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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Marlim, Keri, Nadkem and Yendrem, remote residential areas of Poinguinim and Khotigao villages, are adopted to transform Aspirational villages in Canacona taluka. A campaign program for Transformation of Aspirational Villages Program in Canacona taluka of South Goa District was organised by Canacona Dy. Collector at the fully tribal populated Marlim ward of Poinguinim village to provide various State/Central Schemes to the beneficiaries. Mukta Drishti Foundation organised a free eye checkup cum Cataract Detection Camp, Free Screening of Breast Cancer through Yuvaraj Singh Foundation in collaboration with SBI Foundation along with the other government official representatives of Agriculture,…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that the government is all aspects identifying land for the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Goa, including in the hinterland, without affecting any cultivations. “Government is examining all aspects identifying land including in the hinterland, without affecting any cultivations, as far as possible,” said CM Sawant He further said that suitable land is being identified for setting up of permanent campus of the Indian Institute of Technology Goa. “Having an IIT will definitely help in improving the Standard of Education in the State of Goa by providing a conducive environment for…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Goa Forward Party MLA Vijai Sardesai on Tuesday alleged that the state BJP government is “full of lies”, and is even hiding information even through Legislative Assembly Questions (LAQs). “Answers are not disclosed. Government wants to hide information even through LAQs. This is the temple of democracy. This government has desecrated even the temple of democracy (Assembly). I sought information (of some issues) through the Right to Information Act,” Sardesai said, adding it needs to be “purified”. According to him, the government has failed to give him answers in LAQs over some issues, information of which he…

Goemkapronn desk PORVORIM: Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MLA Jit Arolkar on Tuesday said in the Goa Assembly that people who had lost their land due to the construction of the Manohar International Airport were yet to get an alternate land. The Manohar International Airport, located at Mopa in North Goa district, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month. During a discussion in the Assembly, Arolkar said Dhangar (shepherd) community members were sanctioned 36,000 square metres of land near the airport project, of which only 11,200 square metres was allotted to them. In the remaining area (out of 36,000 square…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: At least 156 kg of drugs worth more than Rs 3.60 crore were seized in Goa in the first eight months of the current financial year and the state government has stepped up efforts to curb the menace of substance abuse, Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai said in the legislative Assembly on Monday. The Governor, addressing the Assembly on the first day of its winter session, said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government is committed to ensure security of not only its citizens but also tourists, who arrive in the state in large numbers every year. “My…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Calangute MLA Michael Lobo today demanded that Berger Becket coating Pvt Ltd at Pilerne industrial estate be shifted elsewhere as it posed a danger to houses located within 70 meters of the unit. Calangute MLA Michael Lobo was speaking during the Calling attention put forth by him and Vasco MLA Daji Salkar. Lobo said that the paint factory which caught fire at the Pilerne Industrial Estate was hazardous and demanded its relocation, even as panchayat members of Candolim and Pilerne met Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and made a similar demand. Lobo said that there is fear and…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: A public meeting of like-minded people and organisations on Monday passed a resolution that the Central water tribunal must withdraw the approval given to the Karnataka government’s detailed project report for the construction of dams on Mahadayi river. Environmentalists, including secretary of Mahadayi Bachao Abhiyan Rajendra Kerkar and political leaders such as the Goa Forward Party’s Vijai Sardesai and Trinamool Congress Party’s Kirti Azad addressed the public meeting held at Sankhalim, the constituency of Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. As per the resolution, the Goa government should not fall short in its efforts to save Mahadayi and should…