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Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Ponda Deputy Collector Pradeep Naik has issued notices to two shops/ gaddas at OPA Khandepar Junction, asking them to submit their say for encroachment on PWD acquired land at OPA Khandepar Junction. They are also directed to produce documents for their shops. Locals had filed a complaint with PWD, Deputy Collector, alleging that the PWD land at the roadside, which was acquired for Bus Stop, was encroached by shops/Gadhas. The PWD also directed Panchayat to clear encroachment on PWD acquired land. According to local Sandeep Parkar, one landlord allotted his land to PWD at the roadside, especially…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: One year after issuing the notice, the Curti-Khandepar Panchayat finally bulldozed the illegal scrapyard operating at Bazaarmol Curti and another at Amrai Colony today. It is learnt that Panchayat will demolish eleven scrapyards illegally operating in Panchayat Jurisdiction. According to locals, it has been operating for the past several years, causing a nuisance to locals. One local Sandeep Pankar had filed a complaint in the year 2021 following which Panchayat body had conducted the inspection and based on it had issued a show-cause notice to the owner of scrapyard Basawraj Allaynavar on 2 March 2021 to produce…

REACTION… “Within hardly three days of the swearing-in ceremony, it was expected that the Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant, would pass Vote on Account rather than presenting a full budget 2022-23. It appears to be an overestimated budget, prepared hurriedly without any inputs from various stakeholders,” GSIA President Damodar Kochkar Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa State Industries Association (GSIA) has called the State Budget presented by the Chief Minister overestimated and prepared sans any inputs from stakeholders. GSIA also said that while CM has made several announcements, there is no money to back them. “Within hardly three days of…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: ICAR- Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Old Goa, organized a day-long training program on ‘Digital tools and techniques for self-reliant Goan Agriculture’ under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) (@India75) for the officers and staff of the Directorate of Agriculture, Government of Goa. Based on the requirement of the Government of Goa, a one day programme was organized to sensitize and familiarize the directorate staff to use the digital tools developed. Dr Parveen Kumar, Director, ICAR-CCARI, Goa, welcomed the training participants and highlighted the importance of training on digital tools and their use for the state of…

Twitter WAR… “The people of Goa may not have slept in peace last night knowing the kind of government and ministers they have got. Are Messrs Pramod Sawant, Vishwajit Rane, Mauvin Godinho, Ravi Naik and Babush Monserrate the leaders who will bring about change or development?” P Chidambaram AICC leader Out on Bail, Mr Chidambaram, who spent 106 days in Tihar Jail, should worry about his own sleep rather than lecture Goans. People have also given a clear mandate to BJP, rejecting Congress. You should focus on waking Congress up, which is struggling to find a leader. Dr Pramod Sawant…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Stating Canacona will have no pending projects after this tenure, Speaker and Canacona MLA Ramesh Tawadkar informed that the much-awaited Ravindra Bhavan will be completed within a year. Speaking to Canacona media late Tuesday evening, Tawadkar assertively mentioned that no issues will remain pending beyond this current assembly term as far as the Canacona constituency is concerned. “Financial constraints are why Canacona ‘s Ravindra Bhavan is still pending. For the last 2 & 1/2 government’s treasury took a heavy beating, and finances are the only reason why Ravindra Bhavan couldn’t be completed until now. But it…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Stating the narrow Canacona-Cuncolim NH-66 road is turned dangerous by overloaded, overspeeding commercial and mining trucks, Congress called for immediate stoppage of plying of heavy vehicles till the road is suitably repaired. A memorandum is submitted to the Chief Secretary and other government authorities by GPCC General Secretary Janardhan Bhandari to appraise the danger of overloaded and over-speeding commercial vehicles and mining trucks on the Cuncolim-Canacona section of NH-66 road. Bhandari said that the commuters, students and others, be it on private vehicles or public transportation, are at grave threat of meeting an accident, as the…