Panaji/Valpoi: The public health department has suspended the services of Dr Yavanti Gawade, medical officer, community health centre, Valpoi, with immediate effect in a medical negligence case where an 11-year-old boy’s leg was amputated.The suspension order was issued based on preliminary observations of the internal committee indicating medical negligence by the doctor.The boy was brought…
Panaji: The Goa Lokayukta issued notices to the Curchorem-Cacora Municipal Council and Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) over a complaint alleging encroachment on govt land and use of altered records for a jetty along the Zuari riverbank.Curchorem resident Sushant Vasta alleged before the Lokayukta that a private company carried out construction on land partly…
Panaji: In addition to the danger of heat strokes during the extreme heat, the directorate of health services has also cautioned people against taking respite from the heat by swimming in ponds, springs and other water bodies with stagnant water, where they could risk contracting leptospirosis.State epidemiologist Dr Utkarsh Betodkar said the leptospira bacteria can…
Valpoi: Residents of Nanus in Sattari and nearby villages have been grappling with an acute drinking water crisis for the past three days, forcing authorities to deploy tanker services. The shortage severely impacted Nanus, Ansulem and Sadik Wada.“Families in elevated localities have been affected due to erratic water supply. Many households are unable to store…
Panaji: In addition to the danger of heat strokes during the extreme heat, the directorate of health services has also cautioned people against taking respite from the heat by swimming in ponds, springs and other water bodies with stagnant water, where they could risk contracting leptospirosis.State epidemiologist Dr Utkarsh Betodkar said the leptospira bacteria can…
Panaji: Somewhere in the vast, unforgiving expanse of the Southern Ocean, with swells towering above and freezing winds howling across the Drake Passage, six women officers of the Indian Armed Forces held their course. Just sails and an unshakeable determination to go all the way around the world.This Wednesday, the Indian Army Sailing Vessel (IASV)…
Panaji: A court in Merces on Monday acquitted Mayur Dhond in a 2019 hit-and-run case involving the death of 68-year-old Remediana Do Rosario. Dhond was accused of hitting Rosario with his Mercedes-Benz while she was crossing the road near the football ground at Campal, Panaji, around 5am on Dec 1, 2019. Rosario later succumbed to…
Routine Exercise To Combat Goa’s Intense Heat Ponda: Anticipating a sharp decline in the Khandepar river water level due to soaring temperatures and intense summer heat, the water resources department (WRD) has been pumping nearly 125 million litres per day (MLD) of water into the river from external sources to maintain adequate levels at the…
Ponda: After finding that a major part of the Opa river has eroded and has a deep ravine under water near the barrage at the Opa Water Works, the water resources department (WRD) has taken up construction of a retaining wall to prevent further erosion.With regard to the deep ravine formed under the river basin,…
Panaji: Goa’s tribal community leaders are upset with the lack of initiative shown by state govt in completing the process to demarcate constituencies for the Scheduled Tribes community in Goa before the assembly elections. The Mission Political Reservation for ST of Goa, which has been waging a three-year fight for political reservation, has given govt…
