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Goemkaponn Desk VALPOI: Health Minister Vishwajit Rane today announced setting up of ophthalmic hospital in Sankhalim, equipped with all super-speciality techniques, to ensure eye care treatment to the people. Rane also announced that all the health centers- PHCs and CHCs will be equipped with I-SAT machines, a point-of-care testing equipment, can be used to test 28 parameters The Minister was speaking during the launch of ‘Vision for All’ programme at Valpoi. Nearly 1200 people have registered for the camp, under which free eye checkup, medicines, spectacles and surgeries would be done. Rane said that the Vision for All is a…

Goemkarponn Desk Panaji:GPCC Vice President Sankalp Amonkar on Monday morning said that he had full faith in the judiciary and that Justice would prevail against the recent reservations that was declared for the upcoming civic polls. Amonkar speaking to reporters said that though he had decided to field 33 percent women candidates in Mormugao constituency, congress had approached the court against the reservations for the larger benefit of the state ” Good news is that Shradda Amonkar and Shanti Mandrekar had filed the petition against the reservations and today nine petitions against the reservations have been admitted in the High…

Goemkarponn Desk Panaji: Aam Aadmi party has strongly criticised CM Sawant’s statement of resolving land issues within 8 months. “Sawant cannot do this. What is the roadmap? BJP has not done this for so many years and they dont have intentions to do it. Late Mr. Manohar Parrikar had amended Tenancy Act and cases were transfered from Mamlatdar courts and Dy Collector courts to Trial and District courts and many cases were decided against Tenants because of this, Mr. Parrikar had to take back this amendment because of public outrage and because of this cases were kept pending for shifting…

Goemkarpon desk Calangute: Calangute Police on Friday stopped the Bike rally which was organised in Calangute on occasion of Shiv Jayanti after North Goa Collector rejected the required permissions. However later allowed the Shiv Premis to have peaceful March from Shantadurga Temple calangute to Baga Circle and back. “Organizers had applied for permission to hold bike rally on occasion of Shiv Jayanti but the permissions were rejected by North Goa Collector due to which the organisers were stopped from having bike rally. They were later given permission to have walking rally from Shantadurga Temple to Baga Circle”, Bardez Mamlatdar Laxmikat…

Goemkarponn desk BICHOLIM: The Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant today announced that the road widening work from Honda to Sanquelim will be taken up soon. The CM was today speaking at a function after inaugurating a high mast at Sanquelim market. “There are many projects completed in Sanquelim and several projects are in pipeline. There are many projects completed including an Open venue at Vasat nagar, three projects in housing board, a Hall and a garden developed by the forest department while vasant nagar primary school foundation stone would also be laid down soon” CM told. “Road widening from Honda…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has said that during two meetings with the villagers, he has already assured them that three time compensation will be provided to the farmers. He said that the proposed land is barren and Government is also ready to go out of way to provide 50 per cent compensation to the tenants by making necessary provision in the law. Sawant said that all options are thrown open to the villagers and farmers including priority in jobs at the airport He said during meeting, the villagers were requested to allow conduct of survey. He…

Goemkarponn desk Margao: Ahead of the Municipal Polls announcement, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has convened the Meeting of High Powered Committee for setting up of Solid Waste Management Project at Sonsoddo, on Monday. The meeting is called to Goa to discuss and finalise the issue of the Sonsodo Waste treatment plant. “I am directed to inform you that the Chief MInister of Goa and the Chairman of the High Powered Committee constituted for setting up of Solid Waste Management Project, at Sonsodo, on Design Built, Own, Operate and Transfer (DBOOT) basis has convened a meeting of the members of…