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Goemakrponn desk MARGAO: Congress leader from Nuvem constituency Jose (Raju) Cabral charged the Nuvem MLA Wilfred D’Sa for abuse of power and the misuse of state machinery, including the police, to reign in state terror against the people of Nuvem, who are opposing the MLA and exposing his hollow claims of development. Addressing a press meet along with a group of Nuvem villagers, Cabral warned the MLA and the government that the people of Nuvem will not be cowed down by such acts of the lawlessness of the police under the influence of the local MLA. The villagers who joined…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Goa Tourism Development Corporation chairperson Dayanand Sopte inaugurated 90 lakh worth of Public Utilities and Changing rooms at the world-famous Palolem beach entrance on Friday. The project funded by Goa Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) Ltd was inaugurated by Dayanand Sopte in the presence of local MLA and deputy speaker Isidore Fernandes, Chief Officer Uday Prabhudesai, councillors from the opposition group, other officials of GTDC and the locals of Palolem. Palolem, which is famous in India and worldwide as Queen of the beaches of the coastal state of Goa, got one more feather in its cap after…

Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: Health Minister Vishwajit Rane has said that additional bond doctors will be posted at North Goa District Hospital as requested by the doctors. HM Rane conducted a review meeting with all HODs of North Goa District Hospital to address their concerns. “Conducted a review meeting at North Goa District Hospital with doctors wherein they highlighted several pending issues and made some valuable suggestions. As requested by the doctors, we will make sure additional bond doctors are posted to ensure no shortage,” said Rane. He further asked the team to forward their suggestions to Dr Ira, and they…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Bombay High Court at Goa has disposed of PIL filed by the Goa Foundation in connection with the dumping of industrial waste in illegal quarries in Sanvordem by Goa’s Sponge Pvt Ltd. The PIL was filed after villagers from the area contacted the Goa Foundation in early 2018 to notice that fly ash was being dumped in empty, abandoned quarries by the unit, disturbing their environment. In 2006, the same unit had given an undertaking during an earlier petition filed by the Goa Foundation (WP No. 85/2006( that no-fly ash would leave the factory premises except…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI) is all set to convene a two-day business summit in Goa on September 19-20. Over 500 MRAI members, comprising key stakeholders of the recycling industry including manufacturers, suppliers, buyers and traders from across India will be joining the summit. The discussions at the summit will focus on strengthening cooperation and business engagements between India and other countries, Material Recycling Authority to ensure the Standardisation for the Secondary Non-Ferrous Metal Recycling Industry in line with ISRI. There will be exclusive session on ELV, Circular Economy, E-Waste Recycling and Plastic Recycling Industry to…

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The president of Goa Forward Party Vijai Sardesai has pointed out that the BJP government’s electricity department has notified the alignment for a double-circuit line from Mollem to Collem which will link the controversial Tamnar project to the intra-State grid defying the recommendations of the Supreme Court’s Central Empowered Committee whose directions were that the alignment be redrawn in the corridor of an existing 220 KV line instead of clearing pristine forest cover. He said that as per the notification, around 35 ‘tentative’ survey numbers in Mollem and Collem, covering the alignment through which the 110 KV double-circuit transmission line…