10 Olive Ridley pits protected at Canacona

Times of India | 1 year ago | 28-01-2022 | 04:17 am

Canacona: The forest department has so far protected eight Olive Ridley turtle pits in its nursery at the Nature Interpretation Centre, Agonda, and two pits at the Galgibaga beach, with a total of 898 turtle eggs. However, one pit at Agonda has not opened yet. Canacona range forest officer Anant Velip said he is happy that during this month, till date, the crawling creatures have shown interest in laying eggs on the Agonda beach in spite of some or the other disturbance. He hopes that in the months ahead, more turtles will approach both the beaches to lay eggs. He said the first Olive Ridley turtle arrived at Agonda beach on December 31, and laid 118 eggs and thereafter, periodically turtles have been visiting, with the last turtle arriving on Wednesday. He said the turtle went back into the sea after laying 85 eggs. While at Galgibaga, the first Olive Ridley turtle surfaced on the beach in the wee hours of January 3, and left the beach after laying 117 eggs and the second turtle nest was protected on January 24, when the turtle laid 55 eggs. In all, 172 eggs are protected in the nursery at Galgibaga, Velip added.

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No foul play, Uttar Pradesh couple died of drowning: Police

Times of India | 1 month ago | 16-02-2023 | 11:14 am

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1 month ago | 16-02-2023 | 11:14 am

CANACONA: The bodies of Supriya Dubey, 26, and Vibhu Sharma, 27, both from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, which washed ashore on the Ourem beach on Tuesday, have been handed over to relatives after the postmortem examination.The postmortem examination has found that the couple died due to drowning, said police inspector (PI) Chandrakant Gawas. They had come to Goa to celebrate Valentine’s Day, police said. Dubey worked for a private company in Bengaluru, and Sharma worked in Mumbai. With no eyewitnesses to account for what happened on Tuesday night, police estimated after an investigation that the two went for a swim around 1 a.m. “Sharma might have seen Dubey being carried away by strong currents and must have gone in to save her and drowned in the process.” Dubey’s body was found on Ourem beach around 7am on Tuesday morning. Police said that they were able to identify the body only after they found a cellphone that had been left on the beach, and unlocked it using her fingerprints. The phone provided police with information about the deceased, and it was learned that she was staying at a resort in the vicinity. Sharma’s body was found on the same beach a while later, at 1. 45pm.Ruling out any foul play, police said the postmortem examination has determined that cause of death was drowning, which is supported by the fact that the couple’s belongings are intact in their hotel room, as was the jewellery on Sharma’s body. On inquiring with the hotel staff, police said that they learned that the couple had spent a few days in North Goa before coming to Canacona on Sunday.Sources said that Dubey and Sharma had eaten dinner on Monday night and celebrated with some cocktails before heading to the beach. Some foreigners told the police that they had heard some faint cries after midnight, but were not sure of what they heard.

No foul play, UP couple died of drowning: Police

Times of India | 1 month ago | 16-02-2023 | 11:14 am

Times of India

1 month ago | 16-02-2023 | 11:14 am

CANACONA: The bodies of Supriya Dubey, 26, and Vibhu Sharma, 27, both from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, which washed ashore on the Ourem beach on Tuesday, have been handed over to relatives after the postmortem examination.The postmortem examination has found that the couple died due to drowning, said police inspector (PI) Chandrakant Gawas. They had come to Goa to celebrate Valentine’s Day, police said. Dubey worked for a private company in Bengaluru, and Sharma worked in Mumbai. With no eyewitnesses to account for what happened on Tuesday night, police estimated after an investigation that the two went for a swim around 1 a.m. “Sharma might have seen Dubey being carried away by strong currents and must have gone in to save her and drowned in the process.” Dubey’s body was found on Ourem beach around 7am on Tuesday morning. Police said that they were able to identify the body only after they found a cellphone that had been left on the beach, and unlocked it using her fingerprints. The phone provided police with information about the deceased, and it was learned that she was staying at a resort in the vicinity. Sharma’s body was found on the same beach a while later, at 1. 45pm.Ruling out any foul play, police said the postmortem examination has determined that cause of death was drowning, which is supported by the fact that the couple’s belongings are intact in their hotel room, as was the jewellery on Sharma’s body. On inquiring with the hotel staff, police said that they learned that the couple had spent a few days in North Goa before coming to Canacona on Sunday.Sources said that Dubey and Sharma had eaten dinner on Monday night and celebrated with some cocktails before heading to the beach. Some foreigners told the police that they had heard some faint cries after midnight, but were not sure of what they heard.

