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Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Traffic Cell Vasco to crack a whip on the rent a cab, bikes, scooters parked in the parking space for the ordinary people to park. City Councillor assured to take up this issue in the Mormugao municipal council meeting. People from Port town are fed up with searching a parking place for their two-wheelers and four-wheelers when the rent bike operators choose to occupy the entire parking area stretch to park their business bikes, thereby depriving the common people of parking. Paras, a visitor desperately searching for space to park his bike in the scorching heat on…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Environment Minister Nilesh Cabral today informed that the National Coastal Zone Management Authority (NCZMA) has in principle, agreed to drop the port limit from the final coastal zone management plan (CZMP) 2011. Cabral also said that as requested by the State, only authorized structures of the government will be shown on the CZMP 2011. Speaking to reporters, Cabral said that NCZMA has granted in-principle approval dropping the port limit and all other structures, except authorized ones from the final CZMP 2011. The minister said that process to finalize the CZMP 2011 has commenced, and within the next…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Fearing the 23 July last year’s flood experience in Monsoon, the locals of Khandepar and Usgao urged WRD, government officials to take lessons from last year and adopt safety measures, including desiltation wherever required in the river basin to prevent flooding of Khandepar, Ganjem river in the forthcoming Monsoon which has caused huge loss of property including collapsed of houses in flood last year. It may be recalled that last year both the tributaries of Mhadei flowing from Sattari, Ponda Taluka created havoc at Ganjem Usgao and Khandepar, Murder, Savoiverem with several houses on Bank of river…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In relaxation to casino industry towards their annual recurring fee, the State cabinet granted nod to allow casino operators to make payments in monthly instalments but with a 10 per cent additional charge. “We have given relaxation to the Casino industry towards their annual recurring fee, we granted nod to allow casino operators to make payment in monthly instalment but with 10 per cent additional charge,” said CM Sawant. Bearing the current financial situation in mind, Goa’s Home Department has issued a notification allowing the casinos to pay annual recurring fees for the financial year 2020-2021 on…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today informed that the cabinet has accorded approval to GST compensation to the film” The Kashmir Files”. “Today we have accorded cabinet approval to GST compensation to the film” The Kashmir Files”,” said CM Sawant. CM had backed the recently released Hindi film “The Kashmir Files” and said it would be made tax-free in the coastal state. A few days back, in a Twitter post, Sawant had said, “The gripping tale of pain, struggle, suffering of Kashmiri Hindus need to be understood by everyone so that we ensure such a history is not…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant led cabinet has granted approval to the appointment of independent staff for lifetime cabinet minister Pratapsingh Rane “Cabinet has approved the appointment of Independent Staff for Lifetime Cabinet Minister Pratap Singh Rane,” said CM Sawant. He further said that Pratapsingh Rane will be getting all the benefits of the cabinet post. Chief Minister, however, refused to comment on the petition filed by Adv Aires Rodrigues, challenging the constitutional validity of the notification bestowing lifetime cabinet status on former chief minister Pratapsingh Rane. “Our government has decided to grant lifelong Cabinet status to the…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: GOACAN coordinator Roland Martins has expressed concern about the present condition of the KTC Bus Stand Ponda, wherein the entire seating area has been barricaded, kiosks shut, and the work for repairs yet to start, thereby putting consumers of public transport to immense hardship. Keeping in mind the approaching monsoons, GOACAN in a letter to the Director of Transport Rajan Satardekar, has pointed out that the Ponda KTC Bus Stand needs an urgent intervention if the situation is to improve and the repairs are to be undertaken on a war footing. It may be noted that after…