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Goemkarponn desk VERNA: Goa State Industries Association welcomed Town and Country Planning (TCP) Minister Vishwajit Rane’s decision to make TCP and PDA more transparent and efficient. In a press release issued by Damodar Kochkar, President of (GSIA), he said we are facing this typical problem: if any Industry operating outside GIDC industrial estates has to expand or start a new project, they first have to do so to get their construction plans approved from TCP or PDA. And then has to apply to Panchayat or Municipality for a construction licence. This procedure has to be again repeated to obtain an…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: “People are supreme in Democracy, and I am very happy to fulfil the duty of serving the people of Goa,” stated Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai today after interacting with Sarpanchas and members of Village Panchayats of Betki-Khandola, Vere-Vagurme, Volvoi, Querim, Tivrem- Orgaon, Bhoma-Adcolan and Veling-Priol as a part of “Goa Swayampurna Yatra” at a function organised at Big Bee Hall, Betki-Khandola. Governor disbursed financial assistance of Rs. 25000/- each to 20 Dialysis patients of Ponda taluka on occasion. The Governor called upon the people to focus on developing villages first – only self-reliant villages will make Goa…

Following the unprecedented success of the Aam Aadmi Party in the Punjab elections, former Industry Minister and Maharashtra State Election Observer Mahadev Naik and former Delhi MLA and Maharashtra State incharge Deepak Singhla and other National Executive members visited the Mumbai Metropolitan Division ahead of the BMC elections. The national executive members visited Mira Bhayandar, Vasai, Kalyan-Dombivali, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Panvel, Raigad etc. in the Mumbai Metropolitan Division for three days. Mahadev Naik and Deepak Singhla along with Maharashtra State Secretary Dhananjay Shinde, Madhu Sinha, Advocate Khushwa Narendra Bhambwani, Altamash Faizi, Sukhdev Nenbansi, Nilam Vyavahare, Brajesh Sharma etc. met the…

Christanand Pednekar/ Goemkarponn desk SANGUEM: Sounds strange but true; a village which is just a few kilometres from the Selaulim dam, which supplies water to the entire South Goa, faces a drought-like situation every year as it does not get even a drop of water to drink. Strange, isn’t it? When the Chief Minister of Goa, Dr Pramod Sawant, boasts that Goa is the first State to cover Har Ghar Jal. The reality is very different; there is Nal (tap) but no Jal (water), CM Sir. Here is the story of Gokuldem from Barcem village panchayat, which has been facing…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa government on Wednesday lifted the power load restriction on the industries in the state after it started purchasing additional electricity, a senior official said. “The state government has started purchasing additional power and hence lifted the power load restriction on industries,” the official from electricity department said. Goa State Industries’ Association (GSIA) president Damodar Kochkar thanked Chief Minister Pramod Sawant for the “timely intervention”. On Tuesday, Sawant had assured that the state will purchase 120 MW additional power from the open market. The industry bodies in the state had assured the state government that they…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: In what could come as a big relief to over a lakh of residential flats in over 5000 residential buildings and Housing societies, the PWD Minister assured to extend the free 16000 water scheme to residential Multi-dwelling buildings, and further assured that the difference in bills already paid by the residential complexes shall be adjusted against the future bills. On behalf of all the Multi-dwelling building’s/complexes, the SCM thanked the Hon’ble Minister, Nilesh Cabral conceding to their requests. The Shadow Council for Margao yesterday submitted a memorandum Objecting to the method for billing residential Multi-dwelling buildings/Complexes/Housing Societies…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Ponda MLA and Agriculture Minister Ravi Naik, PMC Chairperson Ritesh Naik, GSUDA officials, engineers today inspected Ponda Market shed. During the inspection the vendors conducting business in Ponda Market shed put forth their several grievances including damaged roof sheets of the market shed due to which every vendors are forced to use plastics to protect from rain from broken roof sheets market. The vendors also brought to the notice of the Minister and Chairperson that for the past one month, the main entrance pathway to Ponda Market Shed has been blocked on digging for the final phase…