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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in its report has said that the Directorate of Mines and Geology failed (DMG) failed to ensure collection of royalty for extraction and sale of sand. “The Directorate of Mines and Geology (DMG) failed to ensure collection of royalty for extraction and sale of sand. This resulted in extraction and sale of sand by 55 permit holders without payment of royalty,” the CAG report states Further, the DMG had no information on quantity of sand extracted by another 144 permit holders. The report further states that audit scrutiny (August…

Goemkarponn Desk GUIRIM: Newly built service road at Gurim near Mapusa caved in posing danger to the commuters passing by. The road was immediately closed for vehicular traffic. The incoming traffic was diverted. As a result of the incident, traffic along the route has been affected. However, a major tragedy was averted. Footage of the collapse has gone viral on social media. A short video has captured the moment that a portion of the road caved in. Traffic in the area was affected by the incident, but luckily, no injuries or accidents were reported. Sources claim that the reason for…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: In line with its commitment of enabling communication across the nation, Indus Towers Limited has installed a new telecom tower in Panaji, Goa. The new telecom tower installed by Indus Towers demonstrates the company’s commitment to providing affordable, high-quality and reliable services for the growing network connectivity needs of India. As part of the Goa Telecom Infrastructure Policy 2020, the state has sanctioned 255 mobile towers to be installed in different parts of the state. Dr Pramod Sawant, Chief Minister of Goa said, “In line with the vision of Digital India of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Goa…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: A 45 years old man from Gaondongrim gone missing from his residence since Thursday morning is found hanging a tree in the village. Canacona police provided the name of the deceased as Keshav Narayan Velip, age 45 yrs r/o ward no.2 Gaondongrim, Canacona. According to police he was missing since yesterday morning and a MPR (Missing Person Report) is already registered. He was found hanging to a tree at 17.30hr in the jungle about 200 m away from the main road proceeding towards Gaunem dam. After panchanama, Canacona police recovered the body and sent it for preservation…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) further observed during joint physical verification with in-charge of 42 test checked schools that 18 Government aided schools were lacking in prescribed infrastructure facilities such as playground, ramp, library and boundary wall. But they continued to function without any intervention by the Deputy Directors in violation of GRTE Rules. On being pointed out, the Deputy Director of North Zone and Central Zone stated (November/December 2020) that the recognition to already established schools is granted from Directorate of Education, Goa and not from the zonal office. Their reply is not…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has slammed educational authorities for Failure to have tracking system in place to check school drop outs, even as 253 students were dropped out from 2015-20. The test check of 42 schools revealed that 253 students from 19 Government and aided elementary schools dropped out during 2015-20. “The reasons for dropout of children as stated by the in-charge of concerned schools were migration of students to other states, not being interested in studies, health and family problems,” the CAG report states The report further states that the SPD, GSS…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Government of India has further extended period of Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal by one-year to submit report of inter-State Mhadei river dispute between Goa and Karnataka, with effect from August 20, 2022. This is the fifth time the Jal Shakti Ministry has extended the term of the Tribunal constituted in 2010 to resolve the Mhadei water sharing dispute between three riparian States – Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra. The Tribunal had requested the Centre to extend the period of submission of its further report for a period of one-year with effect from the August 20, 2021. In…