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Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Power Minister Sudin Dhavlikar said that his first dream is to make every Goans happy with his work to improve power supply, and thereafter he will see that no industries in Goa would shut down due to a shortage of power supply. In fact, he said, he will take care that more industries come to Goa. He admitted that there are power fluctuations in Goa, but then he likes to work on it and bring changes. He said we need to understand why there are power breakdowns and fluctuations. “Some of the reasons include increased load on…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: After clearing footpath vendors at the roadside at Ponda Market in April this year, finally, PMC took the initiative to provide parking spaces for bikes and four-wheelers at the roadside at Ponda Market. It was a long pending demand of vendors and customers visiting the market for shopping. Today workers were engaged in painting parking areas for four-wheelers at the roadside of Ponda Market. Pondaitees Welcomed the parking facility. Even Market shed vendors earlier had gheraoed PMC officials to clear footpath vendors who were eating their business. The roads in front of the market complex and vegetable…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Anjuna Panchayat has issued a notice to Bollywood Singer Mika Singh asking him to stop the construction of his villa while alleging that the construction has been in violation of CRZ. As per authorities, the said construction is done without obtaining conversion sanad, which is applicable under the Goa Land Revenue Code 1968. “The said construction is totally illegal and is also being carried out without obtaining necessary license/ permission from the village Panchayat of Anjuna Caisua and other concerned authorities in terms of the Goa Panchayat Raj Act 1994 and other laws in force,” the notice…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa is the First State to have banks in all the Villages, asserted Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant. Highlighting the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana by the Government of India, he urged the bankers to take the initiative to guide the people w.r.t the subsidies, various policies and schemes as many people are unaware of these schemes to derive benefits in starting businesses, housing etc. Speaking at an inaugural function of the Credit Outreach Programme organised by SBI at IMB today, he outlined the need to increase scheme coverage like Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP). The scheme…

* Expert Committee recommends allowing pediatric doctors to vaccinate children from their private clinics * No need to panic; follow covid protocol: Expert Committee Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: To speed up the vaccination drive, the Expert Committee on covid management has recommended allowing private pediatric doctors to commence the vaccination drive in their clinics. The Health Minister Vishwajit Rane today chaired the Expert Committee meeting, given the rising COVID-19 cases in the state over the past couple of days. “State government is looking to grant permissions to paediatric doctors to participate in vaccination drive in private clinics. The expert committee has…

Goemkarponn desk Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said that flights will start landing at Mopa airport from September 1. The inauguration date, however, is yet to be decided. Sawant, speaking while giving appointments to 21 candidates in harness cases, said that the Greenfield Mopa airport will give much scope to the youth of Goa to work in the aviation sector. “We will decide on inaugurating this airport between August 15 to 30. In the next six months, 500 candidates will be recruited here. In allied services, it will require more than one thousand staff, within six months, once the…

AERIAL VIEW In the last month, we have witnessed murders, kidnapping, tourists being looted by illegal dance clubs, massage parlour owners, the rape of British tourists and so on. Why is this happening, and why are the government and Goa police unable to control such a situation, tarnishing Goa’s reputation worldwide? We have blamed the police and the government in our past articles for collecting haftas from these dubious joints, but is our duty only to criticise the government as citizens of the State? Do we not have any responsibility? We know in most of the crimes, it is the…