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Being a coastal State, Goa gets a bountiful of rains during the monsoon from June to September. The intensity of rain is so forceful that it even causes flooding in the low lying areas. But ironically, this rain water is not stored properly and consequently, every summer, Goans face severe hardships due to water scarcity. In the Herald TV weekly debate Point-Counterpoint, AVIT BAGLE explores the reasons
for such acute water shortage every year and why there is no concrete solution taken from the government to deal with this recurring problem
The Goa government on March 16 notified the Goa Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act, 2023, setting off the possibilities for unhindered construction in the rural landscape of the State with permissions deemed granted if the panchayat and the Block Development Officer (BDO) fail to respond to the application within 60 days. The government’s stated objective for the amendment is “to create a transparent and efficient mechanism to streamline the process of grant of permissions, licenses and occupancy certificates under the said Act”. In the weekly Herald TV debate Point-Counterpoint, AVIT BAGLE explores whether this new amendment will really ensure transparency or people with vested interests within the system will find loopholes in it, which will lead to mushrooming of construction projects in the villages
More than 100 farmers were detained in the Pernem sub-district in North Goa on Friday for protesting against a government survey exercise ahead of acquisition of land for a road linkage project for the upcoming Mopa international airport.The .