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Mining trucks and trucks from Karnataka carrying 'sugar' are OK in Goa

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Mining trucks and trucks from Karnataka carrying 'sugar' are OK. Nothing surprising many Goans know how your government works as much as you and I do. My heart goes out to feel sorry for you more than it does to all the lesser privileged Indians fighting for their daily bread in this covid times.   *The #hypocrisy of the Goa government led by #PramodSawant* All Goans stay at home, as per PM's request. However, hundreds of air polluting mining trucks allowed to transport ore with no precautions during lockdown and in violation of existing guidelines of 25 trucks per hour. Better way to kill people than Covid19. Here's an email appeal from the tribal population of Caurem and the Tribal Association of Goa (GAKUVED). Please share on all Goa groups: "We are are writing this e-mail on behalf of Villagers of Caurem of *Quepem* taluka which is a mining affected village. Caurem is a tribal village and we have experience of our past that when it come

Caurem village in Goa on boil as mining resumes during Coronavirus lockd...

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Made to bound as a slave by my Manglorean madam, says Udipi girl

      Made to bound as a slave by my Manglorean madam, says  Udipi girl Indians constitute the largest work force that the oil-powered economies of the GCC countries employ in various segments. But the low-income groups of migrant workers have often being denied their employment rights, in majority of the cases. The most harassed and neglected lot who face abuse and denials of rights are the house maids. Here another Mangalorean maid Lessy (name changed) tells us why she took up the job in spites of the dangers involved in it, taking the illegal route to Qatar from Mangalore, to escape an alcoholic husband and his beating and to give the children, good education. I am a mother of two children – a girl and a boy. My husband left me ten years back. He turned his back to me for another woman. Leading a life with him was a living hell. During the day time when he was sober, he was perfect gentlemen, a perfect husband and father. But the devil in him came out when he got intoxicated

Over 2000 German citizens evacuated from India

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Around 600 German tourists who were stranded in Goa have been air lifted thanks to the special arrangements made Air India and the German Embassy in India. The German evacuation operations spread across several cities and states saw over 2100 German and European countries flying out from India during the last few days, German authorities said. “With so far 7 evac flights we brought home 2100 stranded travelers from Delhi & other Indian cities to GER. Working 24/7 with IND authorities in Delhi & States & AI to bring home more. Currently airborne: our 8th evac with 315 people (2nd ex Goa). Check your mails if registered!,” tweeted @AmbLindnerIndia, Walter J. Lindner, German Ambassador to India. Besides Goa, the German embassy in India was able to get its national from several places like Rishikesh and Jaipur and put them to flights heading to Germany from Delhi. A day earlier Linder tweeted: “Another 1100 stranded travellers (GER

Life of a locked down Sailor #Lockdowndiaries from #Goa

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Life of a locked down Sailor #Lockdowndiaries from #Goa The Lord of the sea will never ever abandon his daring sailors and with this in mind, we the sailors set on a voyage. Long sailings itself is a sort of quarantine and we the sailors have been doing it for ages. In my 22 years of life at sea, I have done several voyages of about 30-45 days at sea and still remember  a voyage during the beginning of my sea career somewhere in 1999 wherein we sailed from a Port(cannot remember the name) to Santos in Brazil which was known as a "Seamen Paradise" those days. The sailing itself was 45 days and with 30 more days at anchorage the total passage was of 75 days. We survived on fish which we fished at anchorage and our potable water tanks almost went dry and that too in those days where we all hardly heard of so called internet and people like me had to wait for months to say hello to my mother who was anxiously waiting to hear my voice and with those wages,

#Russian citizens to be evacuated from Goa

# Russian  citizens to be evacuated from Goa, the Britishers are still awaiting the dates, sad indeed. Flights from South India I. For Russian citizens who are in the state of Kerala, the export flight from the  # Trivandrum  airport will be carried out by the company # Ural Airlines on April 4 at 14:00. # Kerala State Contact: Honorary Consul Ratish Nair, tel. +919847324024. Organized transfer to the airport will be carried out from: Kochi, picking up on April 4 at 02:30 (contact person: Mr.Vincent, tel. +917995107021), Place of collection: Regional passport office building, near IDBI corporate office, Shihab Thangal road, Panampilli nagar, Kochi; Vizhinjam, collection on April 4 at 06.15, Place of collection: KSRTC Bus Stand; Kovalam city, gathering on April 4 at 06:30, Gathering place: Kovalam bus stop (Leela hotel junction); Varkala town, gathering April 4 at 06.45, Place of collection: near Varkala Helipad; Trivandrum, gathering April 4 at 07:00, Collection point: Uday Suites