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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Newly appointed Leader of Opposition Michael Lobo said that the resumption of sustainable mining should be the government’s priority. “Resumption of sustainability is important. Mining will give revenue as well as generate employment. The fat budget presented by the government recently will go flat if mining is not started,” said Lobo speaking to reporters after taking charge. Lobo said that Congress would be the voice of the people of God and shall be aggressive whenever required and that agitations would be taken to a logical end, and the government would be told what to do. He further…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: First step of Commission Free Governance has started from Benaulim Constituency, which will continue in Velim Constituency and will continue in all remaining Constituency all over Goa,” said Venzy Viegas, AAP MLA from Benaulim Constituency. He is the first MLA who has highlighted this issue of Commission, bringing forth many questions to be answered right from Contractors, Departments, Ministers and MLAs. “In departments like PWD, WRD and so on, how many Goan Contractors are there presently? How many were there around 15 years back? Why are our Goan engineers not taking these tenders anymore?” When all these…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Today, the Assistant Solicitor General has informed the High Court that the Western Bench of the National Green Tribunal at Pune will be functional by the end of April. The High Court has adjourned the matter for May 2. “Western Bench of the National Green Tribunal at Pune will functional by the end of April,” said ASG Pravin Faldesai to HC. The High Court has issued notice to the Registrars of the Principal Bench and the Western Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal on a PIL filed by the Goa Foundation for setting up the Western…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The directorate of Panchayat has directed BDO Tiswadi to conduct a site inspection of the alleged illegal bungalow located in the UNESCO protected heritage site at Old Goa. “The Block Development Officer, Tiswadi is hereby directed to conduct site inspection as alleged by the complainant and during site inspection, if any irregularities are/are notice than to submit a report under Section 66(5) of the Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 to Director of Panchayats, Panaji Goa for taking further necessary action in the matter,” states the order. The Vigilance Officer-il, Directorate of Vigilance, has forwarded two copies of…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Anxiety over losing their daily livelihood looms large as PWD (Highway)’s notices to evict around 20 gaddas (stalls) accross the Loliem-Polem panchayat area and some structures in Poinguinim panchayat. The notices issued by PWD (Highway), cite unauthorised occupation on the National Highway Land, asked to clear the unauthorised occupation of National Highway-66 land being an encroachment on Central Government Land within a period of 7 days of the notice. Some of the notices are dated 29-03-2022. PWD (Highway) also threatened to remove the encroachment at the encroacher’s risk and costs without further notices. Besides, the several…

Goemkarponn desk SANVORDEM: Locals of Tony Nagar, Sanvordem, marched to PWD department (water supply) section Curchorem complaining about exorbitant water bills. Locals of Sanvordem recently took procession against the exorbitant water bills to several households. Sarvesh Sawant, a local, said that they had given an application to the PWD department a few days before regarding excessive water bills and quick rectification. “But that did not happen. The due date is the 6th of April, and still, the department has not done anything about it,” he said. Sawant further said that people cannot afford such excessive bills because most families are…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI/ VASCO: Post COVID19 pandemic, the first Board exams began in Goa today with the Standard XIIth students answering their first Paper. Unlike the past two years, the exams, though delayed a bit, seemed to be smooth. There were no strict measures for preventing COVID. Normal procedures of masks, social distancing and sanitisers were used. Students answering 12 th standard final exams seemed excited to answer offline mode examination in their higher secondary schools. Some parents who had come to drop their children off and wish them luck on their final examination said that their children faced issues…