PANJIM: Government of India today has declared the highway connecting Mopa International Airport to NH 66 as National Highway. “The highway starting from its junction with NH-66 (old NH-17) near Dhargalim and terminating at Mopa Airport (under construction) near Varconda in the State of Goa,” the notification states Taking it to Twitter, Chief Minister Dr Pramod said that this is move will ensure that the highway is developed under National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and Mopa Airport will have seamless connectivity. “I thank Hon Minister Shri @nitin_gadkari Ji for the notification. This will ensure that the highway is developed…
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Ministers enjoy low electricity bills instead of common man It is well known that electricity department lost lot of money due to implementation of wrong technology without proper studies called ” Arial Bunch Cables ” which was discontinued as faults in this technology could not be detected said sidharth karapurkar. Youth leader Lourenco da Silva said that this same minister got electricity bill of rs 172/ only. Small business man, shop keepers , house holds got thousands of rupees bills even when the shops were closed due to pandemic. AAP government in Delhi gives low bills to common man. AAP…
PANJIM: A day after his birthday celebration video went viral, Margao Municipal Chief Officer Ajit Panchwadkar shunted out, he is transfered as Director (Administration) Public Works Department. In a video which went viral, Panchwadkar was seen celebrating violating all safey norms. General secretary of Goa Municipal Employees Association, Anil Shirodkar, said, “The CO was an Incident Commandant during the pandemic lockdown. He has sent a wrong message to the citizens by hosting a birthday party by throwing the Covid guidelines to the winds,” Anil added. The video that went viral since late Tuesday evening shows the Chief Officer cutting his…
FC Goa would like to announce that the club has retained the services of Mohamed Ali after the Goan defender put pen to paper on a new two-year deal. Picked in the 10th round of the 2017 ISL Player Draft, the 28-year-old burst on to the scene in the 2017/18 season. Over the 3 seasons with the Gaurs, the man hailing from Caranzalem, Goa made 24 appearances in FC Goa colours, helping the team reach the playoffs in each of the seasons. Speaking to fcgoa.in after completing his extension, Ali said, “The last 3 years have been an amazing journey.…
PANJIM: Former Minister and BJP leader Ramesh Tawadkar appointed as Chairperson of SC-ST Commission. “In pursuance to the approval of the Government accorded video U.O.No.4309/F dated 14/09/2020 and in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 read with amendment of section 6 of the Goa Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act, 2010 (Goa Act 9 of 2010) the Government of Goa is pleased to appoint Ramesh B. Tawadkar, R/o. H.No.22/1 Amone, Poinguinim, Canacona Goa, as Chairperson of the Goa Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes with immediate effect,” the order states The order further states that…
The Land Survey officials along with the mamlatdar of Sattari started the demarcation of the property for the IIT Goa project at Melauli, in Guleli panchayat. A large crowd of hundreds of locals gathered at the spot as the officials continued their work. The residents gave a written memorandum to joint mamlatdar Sanjeevini Satardekar for shifting of the project to some other place. The villagers are up in the arms over the projects and lakhs of sq mt of land, which they claim rights on, has been allotted to IIT Goa. The villagers claim that they have been cultivating the…
Goa reported eight more COVID19 deaths taking the toll to 395. The State reported 536 new cases while there were 395 new recoveries. Out of the total eight deaths on Wednesday, five were in GMC and three were in ESI Margao. The victims included 75 year old female from Old Goa, 77 year old male from Aldona, 74 year old male from Chorao, 49 year old male from Ponda, 81 year old male from Vasco, 76 year old female from Vasco and 50 year old male from Aquem, 55 year old female from Malbhat, Margao. As per mortality bulletin all…