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Women can venture into field of toddy tapping

Kudos to Shweta Gaonkar for showing the young future generation how one can revive the toddy tapping occupation. Usually this was done by men only but with the new mechanical coconut tree climbing equipment, young women can now venture in this field and create her own business and employment. With government support more people can take up this occupation. My suggestion to the government and the agriculture minister is to give these new workers the status of 'Render'. Most of the new generation capitalized on their forefathers who once worked as 'Render' using the status to venture into politics, job reservation and education admission and have ignored the traditional occupation without even climbing the coconut tree.





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Curb noise pollution at Dandeavado Junction

NELSON LOPES, Chinchinim
Published Dec 7, 2022, 7:41 PM IST
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A letter has been written to the South Goa Collector regarding the noise pollution at Dandeavado Junction on NH 66. The residents are grateful for fixing rumblers at this  intersection of five roads.  It has solved one problem at the accident prone site but added another serious, unexpected noise pollution. At the distances of 50 to 100 meres  radius from the site all around, the noise blast with thunder enters the residential houses, rattling windows and…

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