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Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Locals in Ponda were shocked over four minors escaping from Matruchaya Talavalim Ponda. With no clues as to how these minors went missing, locals are worried and expressed concern over security issues as neither any Panchayat nor municipality have CCTVs for surveillance. The CCTVs do not prevent crime but help to investigate post-crime based on the footage. However, the local bodies failed to install the such system. The four minor boys below eighteen years of age who were sent from Apna Ghar Merces to Matruchaya Asram in Ponda learnt to be missing the very next day early…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Police have written to the Tourism Department to cancel the licences of two resorts in North Goa, citing a lack of adherence to safety protocols. In a letter to the tourism department, police stated that in one of the recent cases, the resort did not have a CCTV installed, and no security guard was deployed on the premises. “The verification of the accused employee had not been conducted. The resorts had violated safety norms and put the safety of tourists at risk,” said a police officer. Nidhin Valsan, SP North, said that the police have written…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The state government today has notified an increase in Infrastructure Tax for residential, commercial, industrial and other types of buildings. As per the notification, the Residential building or structure having a built-up area which ar-measures 101 sq. mts. or above will fall under the new bracket. The notification states that category A for the Coastal Panchayat area and five major towns, namely, Panaji, Mapusa, Ponda, Mormugao and Margao, infrastructure tax has been increased from Rs 200 to Rs 350 For Category B Other Municipal towns, Census towns, and Village Panchayats adjoining or contiguous to the major towns…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar on Wednesday urged children and youths to read literature books and adopt creative writings to start honing their skill. Canacona MLA Ramesh Tawadkar was speaking after releasing a Marathi collection of poems named as ‘Saee’ penned by noted lyricist Sanjay Borkar. The program was held in Porvorim. President of Gomantak Marathi Bhasha Parishad Dr. Madhu Godkirekar, Publisher Abhay Naik, Maschindra Shirodkar and others were present on the occasion. He said that books not only show the correct path of life, but also help to add happiness in life. “We should read…

Goemkapronn desk CANACONA: Don’t be mistaken to drive or ride on the other side of the road whenever you see the Bollard Barriers or the Spring Post-Barriers while riding on Canacona roads. You could easily land down in a rivulet below! PWD (NH) engineers have placed The Spring Post-Barriers with reflective tapes normally used as Road-Dividers to give road safety directions on the side of Gulem bridge on NH-66 road in place of the broken bridge railings. The Gulem bridge on NH66 near Hotel Sudarshan has its side railings on either side of the culvert bridge broken and destroyed, now…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday termed Goa’s Agricultural Land Bill as a “historic” legislation, and congratulated the Pramod Sawant-led state government for passing it. The Goa Restriction on Transfer of Agricultural Land Bill 2023 was passed in the recent budget session of the state Assembly. Talking to reporters, BJP’s state unit spokesperson Giriraj Vernekar said, “We congratulate the government on passing this bill. The bill ensures protection of Goa’s paddy fields by imposing restrictions on the transfer of certain agricultural lands in the state so as to preserve and protect the land which is…

Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: A farmers’ association plans a state-wide campaign against the Goa Restriction on Transfer of Agricultural Land Bill that was passed last week amid protests and to petition governor P S Sreedharan Pillai against granting assent to it, saying the legislation will sound a death knell for the state. The bill in theory seeks to prohibit the transfer of agricultural land “by way of sale, gift, exchange, lease or by any other mode” to non-agriculturists. But activists and cultivators pointed to exceptions in the bill and insisted they undo the protections that ensured that agricultural land remained with…