The extent of the woes of those stranded due to the lockdown first struck managing committee members of the Gurudwara Shri Guru Singh Sabha, Betim, when they found staff of some hotels in Calangute left fending for themselves on the roads. Since then, the gurudwara’s service has fed thousandswaiting at state shelters for a train back home.

On March 21, Pradeep Gurjar reached Margao railway station, hoping to earn sufficient money to support his family back home in Vijaypur, Madhya Pradesh. A day later, all economic activity came to a standstill, as Goa was put under an abrupt lockdown in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Taxi owners in the Calangute-Candolim belt said the resumption of flights and trains is not a healthy move and should have been deferred at least till the coronavirus count reduces.

In the Zuari bay, a rich oyster crop has been plundered during the last few weeks. But, in a novel exercise, a group of discerning bio activists deposited the shells back on the river bed on Monday.

A day after the Goa Board’s Class X English paper went viral for including a conversation that suggested that seeking a Portuguese passport is a good option due to the lack of job opportunities in Goa, teachers and politicians pointed out that that wasn’t the only controversial and judgmental part of the question paper.

Even as India’s skies opened for domestic flights on Monday, just six of the 30 scheduled flights operated at Goa International Airport, Dabolim, as the day was marked by multiple cancellations, empty cabins and confusion over Goa’s standard operating procedure (SOP) for fliers.