Onions selling at Rs 100 per kg in the market and `80 per kg at Goa State Horticulture Corporation outlets will now sell at Rs32 per kg providing you are a ration card holder. Over a 1,000 million tons of onions are being bought from the National Agriculture Co-operative Marketing Federation. Max limit for ration card holder will be 3 kg.
Onions selling at Rs 100 per kg in the market and `80 per kg at Goa State Horticulture Corporation outlets will now sell at Rs32 per kg providing you are a ration card holder. Over a 1,000 million tons of onions are being bought from the National Agriculture Co-operative Marketing Federation. Max limit for ration card holder will be 3 kg.
KARAN JOHAR IN THE DOCK
Action is likely to be taken against Bollywood’s major player of Karan Johar Dharma Production which has been dumping waste including PPE and other hazardous material in Nerul village in Goa during film shooting. The birds here and a foul smell alerted Nerul villagers who promptly put out disgusting photographs of the mess the Karan Johan Dharma Production people left on social media. The mess included biomedical waste like masks, sanitary napkins and lots of unsegregated rubbish. The Covid-19 related film stars Shagun Batra and Deepika Padukone who should be most concerned.
CASINOS OPEN ON NOVEMBER 1
Approval has been granted for offshore casinos to start operating on the river Mandovi; however, they’ll have to work at only 50% of full capacity and operators have to pay the fees fixed in advance, no exception for lockdown period
CLIMATE CHANGE
Goa’s temperature will rise by 2 degrees C by 2030. From the beginning of the 20th century it was predicted that there will be a 2 deg C hike in Goa’s main average annual temperature which increased by 1 deg C since the beginning of the 20th century. The annual rainfall has increased by 68% between 1901 and 2015. The monsoon has finally withdrawn after the State received the highest rainfall of the century at 165.4 inches of rain. A six decade record has been broken!
DOUBLE TRACKING TO GOA
Double tracking to Goa with police protection; permission has been granted by south Goa collector Ajit Roy for work at Jador level crossing on November 2 and Davorli level crossing on November 9, 2020.
GRIHA AADHAR
The Griha Aadhar scheme income limit has been reduced `3,00,000 per year and arrears will be dissolved by end-December. Reportedly, the scheme is enjoyed by 73,000 beneficiaries. Many applicants have been disqualified and life and income certificates are not compulsory.
MACKIES SATURDAY NIGHT MARKET
The National Green Tribunal has refused to grant relief to this popular Saturday night market at Arpora from a demolition order issued against them by The Coastal Zone Management Authority Management Authority. Reportedly the market is being accused of carrying out business on non-development zone at the edge of low-lying tidal creek grounds. The market owners are also being accused of illegally filling and encroaching on public creek/nallah land here.
