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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Today, the Panchayat director withdrew the stop-work order issued to ongoing work on Mopa link road by the local Panchayat. Today, the Directorate passed the final order in the Mopa link road case, which allowed the appeal filed by the contractor. “The contractor during the filing of appeal today said that the said link road project is important to the public. The project is very important to the under-construction Mopa International Airport, without which the aviation project is of no use,” said Panchayat Director Siddhi Harlarnkar She further said that Panchayat does not have the jurisdiction to…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: On Monday, the President of Goa Pradesh Congress Committee Amit Patkar submitted letters to the office of the Speaker of Goa assembly to appoint Calangute MLA Michael Lobo as Leader of Opposition Aldona MLA Carlos Ferreira as Chief Whip. Calangute MLA & LoP Michael Lobo, Aldona MLA & Chief whip Adv. Carlos Ferreira Alvares, Saligao MLA Kedar Naik, Cuncolim MLA & GPCC Working President Yuri Alemao, Senior Vice President of GPCC M K Sheikh, and other office-bearers of GPCC were present on occasion. According to Patkar, in a recently held meeting of the Congress Legislative Party, the…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Over a hundred families from Custom colony Headland Sada have been left high and dry after leaving without water for four days after a main PWD water pipeline burst on Thursday. Locals demand immediate repair work of this line. Right on the start of the summer season, 120 families from the Custom colony of the Headland Sada area have been suffering due to no water supply for the last four days due to the bursting of the main PWD pipeline located near the waste dumping site next to the MPT hospital. When contacted, Sanjay Naik, a resident…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court recently expressed its displeasure with the non-compliance of the state government in implementing the various mandates under the Tree Act. “Have you carried out a census of a single tree?” a division bench of justice M S Sonak and justice R N Laddha asked. In their compliance report, the state had informed that they would carry out a census in Panjim and Margao. The court, however, noted that the provisions of the Trees Act are quite clear that the census is required to be carried out in the entire…

AERIAL VIEW Soon after the order of allotment of portfolios, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant said he would give Zero corruption government in his tenure. Well, Mr Sawant, if corruption was to end, three of your ministers – facing grave corruption charges should not have been in the Cabinet. Trere is a famous Hindi idiom, “‘Sau Chuhe Khaake Billi Haaj Ko Chali’ (After killing/eating 100 mice, the cat goes on a pilgrimage). Well, if the CM has forgotten, we must remind him that the Ventilator scam, COVID19 purchase scam, recruitment scam and Oxygen scam – all by his colleague Vishwajit…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – An upcoming Journalist, Writer and Poet Devidas Gaonkar is selected by the Government of India’s Center for Cultural Resources and Training(CCRT) to conduct research work on Dhillo Festival under the Junior Research Fellowship Scheme(JRFS). A communique to this effect is received by Gaonkar, a Tribal youth belonging to a farming family from Baddem-Khotigao village within the precincts of Khotigao Wildlife Sanctuary of Canacona taluka. Gaonkar is given the fellowship for research work on the Dhillo festival, traditionally celebrated by the tribal community in remote areas of Canacona, Sangem and Quepem talukas of Goa. Devidas Gaonkar, in…

Goemkarponn news PANAJI: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has stated that the work on the Mumbai-Goa highway will be completed within the next year. Gadkari was speaking at the inauguration of three national highway projects worth Rs 131.87 crore in Raigad district and held a ground-breaking ceremony for 42 km of roads worth Rs 430 crore. The work on the Mumbai-Goa highway is underway in eleven phases. He said the initial work was delayed due to land acquisition and obtaining permissions from railways and the forest department. “Mumbai-Goa is the heartbeat of this region. So we…