Woman found dead at Sarvan, husband missing

Times of India | 6 days ago | 14-05-2022 | 01:57 am

Bicholim: A 30-year-old man allegedly murdered his 24-year-old wife and fled with their four-year-old daughter after locking the house door at Vathadev, Sarvan in Bicholim on Friday. Bicholim police stated that the accused was staying in a rented apartment at Vathadev with his wife and daughter since last month. On Friday, when the neighbours heard a cat yowling, they peeped inside the room and saw the body of the woman. Police are trying to ascertain the husband’s whereabouts and are conducting further investigation. The body has been preserved at GMC and hospital morgue. PI Suraj Gawas is investigating the case.

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CM assures new infra to pump out water from mining pits

Times of India | 2 days ago | 18-05-2022 | 04:00 am

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Bicholim: Chief minister Pramod Sawant has assured that new pumps will be installed, pipes will be laid and electricity connection provided to pump out water from mining pits to avoid any mishaps during the monsoon. Sawant’s assurance came after mining companies removed their infrastructure after they were ordered to vacate the leases before June 6. An official said Sawant had a joint meeting and instructed officials to set-up an emergency control room to take immediate steps. “With mining companies no longer being owners of the mines, the responsibility for upkeep of the pits should be taken by the government,” a mining company official said. Bicholim MLA Chandrakant Shetye said that the government should immediately inspect all mines and take adequate measures to ensure that no mishaps occur during the rainy season . Farmers, meanwhile, fear that if steps are not taken in time, their crops will get affected if the mining slurry gets washed down into the plains when it rains heavily.

Domesticated mouse deer rescued from Bicholim

Times of India | 4 days ago | 17-05-2022 | 12:57 am

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Keri: An Indian spotted Chevrotain which had been domesticated by a family in Maulinguem, Bicholim, was rescued and taken to the Bondla Zoo by the forest department. The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 doesn’t allow Schedule-I wild animals to be domesticated and kept in captivity. However despite this a family at Naikwada had domesticated the young one of a mouse deer for a prolonged period. Amrutsingh, president of animal rescue squad, Bicholim, first received information of this mouse deer in captivity and lodged a complaint with the range forest officer (RFO) of Keri, Vivek Gaonkar. “Keeping the wild animal for domesticating is unlawful and passes on the wrong message. Hence, I informed the deputy conservator of wildlife, Jabestin Arulraj who immediately instructed the officials concerned to take the mouse deer into their custody and shift it to Bondla Zoo,” said Amrutsingh. In Goa, the mouse deer is locally known as ‘Pisay’ and is threatened by rampant poaching and largescale destruction of its natural habitat. It is frugivorous (feeding on fruits) and found in evergreen, deciduous forest as well as in grasslands. Wildlife activists from Goa have urged the forest department to take stringent action against people who keep wild animals as pets and domesticate them which deprives the animals of their natural instincts and the wilderness. The mouse deer is usually shy and prefers to live mostly in inaccessible areas of forests. It is the smallest of the ungulates (mammals with hooves) and is the least noticed due to the excellent camouflage provided by the markings on its body. It is nocturnal by nature and prefers to remain hidden for most of the day within rocky crevices or tree hollows, emerging generally at dusk to forage.

New Rs 17cr bus stand for Bicholim

Times of India | 4 days ago | 16-05-2022 | 04:44 am

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Bicholim: A 23-year-old Kadamba Transport Corporation (KTC) bus stand in Bicholim, which was in a bad shape, has been demolished to make way for a new one. The new facility is estimated to cost is Rs 17 crore and will be constructed by Goa State Infrastructure development corporation (GSIDC). Meanwhile, a makeshift bus stand has been readied close to the existing one. A shed has also been put up to accommodate shops that operated at the old bus stand. “A few months ago, part of the concrete terrace fell on a pregnant woman who was waiting for a bus. She suffered injuries. Since then, the demand for a new facility became louder,” a municipal official said.

Cop’s plea to file case in 2017 traffic offence nixed

Times of India | 5 days ago | 15-05-2022 | 04:49 am

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Panaji: A North Goa court has dismissed a traffic police inspector’s application seeking to file a case against a traffic offender more than four years after the latter was caught riding without a helmet and didn’t pay the fine. On December 31, 2017, the rider was photographed riding without a helmet at Bicholim’s Shantadurga junction. A notice under Section 133 of the MV Act was issued to the owner of the vehicle through the local police station with directions to pay the fine within 15 days, but the owner failed to do so. The court noted that the inordinate delay of 1,182 days comes to the benefit of the accused and added that in motor vehicle cases, there is a limitation of six months. “It was understandable if there was such an inordinate delay in the case of some serious offence, whereby a thorough investigation was required. But even in serious offences, the investigation is not at all delayed for such a long period,” stated Kalpana Gavas, judicial magistrate first class, ‘A’ court, Bicholim. The PI had submitted that under the Traffic Sentinel scheme, a large number of traffic violations were reported within a short span of time by way of photos and videos. The process of verifying violations, issuing notices, serving the notices manually and thereafter, sorting out the same, took time, he had said.

For quick mining restart, Goa to auction 88 leases

Times of India | 1 week ago | 09-05-2022 | 01:06 am

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Panaji: To restart mining activities in the state as early as possible, the state government is likely to first auction the 88 leases against which the government has initiated the process of takeover and the companies have been asked to vacate the leases within a month. A senior government officer said that opening new leases would take longer than restarting existing mines that were operational. “Houses and vegetation have come up in and around lease areas that have never been operated. Hence, it would be difficult to start mining immediately if these were to be put up for auctioning first, which is why the government has decided to go ahead with the auctioning of the 88 mining leases,” a senior government official familiar with the development said. The official said that during the auctioning process it will be made clear to bidders that they have to settle with the person who has the surface right of the lease. To ascertain the quantity of iron low in the existing leases, the directorate of mines and geology has decided to approach the Indian Bureau of Mines to get the existing companies to submit their mining plan. “If required, the state government will take up exploration to identify the quantity of iron ore in a particular mine,” a senior government official said. Earlier, the state government had tentatively finalised eight mining leases for auction in the Bicholim and Sattari talukas, but there has not been much progress on that front. Of these, five are at Bordem in Bicholim taluka and three in Sattari, including two in Pissurlem and one in Poriem. Last week, the state government initiated the process to take over 88 mining leases from lessees whose second renewal was quashed by the Supreme Court in February 2018. The directorate of mines and geology has issued notices to all the 88 mining companies to vacate the leases within a month. TOI was the first to report that 88 mining leases would be included in the auction list. On April 20, chief minister Pramod Sawant had held a meeting with Union home minister Amit Shah over the mining issue and a decision was taken to auction the 88 mining leases. In his budget speech, Sawant had said both would help mining dependants get employment and economic benefits once mining activities restarted. He had also said that a revenue of Rs 650 crore has been projected for the year 2022-23, once mining restarts.

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