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Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Ponda Businessmen and Professionals Forum, under the leadership of its President Manoj Gaonkar, held a meeting with The Chief Officer of Ponda Municipality on reducing various taxes, including trade licence. According to Forum members, Ponda Municipal Council has passed a resolution for increasing Trade license fees / Renewal for a commercial establishment, which is exorbitant & uncalled for, considering the current status of the business community who are trying to survive post covid situations. Further, Ponda Municipality has also passed a resolution to increase sanitation fees even for commercial units/ shops that are not in use…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: The footpath opposite the Mormugao municipality building has become a safe haven for the homeless and for the beggars lately. The beautiful footpath which existed a few years ago has now turned filthy with human and animal excreta, damaged tiles, Electricity street lamps etc and needs immediate attention. It won’t be an exaggeration if one says that the Port town has gone to dogs looking at the nearby vicinity of the Mormugao municipality these days. The footpath next to the municipality building, which was renovated under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), has now completely turned into a den…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The locals in Ponda and Sarpanchas fear that the Panchayat elections during monsoons would create more hardship. The locals mostly rely upon the local Panchmembers / Sarpanchas, especially during monsoon disasters when a tree falls on houses and power failures, roads, or flooding. Panchmembers and Sarpanch help in providing some sort of relief, locals feel. Through government departments such as fire stations and electricity works, there is a need for constant follow up to restore electric lines and trees on roads which the local Panchmembers take the initiative in clearing and restoring, they say. Locals feel that…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Governor Shreedhar Pillai contributed 1 lakh each for two house constructions, Baddem-Khotigao and Ziltawadi Gaondongrim, under BJP’s ambitious Seva Sankalp program. It may be recalled that Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant laid the foundation to construct the two houses for the homeless families Ziltawadi-Gaondongrim and Baddem-Khotigao during his visit to Canacona on 9th April. During the function, several others present made their big and small contribution to assisting the families in having a respectable house, which BJP as part of their Seva Sankalp program. According to Canacona BJP sources, Speaker and Canacona MLA Ramesh Tawadkar initiated…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – It’s been literarily 8 months since works were begun to install six new electrical transformers to do away with the low voltage problems in the coastal village of Agonda, but Electricity Department has failed to charge any even as five were installed and completed. “Due to the insufficient transformers and low voltage problems, Agonda residents continue to suffer, while the electricity department failed to energize newly installed transformers”, informed Agonda Sarpanch Badal Naikgaunkar. Stating categorically that inspite of all the odds Agonda panchayat and the EX-MLA facilitating the availability of land/space to accommodate the transformers in…

● BLADE to start by the seat helicopter services connecting Goa airport to North and South Goa and Old Airport ● Private charter services to kick-off from Maharashtra and within Goa ● 10-minute experiential flights to enjoy aerial views of Goa Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Urban Air Mobility company, BLADE India, in association with the state government of Goa, today announced the launch of three helicopter services for inbound travellers – by the seat flights connecting Goa airport to North, South Goa and old Goa airport, private charter services from Maharashtra and within Goa and experiential flights to soak in the…

Goemkarponn desk QUEPEM: The role of bees in boosting agricultural and horticultural production cannot be underestimated. Due to research being done in recent years and the ensuing awareness, a sizeable number of people from the length and breadth of Goa have been attending the beekeeping training programs, which are conducted almost twice a month at Don Bosco Vocational Training Institute in Quepem. On 17th May 2022, in spite of the sweltering heat, 21 participants from various parts of Goa attended the beekeeping training program. The noted apiculturist P.Shaliyo, while sharing his vast knowledge and experience on the subject with the…