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Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA – The stability test is finally conducted on five old buildings including one Municipal owned building identified for their unsafe and hazardous nature in Canacona Municipal area. Canacona municipality has sought a Stability report from the Goa College of Engineering, Farmagudi on the five old buildings including one of its own old municipal buildings in their jurisdiction. A Team of Experts of Goa College of Engineering in Fermaguri conducted the Stability tests on all the five old buildings, four of which are privately owned, and even businesses/trades continue to be conducted there. The experts tested a total…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA – An illegal construction in a private land at Loliem village is demolished on Thursday. According to sources, under the order and direction District Collector(South), Mamladar Prataprao Naik Gaonkar, holding additional charge of Canacona Mamlatdar carried out the demolition of an illegal construction which came up in a private land in Loliem. Land owner Prasanna Acharya, Circle Inspector Rohidas Gaonkar, Sub-Inspector Suhas Velip, and staff of various other departments were present, where a JCB was pressed into service to demolished the illegal construction, sources informed.

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA – Stating hundred years old Canacona’s Centro Promotor de Instrucao (CPI) has done the work of showing the way to other institutions in Goa, Dhempe College, Principal Dr. Manoj Kamat, said this institution has not only produced students but have also won their hearts as well. Speaking further as a keynote speaker at the final day of the closing ceremony of the Centenary Celebrations of CPI, Char-Rasta, Canacona Dr. Kamat said, while the students passed out from CPI has excelled world over, and achieved great excellence , many of these students have attended the different programs of…

The ICG spokesperson said the cruise liner raised an alert at 3:20pm seeking medical assistance for a passenger with a heart related ailment on board. Goemkarponn desk Panaji: The Coast Guard on Thursday successfully evacuated an Indian passenger from the Italian-flagged cruise liner Costa Serena approximately 80 nautical miles off the coast of Goa, an official said. The ICG spokesperson said the cruise liner raised an alert at 3:20pm seeking medical assistance for a passenger with a heart related ailment on board. “Recognizing the urgency of the situation, the ICG Maritime Rescue Sub Coordination Centre (MRSC) at Goa promptly launched…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: The Congress party in Goa has leveled serious allegations against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, claiming that a crackdown on illegal sand mining in Nhaybag-Pedne was abruptly halted at the behest of a senior BJP leader. At a press conference, GPCC spokesperson Sunil Kauthankar called this a blatant disregard for a High Court order and demanded suo moto cognizance by the court. “Illegal sand mining has been a persistent problem in Goa since 2012. Despite repeated assurances from the BJP government to legalize the trade, no concrete action has been taken,” he said. Kauthankar criticized the…

AERIAL VIEW So overall, in last eleven years Goa has lost a total revenue of almost Rs 30000 cr till now and who is suffering is not the government or politiciains, it is the mining dependents who had invested heavily in mining machinaries and vehicles. After Parrikar’s decision in 2012, the then Congress minister at the Centre for environment and forests, Jayanthi Natarajan cancelled all environment clearances granted to the 90-odd mining leases. Further to make matters worse, Supreme Courtalso imposed a ban on mining, following a petition. The mining sector resumed once again in 2014 with a 20 million…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Sunburn Organiser today has submitted before the High Court of Bombay at Goa that it has already deposited Rs 2.43 crore DD to Administrator of Communidades today. The advocate representing the Sunburn organsisers said that the amount was paid to Administrator of Communidades today at 10.30 am. The advocate also said before the HC that there was a delay because the communidade had not given the organsisers the exact amount of fees to be paid. With this the HC disposed off the petition. The fee was to be paid at the office of the administrator of comunidades,…