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Goemkarponn Desk MORMUGAO: After a 28-year break, the Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) has resumed its Geographical Information Survey (GIS) Mapping project, becoming the first council in South Goa to take on such a significant undertaking. MMC Chairperson Girish Borker convened a meeting on Friday to discuss the project with representatives from GSUDA, MMC council members, and Chief Officer Deepesh Priolkar. Savio D’Souza from GSUDA emphasized the significance of the effort in a later interview with media representatives. “A correct assessment of property taxes depends on this. There is revenue leakage because the majority of constructions have not been reported. Everything…

USA: Lionel Messi will miss Argentina’s final Copa America group game against Peru after complaining of muscle tightness, team officials said on Friday. Assistant coach Walter Samuel told a press conference that the Inter Miami superstar was “day-by-day” following an injury to his right adductor muscle. “Leo had a problem in the last game, he won’t be there for this game,” Samuel said. “We are going to go day-by-day waiting for its evolution.” Messi hurt his leg in Argentina’s 1-0 victory over Chile on Tuesday that clinched a quarterfinal berth for the defending champions. The Argentina superstar received treatment on…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Social activists revealed that within two days of submitting the application, Pooja Sharma was granted the mutation of the land in Survey no. 135/1-A in Assagao, where the Agarwadekar family’s house was partially demolished. Additionally, activists have asked the Assagao panchayat to cut off the water and power connections and to refuse to approve the construction of a house on the land. Activist Rama Kanconkar briefed media, stating that on August 8, 2023, Sharma submitted an application for the property’s mutation, and on August 9, 2023, the procedure was finished. Xencor Polgi and Mariano Ferrao, two activists,…

WEST INDIES: A stickler when it comes to keeping time, Rahul Dravid was once unusually late to a reading session at a bookstore in Bengaluru. But Dravid settled in the back row with other invitees for the entire duration of the event without any fuss. He politely declined the organisers’ request to move up the row. Dravid never really wished for the front seat or the glare of the world. It’s just not his zone. But on Saturday, irrespective of the outcome, the India head coach will have to stand in full view of the cricketing world when his side…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Minister Mauvin Godinho has urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for adequate funds to make the St Francis Xavier’s Exposition a world class international event. Godinho met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharam for a courtesy call. “Looking ahead, we discussed the upcoming exposition of Saint Francis Xavier in Goa, emphasizing the need for adequate funds to make it a world-class international event,” said Godinho Additionally, we addressed the growing frustration among the youth due to unemployment. Innovative solutions and out-of-the-box thinking are essential. “I am confident in her ability to continue making impactful strides in this area under the…

Goemkarponn Desk MAPUSA: The North Goa Planning and Authority (NGPDA) has given additional time till July 25 for stakeholders to provide feedback and objections about the draft Downtown Mapusa (Phase I) plan. A notification to this effect was issued today by Town & Country Planning Dept today. The objections are to be addressed in writing to the Member Secretary, North Goa Planning and Development Authority, St. Inez, Panaji. TCP has also approved change in RGP 2021 using provisions under section 17(2) of the TCP Act to rectify ‘inadvertent’ errors in specified zones of 9 plots. 7 of the approvals at…

Goemkarponn Desk MERCES: Officials went to Bamon Bhat in Merces after locals reported that they could still smell the strong stench of chlorine gas. Officials from a private chemical manufacturing company, the St Cruz MLA Rudolf Fernandes, and the Merces panchayat, the Goa State Pollution Control Board, and a fire brigade also arrived at the scene. Actually, the officials from the chemical manufacturing company brought their apparatus for measuring the parts per million (PPM) of chlorine gas, which is still odorous in and around the scrapyard where the gas leak was discovered early on Thursday. Leading fireman Amit Revonkar later…