Bhopal tourist feared drowned at Dudhsagar

Times of India | 6 months ago | 06-09-2022 | 02:40 am

Ponda: A tourist from Bhopal, Arpit Shukla, 31, is feared drowned at the Dudhsagar waterfalls on Monday evening.Police inspector Sanjay Dalvi told reporters that he was part of a five-member group that had arrived at the falls around 5.30pm. He said Shukla was clicking photographs when he slipped and fell.Dalvi said that Shukla was standing on a protection wall to take photographs. Immediately an alarm was raised and police and RPF personnel, and forest officials, rushed to the spot. Machinery was requisitioned for rescue operation, but as it was dark, it couldn’t be launched. Navy divers have already been intimated, police said.

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Drunken driving, indiscipline behind spike in accidents: Goa CM Pramod Sawant

Times of India | 1 month ago | 22-02-2023 | 10:11 am

Times of India

1 month ago | 22-02-2023 | 10:11 am

PANAJI: CM Pramod Sawant on Tuesday said that drunken driving and indiscipline on roads are some of the reasons for the increase in accidents. He added that the Goa police traffic cell, transport department and PWD are holding meetings and will chalk out a plan to reduce accidents.Sawant pointed out that the vehicle population has increased compared to the state population. "There are three reasons for the increase in accidents. These include people not following rules, drunken driving, rash and negligence driving among others," he said. The chief minister added that people should cooperate with the authorities, and this will help reduce the frequency of road accidents.In 2020, the vehicle population was 14.5 lakh vehicles, in 2021, it was 14.9 lakh and in 2022 it climbed to 15.4 lakh, but the infrastructure more or less stayed the same. Police said that looking at 2020-21 and 2021-2022, there has been a 3% increase in vehicle population, but the infrastructure hasn't changed much.It has been found that two-thirds of the people who died in road accidents in 2022 were linked to two-wheelers. The state witnessed an almost 9% rise in road accidents during the year.In 2022, 3,011 road accidents were reported, of which 253 were fatal, wherein 271 succumbed to injuries. A total number of 181 persons on two-wheelers died in accidents while 51 pedestrians lost their lives.In 2021, 2,849 accidents were reported, of which 218 were fatal. Almost 226 people lost their lives. A total number of 152 persons on two-wheelers died while 36 pedestrians were killed.The highest number of accidents in North Goa was reported in the jurisdiction of Panaji, Mapusa and Porvorim police stations areas. In South Goa, the highest number of accidents were reported in Ponda, Verna and Vasco police station areas.State witnessed 9% rise in road accidents in 2022In 2020, the vehicle population was 14.5 lakh vehicles, in 2021, it was 14.9 lakh and in 2022 it climbed to 15.4 lakh, but the infrastructure more or less stayed the same. Police said that looking at 2020-21 and 2021-2022, there has been a 3% increase in vehicle population, but the infrastructure hasn't changed much.It has been found that two-thirds of the people who died in road accidents in 2022 were linked to two-wheelers. The state witnessed an almost 9% rise in road accidents during the year.In 2022, 3,011 road accidents were reported, of which 253 were fatal, wherein 271 succumbed to injuries. A total number of 181 persons on two-wheelers died in accidents while 51 pedestrians lost their lives.In 2021, 2,849 accidents were reported, of which 218 were fatal. Almost 226 people lost their lives. A total number of 152 persons on two-wheelers died while 36 pedestrians were killed.The highest number of accidents in North Goa was reported in the jurisdiction of Panaji, Mapusa and Porvorim police stations areas. In South Goa, the highest number of accidents were reported in Ponda, Verna and Vasco police station areas.

Want to develop Ponda taluka as dev bhoomi for tourism: Goa CM Dayanand Bandodkar

Times of India | 1 month ago | 20-02-2023 | 11:21 am

Times of India

1 month ago | 20-02-2023 | 11:21 am

PANAJI: The state government will renovate the fortress at Farmagudi and a statue of Goa’s first chief minister Dayanand Bandodkar will be installed in the complex, chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Sunday. The Shree Ganesh temple at Farmagudi will also be renovated, he said.Similarly plans are also on the anvil to renovate all other forts in the state, the chief minister said at the state’s official event to celebrate Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti.He said that Ponda will be the focus of the state’s plans to develop Goa as a spiritual tourism destination.“I will make a budget provision this time to renovate the fortress at Farmagudi, to install a statue of Bhausaheb Bandodkar and to renovate the Shree Ganesh temple of Farmagudi. We will definitely take up this project and we want to develop Ponda taluka as a dev bhoomi from the tourism point of view. To grow spiritual tourism in Goa, Ponda taluka is the ideal place,” Sawant said.He said that to ensure that Goa is not left behind in attaining Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of a new India, “we are working to establish IT and electronic city, but, along with that, it is equally important to renovate our forts and other such places of historical importance”.“For the first time, we have established a research chair in the name of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at the Goa University. The government is also working to renovate all forts in the state,” Sawant said, adding that the government is continuously working to see that the values of Shivaji Maharaj are imbibed in children and we will continue to work on it.“By stepping on this land of Gomantak, he had blessed this land. Under Portuguese rule, numerous temples were destroyed and if there was anyone who stopped that rampage, it was Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. It is from Narve in Bicholim with Shree Saptakoteshwar temple that he started the work of rebuilding a temple for the first time. I feel fortunate that I could inaugurate the renovated temple premises recently,” Sawant said.Shivaji Maharaj did not only rule, but worked to see that every person in his kingdom lived in peace and prosperity and with their self-respect intact, the chief minister said.

