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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant said education and IT should be integrated and that in the next 5 years, Goa will develop a good IT culture in State. “Education along with IT should be integrated. The integration will bring an IT culture to the State. In the next 5 years, we will see that good IT culture will develop in the State,” said CM Sawant. He further said that the state government is severe on Information Technology, and the government is looking to promote this industry. “We have already started the process of Har Ghar Fibre; IT…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Water Resource Minister Subhash Shirodkar has announced that his department is contemplating constructing 8 dams along the Mhadei river basin and that the current study is ongoing. He said a site visit would be done after Ganesh Chaturthi. “The two sites at Dharbandora Taluka at Tatodi and Kajumal have no land issues. Only a few lands here belong to the private party. Since the land is owned by the government, there would be no problem constructing dams at this site,” he said. Speaking to the media, Shirodkar has said the development of dams, Tollem, and lakes are…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Work on Ponda 15 MLD  STP commenced in 2016 but now, six years passed there is no sign of completion and inauguration of the plant. For the past two years, there have been only assurances from Sewerage Department officials who declared various dates for the inauguration. Even the former PWD Minister had announced the completion of the Project during his tenure, but there is no Muhurat found yet for commissioning the plant. Every time the officials say 95 per cent of work is completed, It’s Tarikh Pe Tarikh’s announcement by the Sewerage Department in the past…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Save Mollem group has condemned the state government’s dilution of the Goa Tree Preservation Act, including the requirement to carry out a tree census. The public interest litigation (PIL) filed before the high Court by the Living Heritage Foundation, it had stated that for 37 years, the Goa Government had not undertaken a tree census as required by the Act. In the PIL, the Goa government told the HC that tree census work has already begun in all 12 talukas of Goa. “On 8.07.2022, filed an application seeking an extension of one year to complete the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The football-crazy state of Goa has been slowly warming up to futsal, an indoor version of the sport played on a hard court. More than 15 futsal grounds have been developed in the state in a span of fewer than 10 years, and promoters of the sport have termed it as a nursery for football players and initiation into football. Talking to PTI, Futsal Alliance of Goa president Benjamin Silva said they had taken baby steps to promote the sport in 2016 and six years down the line, their efforts have borne fruit. Silva recalled how the…