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Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Bombay High Court in Goa has closed a case brought by the All Goa Internet Service Providers Association that contested the Electricity Department’s “unjust” severing of fibre optic cables. The association decided to withdraw the case after reaching an agreement, which was communicated to Justices Bharati Dangre and Nivedita Mehta during the final proceedings. The court allowed the withdrawal and concluded the matter. The association claimed that, despite following the proper procedures, the Electricity Department acted in an arbitrary manner. It pointed out that its application for Right of Way (RoW), submitted on November 22, 2023,…

In a baffling turn of events, the CEO of Smart City, Sanjit Rodrigues, has stated that critical thoroughfares in Panaji—AB Road, 18 June Road, and Pandurang Pissurlekar Road—will not be included in the ongoing Smart City Mission. This announcement came just after the deadline of March 31, marking the completion of various projects under the initiative. During a recent press conference, Rodrigues emphasized that these roads could not be developed as part of the Smart City Mission due to the presence of central drains running beneath them. His remarks raised eyebrows, provoking questions about the rationale behind sidelining the very…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Goa State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) has granted environmental clearance (EC) to previous mining leaseholders for managing iron ore dumps located outside their lease boundaries. In a recent meeting, SEIAA decided to issue an EC to Chowgule and Company Pvt Ltd for a five-year term, following the recommendations of the Goa State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), for the handling of ore dumps on a private property situated in Sirigao village in Bicholim taluka. The authority has instructed the Project Proponent to adhere to the State government’s dump policy, established on September 13, 2023, which sets…

Team Goemkarponn VASCO: “Consumer Welfare Clubs are an excellent platform for students to be aware about the Rights & Responsibilities provided under the Consumer Protection Act 2019” said Roland Martins Co-ordinator GOACAN and member Goa State Consumer Protection Council. He was speaking at the launch of the Consumer Welfare Club (CWC) at the Deepvihar Higher Secondary School, Headland Sada in Mormugao Taluka. The CWC was launched in presence of Sanjay S. Banaulikar, the HSS Manager who expressed his happiness that a CWC was being launched in the institution as it would help the students’ families and the community at large…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: The Assistant Engineer and a Junior Engineer of Canacona Electricity came in for sharp appreciation for swiftly taking up a job and completing it within a couple of hours time at Ourem Palolem. ‘We highly appreciate the commendable job taken up and completed by the A.E of the electricity department Govind Bhatt and J.E. Dattanand Chari incharge of the section along with his staff for replacing the faulty and nagging transformer at Ourem Palolem. One of the phases has failed in this transformer and the same has begun to malfunction, providing an erratic power supply to the…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: Palshetchi Vihir, the widely appreciated Marathi drama, written by late Vijaykumar Naik and produced by Rudreshwar Panaji will be staged at ManoSobha Kalaghar in Canacona on 5 April. Originally directed by the playwrighter late Mr Naik himself, performances of this famous play had stopped due to several unavoidable circumstances for the last couple of years, though there was public demand. Deepak Amonkar of Rudreshwar Panaji has re-directed this play. Its first performance was held at the most prestigious Bharat Rang Mahotsav organised by the National School of Drama, in Goa in January. The play is based on…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Two kayakers from Pune were rescued from drowning off Palolem beach in South Goa by Drishti Marine lifesavers during the extended Eid weekend, which also witnessed the rescue of two foreign nationals off the state’s coastline. Palolem beach: Two men from Pune, aged between 30 and 33 years, who were kayaking off the Palolem coast, panicked when seawater flooded their boat when they were around 500 mts into the sea. Spotting their distress, lifesaver Laxmikant rushed into the water using a jetski and brought the persons safely ashore. Calangute beach: Despite repeated cautions advising him to not venture…