Canacona edu society to tie-up with Kota institute for competitive exam coaching

Times of India | 1 month ago | 15-02-2023 | 04:38 am

Times of India

1 month ago | 15-02-2023 | 04:38 am

Margao: The Balram Education Society, which runs seven schools in Canacona, is in talks with a Rajasthan-based institute for a tie-up to help students from the taluka, especially those living in villages, crack competitive exams.Canacona MLA and speaker Ramesh Tawadkar, who heads the society, said that while the youths from rural areas of Canacona are high on talent, they lack the exposure to excel, and that is exactly what he intends to provide them through the coaching facilities that will help them excel.“By having a coaching centre in Canacona for competitive exams, we wish to target students from Karnataka and Maharashtra, besides Goa, by providing them residential facilities,” he said. Tawadkar told TOI that he is already in talks with a Kota-Rajasthan-based institute that has coaching centres for NEET-UG, IIT-JEE, JEE Main + Advanced, NTSE, Board, Olympiads, and other competitive exams.The Balram Education Society runs seven schools in Canacona — two primary schools, two pre-primary schools, two high schools, including one residential school, and one higher secondary school. The educational project, while equipping students with knowledge and techniques to prepare for competitive exams, will also provide employment to a large number of people from Canacona, he said. The Canacona MLA said that, because Canacona lacks the facilities, locals migrate to cities like Margao and Panaji to secure their children’s educational prospects. The proposed project would also help arrest this migration, he added.Tawadkar should know. For when he passed his graduation 30 years ago, in 1992, he turned out to be the first person from Gaondongrim-Cotigao to have achieved that distinction. That was the time when the village folk were yet to realise the significance of education. So when Tawadkar and like-minded people came together and formed the Adarsh Yuva Sangh in 1995, education was among the prime focus areas of their mission.With a view to providing quality education to the underprivileged section of the society, the Sangh constituted the Balram Education Society under the aegis of which a residential school was set up in a heritage home at Ordhofond, Poinguinim, in 2008. The school has now been shifted to a new complex at Adarsh Gram, Amone, Cotigao, on land donated by the Tawadkar family.

Lifeguards keep busy, save four over weekend

Times of India | 1 month ago | 15-02-2023 | 04:32 am

Times of India

1 month ago | 15-02-2023 | 04:32 am

Canacona: At Palolem, two men from Shimoga, Karnataka, found themselves in a life-threatening situation when their kayak overturned in the sea. Unable to get back on the boat, they called for help, attracting the attention of a Drishti lifesaver who was already present with a jet-ski in the water. The two men were safely returned to shore.Two other persons, one a 45-year-old man from Maharashtra and a 31-year-old woman from Bengaluru, were both rescued from strong currents at Miramar and Agonda, respectively, using a rescue tube and a surfboard.Two children were recovered by Drishti lifesavers over the weekend after they briefly went missing.

‘Light candle or diya outside home to join Save Mhadei protest today at 7pm’

Times of India | 1 month ago | 12-02-2023 | 04:32 am

Times of India

1 month ago | 12-02-2023 | 04:32 am

Panaji/Canacona: Members of the ‘Save Mhadei, Save Goa’ movement on Saturday urged all Goans to join in large numbers the protests against Karnataka’s diversion of the Mhadei’s water. Prajal Sakhardande of Mhadei Bachao Abhiyan appealed to Goans to light either diyas or candles outside their homes on Sunday between 7pm and 7.30pm, as a symbolic gesture of being part of the movement.“You may say of what value is lighting this diya or candle. But symbolic gestures are very powerful, just as Mahatma Gandhi had taken up the Dandi march and then picked up a pinch of salt in protest of the tax imposed on salt. On February 16, we will also hold a programme of pooja of river Mhadei. Our taluka-wise meetings are also on to mobilise people and make them aware of the issue,” said Sakhardande.Recently, Karnataka’s detailed project report (DPR) was approved by the Central Water Commission, to divert water from tributaries of the Mhadei, the Kalasa and the Bhandura. The project will divert the Mhadei’s water for out-basin use by Karnataka into its Malaprabha basin.Mhadei is Goa’s biggest river and known as its lifeline for supporting human and ecology in half of the state. Abhijit Prabhudesai of Rainbow Warriors said that the water diversion is a well-planned scheme to support steel and cement plants in Karnataka.“It is a farce that the water is needed in Hubballi and Dharwad areas of Karnataka to meet drinking water requirement,” said Prabhudesai.Member of the ‘Save Mhadei, Save Goa’ movement, Vikas Bhagat, has also requested the people of Canacona to support the movement by lighting a candle or a diya outside their house or in their balcony.“This is to show the BJP government the path to light by way of a token protest against this self-serving government. Our mother is being diverted illegally by the Goa BJP in connivance with the BJP government in Karnataka,” said Bhagat.A 12-member house committee has also been formed by the state assembly to deliberate in detail on the water diversion issue.“Forty-three per cent of Goa’s requirement for water is met through Mhadei. Once we divert the course of a river it is proven to result in fully damaging the hydrology of the river. There are legal ways to fight the issue, but it is sad that the government is not doing enough. I urge the people to raise their voice to save the Mhadei,” said Jack Sukhija of Goa Heritage Action Group.

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