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Goemkarponn desk PONDA: It’s the willpower that is needed to restart Mining in Goa, said GMPF leader Puti Gaonkar. He said that since 2018 after the SC order quashing aside the second renewal, GMPF has been demanding to restart Mining in Goa. He said that SC, in its order, had nowhere asked to stop Mining in Goa but had asked to take over leases in six months’ time. “But the Government neither had intentions nor willpower at that time to start mining in Goa,” he said. GMPF leader Puti Gaonkar questioned who stopped Government from restarting Mining for four years…

Dhiraj Harmalkar/ Goemkrponn desk VASCO: The wait is “over” at last; Zonal Agriculture Office in Mormugao will be opened in June 2022, informed the Director of Agriculture. Farmers and Agricultural enthusiasts from Mormugao taluka get full support and guidance from this office. Mormugao taluka, which houses most of the essential establishments and the commercial entities, will also have its own Zonal Agriculture Office, which will pull up the agricultural activities and the local farmers in Mormugao. When contacted the Director of Agriculture Nevil Alphonso, he said they were supposed to set up this ZAO in Mormugao in February but due…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – While authorities fails to repair or blacktop most of the delipidated roads in the village, Village sarpanch uses his own resources and manpower to repair a badly mutilated road in the eve of Village feast on Friday. ‘We do not get proper support of the authorities nor the newly elected MLA, while roads in the village have turned death kneel for many. We cannot see the plight of roads turning from bad to worse while authorities are purposely keeping themselves away from attending any of these roads proposed for repairs”, informed Agonda Sarpanch Badal Naikgaunkar. Pointing…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Residents of Dabolim, Chicalim objects to fuel tankers parked at the side of the National highway, which causes traffic congestion and may lead to fatal accidents. Khwaja Bepari, a resident of Dabolim, said due to the haphazard parking of fuel tankers on the National Highway side, commuters have to face great inconvenience. “The other lane of the road has been closed due to the ongoing bridgework, and the traffic is moving through the single lane. We request the authorities to look into the matter,” he said. Ayyas Sheikh, another resident of Dabolim, said that we request the…

Main objectives are as below: i. To promote Goa as Agri. Export Hub of India. ii. Entrepreneurship development in Agri. Export. iii. To diversify export basket and destinations and boost high value and value-added agricultural exports, including a focus on perishables. iv. To promote novel, indigenous, organic, ethnic, traditional and non-traditional Agri products exports. v. Creation of efficient export-oriented infrastructure and utilization of existing infrastructure. vi. To set up an institutional mechanism for pursuing market access, tackling barriers and deal with sanitary and phytosanitary issues. vii. Skill development of the concerned stakeholders in the agri. export. Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: With…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: As Ponda City, Kavlem, and Bandora main Nullah are choked with garbage dumps, the locals in City and villages fear flooding of houses in the monsoon. As Ponda City’s main Nullah is filled with a dump of garbage, Pondaitees fear flooding of houses in monsoon. Considering past incidents of flooding of this nullah at the time of monsoon, Locals demanded urgent desiltation and cleaning of nullah by removing garbage and silt before the onset of monsoon. Despite the Curti Panchayat and Ponda Municipality (PMC) collecting door to door garbage, some habitual offenders dump all kinds of…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that the people of Goa won’t be manipulated by those who are motivated to create political and communal disturbances. Sawant also said that Uniform Civil Code must be followed across the nation. “People of Goa won’t be manipulated by those who are motivated to create political and communal disturbances; Communal harmony of Goa will not be disturbed,” said CM Sawant. He further said that Goa has always had communal harmony; there has been the same brotherhood since 1961. “People need to know about the history of Goa; the new education policy must…