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Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: Goa College of Engineering students should come up with a project based on solar energy as it is the need of the hour, and the State government will definitely support them, said Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy Shri Ramkrishna alias Sudhin Dhavalikar. He was speaking after launching Remote Controller for Sectionalizer on an 11kv distribution feeder, designed & developed by the Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering at Goa College of Engineering in association with the Goa Electricity Department at Mantralaya, Porvorim. Shri Dhavalikar congratulated students of Goa Engineering College for designing Remote Controller…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: To cater the water for irrigation purposes, Goa government has decided to construct 100 ‘Bandharas’ (check dams) by May 2024. Speaking to reporters, Water Resource Minister Subhash Shirodkar said that his department takes care that farmers get water through these bandharas. “My department deals with storage. Hence we intend to construct small bandharas particularly for irrigation purposes across the state. As of now work on 20 bandharas is started and we have set a target to construct around 100 bandharas (including 20) by May 2024,” Shirodkar said. He said that water storage in all dams of the…

Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: FC Goa have signed Carlos Martinez as their new foreign striker for the upcoming 2023-24 season, the Indian Super League (ISL) club confirmed on Friday. Martinez is the seventh new addition to the Gaurs’ squad this summer, following the arrivals of Rowllin Borges, Udanta Singh, Sandesh Jhingan, Boris Singh, Raynier Fernandes and Paulo Retre. In a footballing career spanning 18 years across 13 different clubs, the 37-year-old has notched 123 goals and 8 assists from 357 appearances. “I’ve followed FC Goa for a while now, and I’m aware of their achievements in Indian football. To be one…

Goemkapronn desk Panaji: Goa Football Development Council (GFDC) congratulates its former trainee Nathan Rodrigues for recently joining Indian Super League (ISL) side Mumbai City FC. The 19-year-old hails from Arambol and had trained at the GFDC centre in the village. Nathan is a product of the Reliance Foundation Young Champs. GFDC Chairman Brahmanand Shankhwalkar expressed happiness over Nathan’s signing for the Mumbai club. “It is indeed a proud moment for GFDC. Nathan is a well-developed footballer, and I wish him all the best for his innings with Mumbai City FC. We hope to see his meteoric rise in Indian football.…

Councillor Fredrick Henriques requests people to co-operate by not throwing garbage on roadsides Goemkapronn desk VASCO: Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar has set the ball rolling for clearing major dark spots across the constituency Launching works to beautify the dark spot at the Mangor Junction, Salkar said that beautification would occur at the dark spot sites to refrain people from dumping garbage at collection points or roadsides. “We contacted councillors and decided to clear some dark spots in and around the city and its suburbs. We have already removed many dark spots, but many more places need to be cleared. Major…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Goa said that they would not run in the election for the state’s lone Rajya Sabha seat. On July 24, a vote would be taken to fill the Upper House position. According to Amit Palekar, the president of AAP Goa, his party would only run in the election if they had the necessary mandate. He declared that the party would not run a candidate or participate in the electoral process. “We don’t want to squander the Assembly’s valuable time. That is not acceptable to us,” Palekar remarked. The election would occur during…

Residents say people have already rejected any development on the Bhagwati plateau; Gramsabha Resolution still holds!! Goemkapronn desk CANACONA: Opposition is slowly and definitely growing over the reported moves to bring back the IIT-Goa campus or development/commercialization by concretizing the eco-sensitive Bhagwati plateau in Loliem village of Canacona. Reacting sharply to the Social Welfare Minister Subhash Phaldessai’s statements from the fragile terrain of Bhagwati plateau on Sunday against the villagers who forced the government to shift IIT out of the taluka a few years ago, villagers are waiting for the right opportunity to strike back at the government. “Some people’s…