Panaji: The Union highways ministry has approved the Rs 1,880 crore detailed project report (DPR) submitted by Goa govt for four-laning of the highway from Cuncolim to Bendoredem. The project will include bypasses at Cuncolim and Balli, where locals had been expressing apprehensions about losing their houses to the highway expansion.The project will also include…
Panaji: The 2026 pre-monsoon season is shaping up to be one of the most anomalous in recent years. Goa has recorded only 14 rainy days during the pre-monsoon period so far, with most of the rain arriving suddenly and late, concentrated almost entirely in May instead of being spread across March and April. After being…
Panaji: RG MLA Viresh Borkar broke his silence on the turmoil within the party and said that founder president Manoj Parab’s resignation saddened him. Borkar quashed suggestions that he wanted to “take over” the party. He also reiterated that he will contest the St Andre seat again as RG candidate.Borkar, who claimed to have travelled…
New Delhi: Petrol price touched Rs 104.01 and diesel Rs 95.90 per litre in Goa on Monday after state-owned oil companies effected the fourth hike in retail fuel rates in the last 11 days, raising prices by Rs 8 to cut losses from selling auto fuels below market cost.Govt said cumulative under-recoveries on petrol, diesel…
Panaji: The revenue department has overhauled its land valuation methodology, replacing the uniform rate system with a category-based approach that assigns different values to areas within a village based on location and available amenities, with Taleigao serving as the pilot project.Currently, the revenue department fixes a minimum land rate for an entire village. Under the…
Panaji: State govt has appointed CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Dona Paula, to prepare environmental management plans for ecologically sensitive areas (ESAs), and integrated island management plans (IMPs) for the state’s islands under the CRZ Notification, 2019. The project is estimated to cost over Rs 1.8 crore.NIO will prepare plans for ESAs mapped by the…
Margao: Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd (KRCL) has undertaken a series of infrastructure upgrades and pre-monsoon maintenance works along its western coastal route, leading to temporary reduction in train speeds and minor delays at certain sections.The works being carried out include cutting and lowering, ballastless track repairs, track lifting, deep screening, through-track renewal and maintenance of…
Mapusa: To curb drowning incidents ahead of the monsoon, the North Goa administration has initiated a comprehensive safety drive across Bardez taluka. Acting on strict directives from sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Varsha Parab, local administration and block development officers have begun installing prominent warning signage at high-risk water bodies, including abandoned laterite stone quarries, rural lakes,…
Ponda: Ten days after the national brands like Amul and Mother Dairy hiked their milk rates, the Goa Dairy on Sunday announced the hike in milk rates of its three of four variants. However, there is no hike in the price of the full cream milk for now. The new rates are effective from Monday.The…
Kurdi: The Selaulim dam swallowed Kurdi whole. It took the houses, the roads, the river crossings, the culverts, the smells and the sounds of an entire village — and buried them all under its reservoir. Every summer, for a few precious weeks, as the water recedes, Kurdi rises.On Sunday, thousands made the pilgrimage to the…
