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Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Goa is gearing up for the much-awaited 8th Bird Festival of Goa 2025, held from 17th to 19th January 2025 at the picturesque Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary, Canacona, Goa. This three-day celebration of nature will bring together bird enthusiasts, conservationists, and experts to explore Goa’s incredible birdlife, with a focus on conservation, photography, bird tourism livelihood, and ornithology. The festival will feature interactive sessions with distinguished experts in the field of bird conservation and related areas. Notable speakers include Dr. Dhananjai Mohan IFS, PCCF, HOFF Uttarakhand, Ornithologist Indrajit Ghorpade, Bird Photographer, Conservationist, Dr. Pronoy Baidya, Scientist, Onithologist, Dr.…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The petitioners claim that the law permits ballot voting, and the High Court of Bombay in Goa has ordered that elections for the Serula Communidade be held in accordance with the law. Dilip Mahambrey and three other petitioners had filed a writ petition, arguing that the law requires ballot voting and contesting the custom of raising hands to cast a ballot. “We requested ballots for the elections without raising our hands because some elderly persons participate and find it challenging…In his address to the media following the court’s decision, the petitioner stated, “Others participate because they are…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The state administration insisted that Karnataka is not currently working on the Kalasa-Bhandura project site to redirect the water from the Mhadei River into the Malaprabha basin. Two years after its inaugural meeting in February 2023, the House Committee on Mhadei of the Goa Legislative Assembly convened on Wednesday. The Committee unanimously decided to request Karnataka’s approval to conduct a ground verification inspection at the Kalasa-Bhandura site. The Committee has made the decision to write to Speaker of the Goa Assembly Ramesh Tawadkar to request permission to speak with its Karnataka counterpart. Subhash Shirodkar, the WRD Minister…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The updated District Survey Report (DSR) would be taken into consideration by the Goa State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) for awarding Environmental Clearances (EC) for twelve sand mining zones. These comprise the Mandovi River’s seven zones and the Zuari River’s five. Before any final conclusions are made, the DSR will be open for public scrutiny for 21 days. For a reexamination and a more comprehensive evaluation of the mining zones in both North and South Goa, the SEIAA returned the application for sand mining in the Zuari and Mandovi rivers to the Directorate of Mines and…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Bhoma-Adcolna village panchayat was instructed by the Bombay High Court in Goa to submit a comprehensive affidavit within the next two weeks concerning the distribution of shops to Scheduled Tribes (ST) communities, while also maintaining the status quo in the allocation of shops in the rebuilt market complex at Bhoma-Adcolna. At its monthly meeting on October 15, 2024, the Bhoma-Adcolna panchayat decided to reserve only five stores for ST communities and held an auction for the remaining stores. The Court determined that this action violated the Directorate of Tribal Welfare’s affidavit. According to the Directorate of…

Team Goemkarponn DABOLIM: Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho emphasized the importance of supporting central government projects, stating that opposing such initiatives only hinders the progress of the state and country. Godinho made these remarks on Wednesday during the launch of work to shift pipelines for the reconstruction of the railway overbridge connecting New Vaddem to the four-lane highway at Shantinagar. Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar and officials from the Railways were also present. “This project is essential due to the congestion on the current narrow bridge, which worsens during peak hours, affecting students and office-goers. We proposed a broader railway overbridge to…

Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: The government is dedicated to giving the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) the extra information it has requested for the designation of Western Ghats Ecologically Sensitive Areas (WGESA), according to Environment Minister Aleixo Sequeira. He affirmed that the state would reply to the MoEF&CC’s recent request for clarification on a number of points in the updated proposal, including which particular regions would not be included in the Ecologically Sensitive regions (ESA) notification. “We want to take as many communities out of the draft ESA notification as possible. We have sent MoEF&CC our demands. We…