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Panaji : Chaos prevailed at the Chorao jetty on Tuesday morning as Ro-Ro ferryboats began operations, with long queues of vehicles waiting to cross. Alongside the two Ro-Ro ferryboats, the River Navigation Department (RND) also deployed two conventional ferryboats on the Ribandar-Chorao route to ease the transition. RND Minister Subhash Phal Dessai called for discipline while entering the ferry boat. "Police personnel will be deployed to manage the traffic. These are teething problems which will be resolved soon," he said. An RND official said that as the concept of Ro-Ro ferryboats is new and the staff is also new, they "have decided to deploy two conventional ferryboats for the next two days so that people do not face any inconvenience". A commuter said that both the Ro-Ro ferryboats were on Chorao side at the same time. "The Department also pressed conventional ferryboats into service but it did not help in any way," said the commuter.
Panaji, Jul 14 (PTI) Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday launched the Roll on-Roll off (Ro-Ro) service in the Mandovi River, connecting Chorao island to the capital city Panaji. Introduced by the state river navigation department, the service is being operated by a private player on a Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) basis. Sawant launched the service in the presence of State River Navigation Department Minister Subhash Phal Desai and others. Speaking on the occasion, the chief minister said the Ro-Ro service will replace the traditional ferry boats, which have been operating on thi ...Read More >
Pune: The ongoing pre-non-interlocking and non-interlocking works to develop the Hadapsar railway station would affect trains' movement in the Daund-Pune section this week from Thursday till Sunday. A total of 17 trains, including DEMUs from Pune to Daund and Baramati to Pune, Pune-Harangul Express (01487), Harangul-Pune Express (01488), Solapur-Pune Intercity Superfast Express (12169) and Pune-Solapur Intercity Express (12170), would remain cancelled on Sunday (July 20), a railway official said. Jodhpur-Hadapsar Superfast Express (20495) would be short-terminated at the Pune railway station f ...Read More >
New Delhi/Mumbai: Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed fresh attempts to mire the Rs 229-crore passenger water terminal (PWT) project abutting the Gateway of India in Colaba as Maharashtra govt said the project has green nod from every relevant authority and would help reduce travel time between Colaba and Navi Mumbai, Mandvi and Alibaug.After hearing elaborate arguments on behalf of Clean and Heritage Colaba Residents Association and other residents, a bench of CJI Bhushan R Gavai and K Vinod Chandran refused to interfere with Bombay high court's judgment validating the state govt's decision to c ...Read More >
The Goa government will on Monday launch the first Roll on-Roll off (Ro-Ro) service in the Mandovi river connecting Chorao island to capital city Panaji, replacing the conventional ferry boats, a state minister has said. The travel time from the island to mainland with the Ro-Ro service would be just 12 minutes, as against 30 minutes taken by the conventional ferry boats, state River Navigation Department Minister Subhash Phal Desai told PTI. The Ro-Ro ferry boats have a facility to drive in fr ...Read More >