Goa: One booked in hill-cutting case

Times of India | 1 month ago | 14-02-2023 | 08:25 am

Times of India

1 month ago | 14-02-2023 | 08:25 am

PONDA: Following a raid conducted by a team of the South Goa district flying squad that had recovered a huge stock of gelatine sticks, detonators and ammonium nitrate at an alleged illegal hill-cutting site at Wadi-Talaulim in Ponda taluka on Sunday, Ponda police have registered an FIR against a local, Sarvesh Gaonkar, who is reportedly absconding, police said.Minister for town and country planning Vishwajit Rane, said on Monday that strict action will be taken against the perpetrator of the massive illegal hill-cutting using explosives at Talaulim. A team of the flying squad had raided the site where alleged illegal hill-cutting by blasting was under way. A huge area of the hillock was found levelled by extracting tonnes of soil and boulders.Ponda PI Vijaykumar Chodankar said during the raid which was conducted with the help of Ponda police that the team had recovered around 672 explosive gelatine sticks, over 20kg of ammonium nitrate, some electric detonators and wires. One tipper truck, three earth excavators and some digging levers used by the accused were also found at the site, and the police have seized it as well, he said.Based on a complaint lodged by Vinay Naik, surveyor attached to the flying squad, Ponda police have registered the FIR against the alleged accused Sarvesh Gaonkar. The officer said that police are tracking the accused’s location.

Live explosive sticks, excavators seized

Times of India | 1 month ago | 13-02-2023 | 04:10 am

Times of India

1 month ago | 13-02-2023 | 04:10 am

Ponda: Over 600 live explosive sticks along with chemicals, three excavators and a truck were seized in a raid at an illegal hill cutting site at Wadi, Talaulim, in Ponda by a flying squad on Sunday. The explosives were used for blasting boulders to extract rubble from the hillock.Sources said the flying squad was informed by members of Revolutionary Goans. When the flying squad raided the site, some labourers were found working on the site and a huge portion of the hillock was found levelled.

Energy-from-waste plants in pipeline at Ponda and Valpoi

Times of India | 1 month ago | 13-02-2023 | 04:08 am

Times of India

1 month ago | 13-02-2023 | 04:08 am

Panaji: The state government has decided to set up two 5 tonnes per day (TPD) bio-methanation plants at a total cost of over Rs 5.5 crore in the two municipal councils of Ponda and Valpoi. The plants will generate power from the waste generated in these civic jurisdictions.Bio-methanation is a process in which organic material is microbiologically converted to biogas under anaerobic conditions. Biogas is mostly methane and carbon dioxide and also contains very small amounts of water vapor and other gases.The state government has invited bidders to supply, install, test and commission the 5 TPD bio-methanation plants in Ponda and Valpoi municipal councils to generate power. The bids also include operating and maintaining the plants for 5 years.The plant will have an automatic scum-breaking (foreign material) mechanism and will treat 5,000kg of food, fish and vegetable waste generated in the two municipal areas.The state government had already installed a bio-methanation plant as a pilot project at the South Goa planning and development authority (SGPDA) market under the Margao Municipal Council (MMC). A senior official said that currently 760 TPD of municipal solid waste is being generated by the state urban local bodies.A solid waste treatment plant with a capacity of 250 TPD is fully operational at Saligao and caters to the waste being generated from coastal-stretch of the north Goa district among other few areas.The solid waste treatment plant at Cacora is also expected to be inaugurated soon. The plant which treats waste from four talukas of Quepem, Curchorem, Canacona and Dharbandora is ready and undergoing trials and has a capacity to treat 100 tonnes of garbage daily. Construction of the plant began in 2019.The Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) has received four bids to set up the solid waste management plant at Bainguinim. GWMC invited bidders to take up the design, engineering, financing, performance as well as to run, operate, and maintain the plant for 10 years with a solid waste processing facility of 100 TPD capacity based on recycle and sorting lines, segregation, bio-methanation, and composting systems.The government is also in the process of setting up a waste-to-energy plant at Verna at an estimated cost of Rs500 crore and will generate 16MW electricity and 38MW heat while processing 250 TPD of waste. A total of 1,110 tonnes of waste has been collected and treated at this facility up to November 2022.

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