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Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: The Shadow Council for Margao heavily deplored the move of the Council to hand over the Sonsodo land and the Multi-level parking land to the GWMC and GSUDA, respectively. “The Council with these decisions has not done anything good, but only confirmed their inefficiency in performing and executing Civic responsibilities “, charged SCM Convener Savio Coutinho. He cautioned the councillors of the designs of the local MLAs, to whom they(councillors) have pledged their voices. “First, they managed to prove the incapacity of the Councillors, and subsequently, they made them hand over the projects to other government agencies…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) has appointed former Lok Sabha MP Kirti Azad as the state in charge of the Goa TMC unit with immediate effect “Under the guidance and inspiration of Chairperson Mamata Banerjee, the All India Trinamool Congress is pleased to appoint Kirti Azad (Ex-MP, Lok Sabha) as the State in charge of AITC Goa unit with immediate effect,” said TMC in a press statement. Days after the Trinamool Congress (TMC) said that it would restructure its Goa unit, state chief Kiran Kandolkar resigned on Wednesday and blamed political strategist Prashant Kishor for the party’s…

Goemkarponn desk SALIGAO: On the occasion of the annual Palkhi and anniversary of Shri Laxminarayan Devasthan at Saligao Shri Laxminarayan Sangeet Sanskritik Sanstha will organize a sangeet program Swar Ankur on May 5, 5 pm. There will be a program of bhajans by well-known bhajan artists from Goa – Pandurang Raul, Ganesh Parsekar and Pralhad Gavas at 7:30. The program will end at 9:30 pm with Aarti and Tirtha Prasad. The organizers have requested that music lovers be present at the event.

DHIRAJ HARMALKAR/ Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Sub-district hospital Chicalim is in desperate need of a Paediatric doctor, radiologist and a surgeon. Goa First NGO claims that patients have to face the inconvenience of going to GMC since there is a shortage of medical staff at Sub-district hospital Chicalim. The newly upgraded hospital at Chicalim, which was known as the Cottage hospital in the past, has now attained the status of a Sub-district hospital. Crores of exchequers money were spent on the up-gradation of this medical facility a few years ago. Although the infrastructure has been put in place with the medical…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: As the pollution authority lacks monitoring of air quality in Mayem, the High Court of Bombay at Goa has temporarily stopped iron ore transportation from the village. While hearing the matter, the High Court directed the mining companies to stop ore transportation from 2 particular TC no. at Mayem due to the Goa State Pollution Control Board’s lack of monitoring of air quality. However, the Court has granted liberty to the transporting mining company to approach the Court for vacating the stay on transportation as and when monitoring stations setup by GSPCB. The Court was hearing public…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Chicalim joggers park is in shambles with broken benches, dead trees, damaged play area for the children. The facility needs immediate attention from the authorities. The existing jogger’s park at Chicalim behind SMRC hospital needs immediate repair work. Just after 6 years, the condition of the existing infrastructure, which was built in the first phase, has been taking a beating from nature. A visit to this park revealed that the benches in this park area were broken, and the play area surface at the children’s play area was damaged. The trees and plants from this garden are…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In its efforts to bring attention to India’s lesser-known species and habitats, and build a conservation mindset, The Habitats Trust, recently launched ‘Wild You Were Sleeping’ a six-part original docuseries on Earth Day. The series has been featuring stories of some of India’s most fascinating wild species that live in close proximity to humans but are not understood, often leading to conflict situations. The docuseries showcases short 7 – 9 minute episodes on each species and the upcoming episode will feature the shy and elusive, Smooth- coated Otter which is also a native to estuaries in Goa.…