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Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: People gathered in large numbers at Colva-Betalbhatim Road, where the construction of the mobile tower by Jio is underway under police protection. The panch member said that that it’s totally illegal without taking any permission from Colva panchayat. The Sarpanch said that they have issued show causes notice to the property owner, which will be taken on the 11th of this month. The property owner where the construction is going on said that he has all the necessary permission from PWD as per new government policy. “I have also brought the permission from Dy Collector. Dy Collector…

DECKS CLEARED… “The members (SEAC) decided to recommend the extraction of sand by the traditional method with 50 and 10 per cent respectively to be extracted annually, subject to the compliance of the environment management plan and monitoring plan recommended by NIO as well as the guidelines for sustainable sand mining,” Minutes of SEAC meeting. Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) has finally permitted sand mining activities but only through the manual method, along four stretches of River Chapora. However, the SEAC has come out with the condition that 1/4th of the river area should be declared as…

Goa IDC has informed that pursuant to the disposal of the Civil Appeals, the Status Quo directed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court is operating only against the land measuring 12,32,000m2 at Kerim Ponda and another measuring 2,03,445 m2 at Verna being part of the petitions CA no. 9711/2013, CA no. 9712, CA no.6825/2014, CA no. 5662/2014 and CA no.9713/2013 and not against the repossessed land. It may be informed that Goa IDC had allotted land total measuring 3840886 m2 for setting up of SEZ at Verna, Kerim in Ponda and Sancoale in Mormugao to 7 allottees, namely M/s. Meditab Specialities…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Citizens for Democracy has handed over a memorandum to the Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant, demanding fast track investigation into fraudulent cases of change of records of rights in Goa. “The rate at which names of original owners in the land records called form 1 and 14 were getting replaced by persons predominantly from Delhi region either through purchase or frauds was leading to a conclusion that Goa had been sold with only a few properties with defective titles left that were slow in coming under the watch of the land sharks,” said Elvis Gomes. He said…

Be taught about India’s dazzling pure and probable silks of Tassar, Eri, Mulberry & Muga Silk products, showcase purest silk goods by endorsed Silk Retailers, Manufacturers and Exporters of India. Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: India is the number one producer of silk in the world for which there is a huge demand both in the national as well as international markets. Different varieties of silk are reared based on climatic and geographic conditions of which only four namely Tassar, Eri, Mulberry and Muga are the prominent ones. Tassar and Muga are wild varieties of silk cultivated by silk worms fed on…

Goemkarponn desk VERNA: Verna Police have arrested a Karnataka native on charges of impersonating a contractor inside Project Sea-Bird in Karwar and luring one to pay Rs 5 lakh on the pretext of giving a job in the Indian Navy. The accused has been identified as Chetan Naik r/o Baina, Vasco n/o Kumta Karnataka disguised as Dinesh Bandekar r/o Baina Vasco. According to Verna Police, the above noted accused person impersonated himself as a contractor inside the premises of Project sea bird in Karwar and, with his influence and High-level contacts, lured and induced the complainant to pay an amount…

Goemkarponn desk CURCHOREM: An awareness programme on Notification and the future scope of wetlands in the State of Goa was held at Ravindra Bhavan, Curchorem. Power, Environment and Law Minister inaugurated the programme, which was organized by Goa State Wetland Authority in association with Goa State Biodiversity Board. Speaking on occasion, Cabral said, it is the responsibility of every individual to preserve the water bodies on the earth for the future generation. Water conservation is the need of the hour, he said. Waterlands should be preserved keeping in mind the need for the future generation. Goa is a happy state,…