Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Director of Education has asked schools in areas inundated with water due to incessant rains to send the students home after calling their parents. Director Shailesh Zingde also asked students not to worry if they can’t make it to the school due to the rains and thus miss their exams. Students safety is a priority, he asserted.
Goemkarponn desk SATTARI: Heavy rain wreaked havoc in several parts of Sattari taluka including Valpoi town as well as Poriem constituency with a flood-like situation prevailing in many villages. A large number of houses got inundated as the water levels of river Mhadei and other tributaries rose following heavy rains over the past few days. However, luckily no human life was lost. In the early hours of Thursday, it was found that almost half of Velus village near Valpoi was inundated while several other villages were cut off as roads were inundated. Many houses and roads were flooded as heavy…
Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Psychologist Ketaki Parob advised parents not to be overprotective and not to compare their children with others, and instead respect individual differences but as parents share the responsibilities of parenting together. The psychologist, Smt. Ketaki Parob was speaking on the ‘Role of parents in the upbringing of the child’ at a Parents Get-together (Palak Melava) organised by Shradhanand Dnyanprasarak Mandal in the school Shree Shradhanand Vidyalaya premises on Sunday. Earlier, SDM Vice-Chairman Dr. Santosh Vernekar welcomed followed by the lighting of the traditional lamp. Dr Sumod Khedekar briefed the audience on ‘Paediatric Ayurveda’, while Adv. Akshata Puranik…
Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: In order to ensure punctuality and reduce absenteeism, the State government is implementing a policy of both rewards and penalties for employees working in panchayats throughout the State. While pledging to grant these employees access to VII Pay Commission pay scales in the near future, the system also includes a facial recognition attendance system that is centrally monitored. In response to a discussion on the department’s funding requests, Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho stated that all of the State’s panchayats will have an AI-based facial recognition system installed within the next six months. He claimed that the job…
Goemkapronn desk VASCO: Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar said on Wednesday that the Government must immediately take steps towards the maintenance of the Municipal market complex. Speaking to the media on Wednesday, Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar said that the municipal market was a very old building and needed urgent maintenance work. “I have raised the issue in the assembly on Tuesday because the safety of the people is of paramount importance. The building is old and there is a wear and tear factor that affects it, with some people claiming that pieces of concrete and plastering have been falling. We have…
Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Health Minister Vishwajit Rane today assured the House that the government conduct a study on rising cases of Kidney ailments in Canacona. Rane assured that a team from the central government will visit Canacona and conduct a study in August. Opposition MLAs and the Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly raised the issue of long-standing kidney ailments and treatment failures faced by the people of Canacona to which the Health Minister assured to take short-term and long-term steps in fact-finding and facilitating treatment. Goa Forward Party (GFP) MLA Vijai Sardesai said that in 442 Canconcars have CKD.…
Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Health Minister Vishwajit Rane today admitted that there is a shortage of Doctors and allied staff in Goa while stating the urgent need for tweaking the policy to overcome the shortage. Ruling and Opposition MLAs requested the strengthening of Community Health Centers (CHCs) across Goa. “I agree on the fact that doctors, nurses and other staff are deficient; will fill up the positions on a contractual basis after cabinet approval, We are not getting doctors in Goa, hence there’s a need to bring them from other states,” said Vishwajit. Rane also Goa is the only state where…
