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Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Sports Minister Govind Gaude and engineers and coaches today paid surprise visits to Ponda Sports Complex located at Curti Ponda. He also expressed unhappiness over the absence of some coaches who had given a lot of responsibilities and warned them to issue memos. Gaude assured to repair and improve the deteriorated condition of Sports Complex in six months. He gave the necessary direction to Executive Engineer Deepak Loutlikar. However, he asked the coach of various sports to give results. He said Goa sportsperson has high potential; however, there is a need to boost and motivation to their…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Ponda Municipal Council (PMC) meeting was held today, where various resolutions were made concerning the development work of the town. Speaking to the media after the meeting, Chairperson Ritesh Naik said various development works would be launched with the support and cooperation of GSUDA, and in this respect, Agriculture Minister Ravi Naik had already discussed it with Minister Vishwajit Rane. “PMC has passed a resolution to appoint a consultant through GSUDA to prepare a master plan for Ponda City. Under this traffic management, parking and issues such as garden developments, joggers track etc. related to people will…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Minister for Sports Govind Gaude has ordered a re-survey of the land belonging to the Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs, which was illegal encroached by Panjim Gymkhana. Taking note of the newspaper story, Sports Minister conducted an in-person inspection of the land. During the inspection, prima facia, Minister observed that thousand of sq meters of government land had been illegally encroached by Panjim Gymkhana. “Today in the inspection, we have observed that thousand of sq meters of government land has been illegally encroached by Panjim Gymkhana; my department shall pursue this matter,” he added. Gaude ordered…

AERIAL VIEW Now, as if that is not enough, the Dr Pramod Sawant government has decided to confer lifetime Cabinet status to Mr Pratapsingh Rane, the longest-serving legislator of Goa. He served Goa for 50 years as the legislator and could have easily gone on to add five more years, but his own son Vishwajit Rane cut short his father’s journey for his own political ambitions. The article is not about whether Rane should have continued but why should he be conferred the lifetime Cabinet status? What is the need? The cabinet status means extra security, staff and perks besides…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: People eagerly awaiting the repairs of the road stretch from Vasco to Chicalim, which is in a bad state with bumpy manholes in several places, which could prove deadly for commuters at night time. It may be recalled that last year, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant had assured the people of Goa of having potholes free roads a new year, but sadly it is mid-2022, and still, the road conditions from Vasco to Chicalim stretch are very bad, and it is a pain for the commuters. A social activist Peter Andrade from Vasco, slammed the government for…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Bombay High Court at Goa has come down heavily on the State government for failing to stop illegal sand mining activities despite repeated directions. The Division Bench has pulled up the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police for their inaction and has asked to file a detailed affidavit explaining why the illegal activities are not stopped. Further, the Court has directed Police Inspector and Mamlatdar of Pernem taluka to file an affidavit on illegal sand extraction from River Terekhol, as reported by the petitioner on April 10 and 18. The Court was hearing a PIL…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Massive level felling of trees on Bogda sloppy hill has been taken place which may pose a danger to the houses located above the Bogda hill with regards to the landslide. The MMC chief officer was unaware of the matter but assured to look at the issue. With the Monsoon season approaching, the heartbeats of the residents of Jetty, Bogda hills will start beating fast as every year they will likely to receive the eviction notice from the Mamlatdar’s office to vacate the houses which the government authorities feel in a dangerous condition. This issue was raised…