AERIAL VIEW A fractured mandate means compromises, horse-trading, defections, and so on. We have all seen what happened since 2017. What Goa needs today is a mandate for a single party. Forget 2017; we saw the number of toppling attempts on the Digambar Kamat government from 2007 to 2012. Despite the toppling bids Digambar managed to complete his five-year term, but that term was full of compromises as Digambar allowed his alliance partners and Cabinet colleagues whatever they wanted to save his chair. SURAJ NANDREKAR Editor, Goemkrponn The Goa Congres, which is billed to be the single largest…
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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Reviving their demands to scrap the Major Port Authority -2021 Bill (MPA-2021), Environmentalists held an awareness meet at Palolem on Port Limits Wednesday and stated a representation would be submitted to the government to scrap the anti-people Central bill. The MPA Bill 2021, when implemented, will be a draconian law, given to authority, an autonomous body which neither the Central or State Governments will have control of it, and sole owners will be the Board of Directors handpicked by MPA owners, including Adhani (having around 60% stake in Ports), Jindal and Vedanta.’, Olencio Simoes informed. Simoes reminded…
Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Nearly 400 coastal residents from Palolem, Rajbhag-Tarir, and Talpona of coastal Canacona left for Panaji early Friday morning to submit the memorandum to the GCZMA. Canacona residents are protesting against the newly passed MPA Act-2021, which will not only kill the tourism industry but will also take away the livelihoods of Fishermen and Toddy-tappers and displace and evacuate the traditional coastal residents. The fish markets of Canacona were virtually deserted on Friday as neither fish vehicles nor fisher-women came to the needs. Most of the fisherfolks and people running tourism businesses and living within 200 meters from…
Goemkarponn Desk CALANGUTE: Acting on a complaint, the Calangute Police have raided Rudolf Fernandes’s premises for allegedly running a slaughterhouse at his residential premises. The information against the same was brought to the notice of DSPCA North Goa that one Rudolf Fernandes has been running a slaughterhouse at his premises near Near Boa Viagem Chapel Mottant, Gaura Vaddo, Calangute, Goa and was later comminicatedCalangute Police Station in whose jurisdiction the said premises lie. Subsequently, on March 3, at about 10.30 am, the undersigned and the Police team from Calangute Police Station and Govt Veterinary Officer, Calangute Dispensary, went where the…
Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Another fire incident was reported at Sonsoddo today as the garbage dumped inside the waste treatment plant was engulfed in flames. Several fire tenders had been called at the spot to douse the fire. As per reports, the incident took place due to a short circuit in the high tension fire, which lies just above the garbage dump on the adjacent pole. “We are trying to douse the fire at the upper level itself; additional fire tenders have been called in from the neighboring areas. Also, the problem is that there is a lot od dry grass,…
Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Dabolim International airport director claims that the Ukraine-Russia conflict doesn’t affect the passengers coming from Russia to Goa and Goan tourism. The passengers usually are traveling, and all slots allotted to Russia are being utilized. Domestic tourism in Goa has improved a lot post-pandemic. Gagan Malik, Director of International Airport Dabolim, said we are moving towards normalcy. There is no decrease in the number of passengers coming from abroad, nor a reduction in the number of passengers going abroad. The movement of the Russian passengers is steady, and there is no effect on this air traffic movement…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Days after the Karnataka Government ordered the implementation of a hydropower project using water from the disputed Mahadayi river basin, the Goa Government has raised its concern before the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti The Chief Minister, Dr. Pramod Sawant, expressed confidence that the Centre will not grant Karnataka’s internal project. According to an order issued in February 2022, the Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government has approved the Karnataka Power Corporation Limited to implement the Mahadayi Hydro Power Project, as per the final verdict of the Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal. Sawant said that the government had…