao municipality for years. The…

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