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Team Goemkarponn CORTALIM: Cortalim MLA Anton Vas, along with Cortalim Sarpanch Ujwala Naik and panchayat members, gathered at the Verna Police Station to demand strict action against Krishna Yadav, a resident of Pinna Nagoa and native of Varanasi, who allegedly assaulted Panchayat member Michael Desa with a rod on March 3. MLA Vas condemned the attack, emphasizing that violence against elected representatives would not be tolerated. “Michael Desai was assaulted on the head with a rod by a migrant when he was only doing his duty. The attacker fled the scene, but Verna Police took swift action and arrested him.…

Team Goemkarponn ZUARINAGAR: South Goa MP Captain Viriato Fernandes met with several affected villagers from Bellem Velsao on during a meeting organized by Cortalim TMC leader Mariano Rodrigues, social worker Roquezinho D’Souza, and other dignitaries. The meeting addressed growing concerns over a private construction company fencing off land at Zuaringar, allegedly restricting age-old access to villagers, including pathways leading to a crematorium and a site with a holy cross. Speaking to the media, Captain Fernandes expressed his strong opposition to the ongoing land takeovers, blaming large-scale changes in zoning plans since 2018. “This is not new; we have seen ODPs…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: Feeling the heat of the intensity in which the differences that broke between villagers and Forest department leading to registration of a FIR against 3 persons, Canacona MLA and Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar brokered a meeting to address the wildlife area construction concerns with the Khotigao Panchayat. Tawadkar in-fact on Thursday held a meeting with the Forest department officials (ACF & DCF) alongwith Khotigao Village Panchayat Sarpanch Smt. Vrunda Velip, Panchayat members, and a few local residents engaged all sundry in discussions to find a mutually beneficial resolution regarding recent construction issues in the wildlife area. The outcome…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA: In a FIR registered by Canacona Police, three Khotigao residents are booked for obstructing Forest staff while discharging their official duty in the village. According to Canacona Police, upon the complaint from Anand S. Mestri, Range Forest Officer, Khotigao Canacona, to the effect that on 23.02.2025 at 10.35 hrs at Survey No. 134, of Village Khotigao Canacona, the on duty staff namely Suresh Gaonkar, Beat Guard and Umakant Gaonkar, Trekker of Khotigao Wild life Sanctuary, Khotigao, Canacona were discharging their official duty by supervising the ongoing work of digging the foundation for the Anti-Poaching camp. Police further…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA : After raising an issue of water mismanagement is reasonably denying proper water-supply to Canacona taluka, Canacona Municipal Council Councillor Shubham Komarpant now anticipating grave consequences are on the anvil, have alleged that there is a serious threat to life to motorists and others due to mismanagement of NH66 Canacona Bypass (Manohar Parrikar Canacona Bypass Road). In a letter submitted to the Executive Engineer (Highways) WD – XIV, Margao, Komarpant have informed about mismanagement of roads by highway authorities in Canacona due to which the condition of Manohar Parrikar Canacona Bypass Road (MPCBR) is deteriorated. Correction of…

Team Goemkarponn CANACONA – Goa Forest department has filed a police complaint against 3 Khotigao residents including a former sarpanch for obstructing their construction works in the panchayat area of Khotigao village. Speaking media on Thursday at Canacona police station, a group of residents accompanying three of their villagers called for interrogation at Canacona Police Station, informed that Forest Department at the first place was carrying out an illegal construction work in the village allegedly to house a checkpost at Pimplamoll area. ‘It was on 23rd of last month that an unregistered JCB (having no registration number) was seen carrying…

Team Goemkarponn CHICALIM: In a parallel development, the Chicalim Panchayat has suspended the trade license of M/s Abhishek Engineers Pvt Ltd for illegally reclaiming land from the Zuari River at Chicalim Bay. The suspension order, issued on March 4, 2025, follows persistent efforts by CVAC to hold the company accountable. The Panchayat has stated that the trade license will remain suspended until the Captain of Ports certifies that the illegally reclaimed land has been fully restored to its original condition. Environmental activists and locals had long raised concerns over the damage caused by the unauthorized reclamation, which was blatantly carried…