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Shopowners, and locals demand urgent repairs Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The shopowners, including a fair price shop operating at Ponda Market Complex, have complained about the complex roof in the rain and have demanded immediate repairs. Councillor Shivanand Sawant said there is badly need to conduct repair work. He said locals are inconvenienced due to a fault in the gutter roof, which is leaking. He urged the chairperson to immediately look into the matter. Former Chairperson Shantaram Colvekar said the priority should be given to work in places where public visits for their work. According to Viraj Sapre, the leaking market…

We will strongly present our side in SC, says CM Sawant Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Supreme Court has directed Goa Government to produce the order of the State Chief Wildlife Warden that has restricted Karnataka from going ahead with any construction activities along the Mhadei River without its permission under Section 29 of the Wildlife Protection Act. The Supreme Court bench comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice MM Sundresh today admitted the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by the Goa government to restrain Karnataka from going ahead with the Kalasa-bhandura drinking water project by diverting waters of River Mhadei. Advocate…

CM inaugurates Paikul bridge, says the bridge was completed in a record time of 9 months Goemkarponn desk SATTARI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that the Opposition is trying to create confusion and division between him and Minister Vishwajit Rane. CM Sawant was addressing the gathering after inaugurating the newly constructed Paikul bridge in Sattari. “Opposition is trying to create confusion and division between us. There are no differences between us; we are working for the development of the state under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi,’ said Sawant. Sawant said that the Goa Government has delivered another promise…

Mantri Subhash Phaldessai visits Bhagwati Plateau; Hints land can be utilized for IIT, Film City or some Hinterland tourism project. Goemkaponn desk CANACONA: Stating the Government is exploring all the idle lands to put them in fruitful use, Minister for Social Welfare Subhash Phaldessai the Phaldessai, during his visit to the Bhagwati Plateau on Sunday, along with some Loliem /Canacona residents and spoke to the media briefly about the purpose of his visit, said, “Government has decided to utilize the idle lying lands in the State, and it is for that purpose that authorities expert in the fields, have been…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: A delegation of the Biodiversity Council from Ladakh visited Canacona on Saturday. The delegation visited the important sites and discussed the functioning of various Biodiversity Management Councils (BMC) in Canacona. State Awardee BMC Shristhal, led by Chairman Vinay Tubki, took the delegation. On a tour to visit Chapoli Dam, Nagar-Van, Jermal Tree at Shristhal and the ancient and oldest temple of Shri Mallikarjun at Shristhal, held and toured various Shristhal Biodiversity Management Committee on Saturday and discussed the functioning of BMC and visited various places. The delegation earlier visited Agonda Panchayat areas, including a ‘Davarne’ at Mudkud…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Gomantak Bhandari Samaj, Central Executive Committee organized a special felicitation program at Pragati Sankul, Cricketer Shubham Naik community hall, Mapusa, to felicitate all the Bhandari community students who have passed with flying colours in std X, XII, Graduation, post-Graduation other vocational fields during the curricular year 2022-23 along with Eminent Bhandari Community persons who have excelled in various field and made the Bhandari Community and Nation Proud. The most prominent was Gitanjali Nagvenkar, who made the nation proud by winning Gold Medal in 800mts. Running athletic event at 2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games held in Berlin…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Forest Minister Vishwajit Rane, the state government is preparing to create “waterfall circuits” in the forest by taking the help of local people. “In the forest region of the coastal state, where many visitors from neighbouring states travel to explore the hinterland, there are many monsoon-induced waterfalls, and the government has decided to set up “waterfall circuits” given the popularity of these waterfalls,” Rane said. He further said that the Forest Department, in collaboration with Goa Forest Development Corporation Ltd (GFDC), is planning to develop waterfall circuits in the forest areas with local people’s involvement to increase…