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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The 14th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM14) and 8th Mission Innovation (MI8) meetings will be held in Goa in July this year, officials said. These meetings will be conducted between July 19 and 22, they said. The theme of these meetings is ‘Advancing Clean Energy Together’, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) said in a release. Scheduled on the margins of the G20 Energy Transitions Ministerial Meeting, these meetings will bring together governments, international organisations, private sector, academia, innovators, civil society, early career researchers and policy-makers featuring high-level ministerial dialogues, global initiative launches, award announcements, minister-CEO roundtables and a…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Goa Forward Party has invited the attention of the government over the pathetic condition of the KTC bus stand. Goa Forward leader Durgadas Kamat wrote to the Chief Secretary of the Goa Government, inviting attention to the pathetic condition of the KTC Bus Stand. The commuters travelling from Ponda KTC Bus have stood crying for the government’s attention for the past year, but sadly, despite this, the authorities have ignored this issue. Kamat demanded immediate and decisive action to rectify this appalling situation. “The renovation of the Kadamba Bus Stand and its pathetic roads must be completed…

Goemkarponn desk CALANGUTE: Calangute MLA Michael Lobo has said that the recent victory of the Congress party in the Karnataka elections will not be a big concern for the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Lobo spoke to reporters after inaugurating the works of hot-mixing of the road from Parra Tower to Nagoa Dream Circle. Besides Lobo, also present were deputy sarpanch Chandu Harmalkar and all the panch members “There is no concern for the BJP in the upcoming parliamentary elections as whatever policy decisions or wrongs have been made by the state government, it has got nothing to…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Finally, after spate of fatal accidents, the Goa government has swung into action and taken remedial action. The Goa government has notified speed limits for 21 different road stretches around Panaji. For all roads in Panaji except DBB Marg the speed limit is 40 Km per hour, on Bhanastari, Siridao and Old & New Mandovi Bridges the speed limit is 40 Km per hour. For the Zuari bridge the limit is 30 Km per hour. Following are the limits: NH4A Divja circle – Old Goa – 40; NH4A Hat Katro Khambo-Banastarim Bridge -40; NH4A Merces circle -…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Goa Foundation said that the new `illegal amendments’ proposed by the chief town planner under the Goa Land Development and Building Construction (Amendment) Regulation 2023 are nothing but the back door entry created to builders and developers by the government to ‘sell’ Goa. Goa Foundation also demanded that the government scrap the amendments immediately in the interest of Goa’s future generations. GF Director Claude Alvares recalled how they had challenged the 16B amendment to the TCP Act, and now because all the 7,000 earlier applications were cancelled, the government has brought in these new amendments. He explained…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party president Deepak Dhavalikar and its MLAs – Sudin Dhavalikar and Jit Arolkar, have slammed the 19 Opposition parties for boycotting New Parliament Building, scheduled on Sunday. “I, the President of MG Party as a member of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), unequivocally condemn the contemptuous decision of 19 political parties to boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building scheduled for Sunday, May 28,” the release states. The party says this act is not merely disrespectful; it is a blatant affront to the democratic ethos and constitutional values of our great nation. “The…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: North Goa District Magistrate has imposed a ban on digging & cutting all types of roads, including National Highways, State Highways, Major District roads, Road-Shoulders, lanes, thoroughfares etc., during the monsoons from 01/06/2023. The Order issued by the DM states it is expedient to impose a ban on digging and cutting all types of roads, including National Highways, State Highways, Major District roads, road shoulders, lanes, thoroughfares etc., during the monsoons as these activities pose an imminent danger and disruption to the life of motorists, pedestrians and the general public; “The adoption of immediate preventive measures is…