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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…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The explosive revelation caused a daylong uproar, and Director General of Police Jaspal Singh eventually spoke out, saying the accusations against him are unfounded. “The accusations made against me are absurd, fabricated, and without merit. In response to a query regarding why an SP was required to make a statement regarding the accusations made against the State’s police chief, the DGP stated, “If this were an officially shared document, I would certainly respond but I cannot react to speculative allegations that do not warrant a reaction from the highest authority.” In response to a further accusation made…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: An UP native living in Siolim was taken into custody by the Goa police Cybercrime Cell for deceiving a Goan victim into sending Rs 45 lakh in fraudulent money transfers in April of this year. Vivek Gautam, the accused, convinced the victim that his documents had been used in illicit money transactions by pretending to be a TRAI official and coercing the victim into transferring the money. A 24-year-old local man who works as a bouncer in Siolim, Nikil Mane, has also been charged for enabling Gautam to use his account for the fraudulent transaction and assisting…

Goemkarponn Desk FATORDA: Finally, in the Fatorda neighborhood of the commercial center, unauthorized and illegal business establishments will be subject to a crackdown. Because the High Court of Bombay issued orders in the Writ Petition No. 148 of 1997 against unauthorized and illegal business establishments, including encroachments on the footpaths in Fatorda, the South Goa District Magistrate Asvin Chandru has invoked those directives. To ensure that the court’s orders are followed and to prevent any contempt, the District Magistrate has actually ordered the authorities to shut down any such establishments and activities right away. The district magistrate also gave the…

Goemkarponn Desk REIS MAGOS: In Reis Magos, a scooter rider lost his life after being struck by a tour bus close to Canara Bank. According to Porvorim police, Sadanand K. Surlikar (61), of Betim, was riding his scooter towards Reis Magos when a tourist bus from Candolim knocked him down as he was making a right turn close to the Canara bank. Surlikar was taken to the Goa Medical College Hospital in Bambolim for treatment after suffering severe head injuries. However, the on-call doctors pronounced him dead at the scene. Ratnakar Naik, a 47-year-old bus driver from Quepem, was later…

Goemkarponn Desk FATORDA: Goa Forward Party Vijai Sardesai charged that he was being held implicated by the ruling government over the demolition of the Assagao house. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant was tasked by Sardesai with looking into the possible relationship between a “Sharma” who was involved in the 2012 purchase of Curtorim property and another “Sharma” who was connected to the recent Assagao incident. Speaking to the media, Sardesai recommended that the Chief Minister look into the issue in great detail and submit a report at the next Assembly meeting. He emphasized the need for openness and insisted that the…