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Goemkarponn desk CUNCOLIM: An in-depth investigation by Goencho Avaaz into the illegal Paroda hill cutting undertaken under the Cuncolim MLA Shri Clafasio Dias’s patronage revealed a shocking cross-connection between MLAs and Ministers. Addressing a press conference, Goencho Avaaz said the collaboration did not extend only to executing illegal activities but also in threatening officials trying to stop the illegalities. A few months ago, the incident in question occurred when alert villagers filed complaints with the Flying Squad regarding illegal hill cutting in Paroda. “When the officials came for site inspection, the MLA is alleged to have sent some women who…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: The Goa Legislative Assembly on Friday passed the Goa Mineral Development Corporation; Bill 2021 amidst the Opposition walkout. The Opposition cited that important Bills were being hurriedly passed without proper discussion and deliberations. While the Bill was being passed, Goa Foundation said that the features of the new Bill are routine and unexceptional. “The Government could have involved itself in a more creative and imaginative enterprise. Instead, it has primarily copied from existing Acts governing other public sector corporations (PSUs). When dealing with mineral resources belonging to the State’s people, a corporation with a different character would…

MAY 11, 2021 “26 COVID-19 patients died at the state-run Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in the early hours and sought an investigation by the High Court to find out the exact cause. The High Court should investigate the reasons behind these deaths. The HC should also intervene and prepare a white paper on oxygen supply to the GMCH, which would help to set things right. As of today, the medical oxygen requirement of the facility was 1,200 jumbo cylinders, of which only 400 were supplied. If there’s a shortfall in the supply of medical Oxygen, the discussion should…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Numerous potholes, in addition to the trenches that have not been restored after laying pipes and communication cables on the Margao-Canacona NH66, have turned into a cause for misery for the commuters on this road. Many even have met with accidents since the condition of this road turned worse since the beginning of the rainy season this year. The road itself is washed away in many places. Small and big potholes have surfaced everywhere. The PWD Highway officials have not even made any attempt to cover these potholes with some temporary measures, complained many motorists who ply…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA:: Farmers and locals of Galgibagha village are irked over water stagnation in their fields after both the PWD Highways and the contractor blocked the drains while constructing the four-lane bypass road that was otherwise used to drain the excess rainwater in the adjacent river. Many farmers owning fields beside the newly constructed four lanes Manohar Parrikar Seaside link in Galgibagha say that they can’t till their land as the fields lay inundated with more than knee-deep water even after the monsoon gets over. Speaking to Goemkarponn Arun Bhandari, who lives about a hundred metres from the Manohar…

Instead of criticising CM’s statements, the politicians, NGOs, and other critics must inquire and put pressure on the chief minister to find out who was the minister’s son who called up Colva Police in support of the rapist. The minister’s son, who called Goa Police to release the guilty (if correct), needs to be exposed. His father has no right to continue as a minister in the State Cabinet. SURAJ NANDREKAR Editor, Goemkarponn A lot has been said and written about Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant’s statement on the Benaulim rape case “What were the minors doing on the beach…

Goemkarponn Desk Panaji: During the monsoon session of the Rajya Sabha, AAP MP Sanjay Singh gave a special mention notice to resume mining operations in Goa. In his notice, Singh stated that two-third of the state’s employment is directly or indirectly dependent on mining. He mentioned that the tourism sector had already taken a hit due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the mining ban has further exacerbated the situation and brought the people of the state to the brink of starvation and made life very difficult for the citizens of Goa. The AAP MP added that this ban on mining…