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Goa gears up to welcome Ganesha

Panaji: Its homecoming for several Goans when the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi also known as ‘Chovoth' would be celebrated across Konkan including the state from September 9 onwards.The Konkan Railway Corporation Limited has been running

PTI Updated on: September 07, 2013 18:18 IST


Lord Ganesh is usually worshipped in ancestral houses located in villages which are usually abandoned as there is migration towards the urban areas.



Meanwhile when the entire state is gearing up to celebrate the  festivities, the mood is somber in the mining belt where the economic activity has ceased for last one year, after export of iron ore was banned.

“You go to the mining belt and see, people are not interested in celebrating Chovoth there.

They are waiting for the mining to resume so that they will have money at hand for spending,” said Raju Mangueshkar, leader of Goa Mining People's Front (GMPF).

Almost seven talukas, all rural, are affected with thecurrent ban on the mining activity in the state.
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