AERIAL VIEW So the question of the livelihood of people dependent on Dabolim hangs in the balance. There are hundreds of taxi drivers dependent on this airport besides hundreds of contract workers at AAI, chai tapri wallahs, restaurants, hotels, near the airport (tea stalls) and so on. Has the government given a thought to this? Of course not. Dr Pramod Sawant’s government blindly believes his bosses in Delhi that Dabolim will continue. They fail to understand Modi-Shah mean business, and they have sold several non-profit-making PSUs, so why won’t they shut down Dabolim? Modi-Shah isn’t interested in the welfare of…
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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Adv. Aires Rodrigues has lashed out at the Goa Government for hurriedly amending the Goa Excise Rules, with a clear motive of helping “Silly Souls Café and Bar” in escaping from the clutches of the law, knowing that the illegally obtained liquor licence by the now controversial ‘Silly Souls Café and Bar’ in Assagao allegedly run by the family of Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani was clearly in the wrong. Stating that the notification now issued on 10th October permits an Excise licence to be assigned to any other person or a Partnership…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Congress will emerge stronger in the country under its new national president, Goa party head Amit Patkar said on Monday after casting his vote for polls to elect the next All India Congress Committee (AICC) chief. Congress veteran Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leader Shashi Tharoor are contesting the election for the top party post. Out of the total 31 delegates in Goa, “75 per cent have cast their votes so far,” a senior party leader said. The polling was being held at the state party headquarters in Panaji. Goa Congress president Amit Patkar was among the…
Goemkarponn desk SAVOI-VEREM: Discussion at the ordinary Verem-Vaghurme Panchayat gram Sabha heated up as locals questioned Panchayat’s members about unutilized funds sanctioned to carry out developmental work. Active villager Shailesh Khedekar, supported by other villagers, questioned why does a small village like Savoi-Verem requires one more gymkhana when they already have two? Village people at this time suggested that the fund be diverted and used to repair the crematorium, which, according to locals, is lacking in basic facilities. Villagers at this time lamented about the inconvenience caused at the crematorium due erratic supply of electricity, frequent water scarcity and inadequate…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte said that Hop-on and Hop-off bus service will resume in December. “After a tender process, GTDC has already agreed with an operator to conduct the service. This service is expected to be re-launched by December this year,” said Khaunte. He further said that after the pilot run of the Hop-on Hop-off bus and amphibian vessel, it was observed that there are feasibility-related issues with operating these proposed services individually. “Unless a comprehensive mobility solution offering a unique experience is proposed, each of these services will have a limited number of customers, affecting the…
SURAJ NANDREKAR/ Goemkarponn PANAJI: Ever since Goemkarponn broke the story of the Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) report last week, which said that the new Greenfield airport at Mopa would not be viable unless Dabolim is shut, the social media has gone berserk over the issue. The very next day, Goencho Ekvott president Swapnesh Sherlekar put out a post on social media claiming that the decision to shut down Dabolim was taken long back, even before the Mopa airport was being conceptualised. He quoted a Ministry of Civil Aviation letter written to the Goa Chief Secretary on 01/05/2000, which made…
Goemkarponn desk CORTALIM: Verna police, late Sunday night, arrested the Cortalim Congress ZP Candidate Valent Barbosa on charges of threatening a priest and further attempting to assault a parishioner along with another person. Sources said that the incident occurred at around 5.30 pm on Sunday after the ZP Candidate Valent Barbosa allegedly had a war of words with Fr Natalino Fernandes, the Chaplain of Our Lady of perpetual succour Chappel at Kurpa Waddo Quelosssim. The incident sparked tensions in the area, and a large number of people gathered at the Chapel to demand immediate action on Barbosa by Verna Police…