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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Today, Power Minister Sudin Dhavalikar said that there is no load shedding current in the State. Dhavalikar said that action will be initiated against those spreading rumours about load shedding. “Let me make it clear there is no load shedding in the state; all these are rumours; some people are spreading such false messages,” said Sudin. He further said that people should SMS him or report any such false messages on load shedding, and action will be initiated. Goa is the only state where there is no power supply load-shedding. “Even in the neighbouring States of Goa,…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Mormugao Municipal Council rolls up its sleeves to discourage the illegal encroachments done by the vegetable vendors in the Vasco vegetable market. The Chairperson of MMC warned vendors of imposing heavy penalties if they found encroachments on the roads next time. Things have started to speed up a bit in the MMC after the recent resignation issue of the sitting chairperson. On Thursday, Damodar Kaskar, chairperson of MMC, along with the market management committee consisting of councillor Damodar Naik, Mathias(Moti) Monteiro and Dilip Borkar, undertook the anti-encroachment drive in the vegetable market of Vasco. During the drive,…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: The existing Chairperson of Mormugao Municipal Council, Damodar Kaskar, will continue to hold his position after news reports claimed that Kaskar was likely to resign as an MMC Chairperson. Speaking to Goemkarponn, MMC chairperson Damodar Kaskar said that he was supposed to submit his resignation from the post of Chairperson of MMC on May 31. But tentatively, the BJP party has decided to keep Kaskar as a Chairperson of MMC for some more time. It may be recalled that on May 31, Kaskar’s one year tenure as a Chairperson got over according to the mutual understanding of…

Goemakrponn desk PONDA: Desilting work on Ponda main nullah began today from Mestawada Curti. On occasion, Ponda Municipal Council ( PMC) Chairperson Ritesh Naik, Councillors and Curti Khandepar Panchayat Panchmembers, and WRD officials were present. Speaking on occasion, Chairperson Ritesh Naik said the nullah work would be done by costing around 11.75 lakhs. The job would be done in three stages before the monsoon. The result would be completed within a week from Mestawada Curti to Ganaganath Varkhandem, Ponda to Kapileshwarim and Kapileshwarim to Patto Kavlem near Shantadurga Temple. It may be recalled that fearing flood in monsoon due to…

Goemakrponn desk PONDA: Realising that their barren land would not bear fruits or crops, the family of Dr Raju Prabu and Ashok Prabu at Usgao decided to produce 6 Megawatt Solar panel energy at their 25 acre barren and rocky land located at Marwa Sada Usgao and this regard they also sent their proposal to the government and also obtained many of the necessary permission for the project. Goa has the gift of an abundance of natural energy from the Sun, and instead of wasting it, its best use can be made in generating solar panel energy. Their effort could…

Goemkarponn desk Panjim, June 2022: Startup India, Government of India has selected the AIC-GIM Foundation to disburse Seed Funds to Startups. AIC-GIM Foundation will disburse approx Rs 5 crores to about 16 certified Startups. AIC GIM will disburse up toRs 20 Lakhs as Grant or up toRs 50 Lakhs through Debt instruments to each Startup. Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeITY) Startup Hub, Government of India, has selected AIC-GIM as the Implementation partner for SAMRIDH, MEITY flagship scheme to support & accelerate Startups. MeITY’s SAMRIDH Scheme aims to scale 300 Indian startups. Under SAMRIDH, AIC-GIM Foundation will select 8…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: Anjuna Police have arrested one Mr Desmond Alvares, age 62 yrs R/o Assagao, Bardez Goa, for attempting to murder one Mr Aslam Merchant, age 40 yrs R/o Ozran Vagator. As per SDPO Mapusa, Jivba Dalvi, on 30/05/2022 at around 03:30 pm accused person assaulted the complainant, Mr Merchant, with a lotta causing bleeding injuries on the head and leg over the issue of plucking flowers. Anjuna Police Inspector Prashal Dessai and PSI Tejaskumar Naik have arrested the accused person and obtained 03 days police remand. Further investigation is in progress under the supervision of SDPO Mapusa Jivba…