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Mopa people have been protesting peacefully for over a couple of months now against the acquisition of their land for Link road purpose, various minister gave assurance to the people of Mopa and Pernem over the same issue yet failed to solve their problems. The land acquisition will lead to destruction of houses of the locals and farmland who have tilling the land for their livelihood for many years. The high handedness and use of machineries which we had seen in Melauli , the same force is used by the government to suppress the voice of the locals who were…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Marching towards promoting organic farming, the Dr Pramod Sawant led government has formed 40 village level clusters, comprising 900 farmers from Salcete and Mormugao. The government is promoting organic farming under the Central government’s Paramparaghat Krishi Vikas Yojana. The aim is to create awareness about cultivating crops organically without the use of pesticides. In a press statement issued by CMO, it is said that 40 village level clusters have been formed in Salcete and Mormugao, encompassing 200 hectares of agricultural land in each cluster. Total 900 farmers are engaged in organic farming. It said that agricultural land,…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Reform linked additional borrowing permissions are stimulating reforms in Power Sector in the states. As a part of reform process, five more states namely, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand have successfully met the target set by the Ministry of Power for reduction in Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) losses or achieved the targeted reduction in Average Cost of Supply and Average Revenue Realisation (ACS-ARR) gap. Reduction in AT&C losses and ACS-ARR gap are two of the three reforms in Power Sector stipulated by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance. A part of additional borrowing…

Goemkaponn Desk PANAJI: Fishermen’s associations today has submitted a memorandum to the government demanding that the public hearing on the draft Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) be held at Taluka level instead of district level. Government has announced that public hearing on draft CZMP will be held on March 7 at two venues – Taleigao Community Hall in North Goa and Ravindra Bhavan in South Goa. Olencio Simoes, of Goenchea Ramponkarancho Ekvott said that the memorandum submitted by them has pointed out that it will not be advisable to hold the public hearing at just two venues for fishermen community…

Goemkarponn Desk Pernem: Hundreds of people including farmers and villagers of Dhargal, Varkhand Nagzar, Tuladkardi and others areas are detained by Goa Police and taken to different police stations in North Goa while they agitated outside the Mopa airport site and opposed demarcation of land for the proposed 6 land link road from Dhargal to Mopa Airport. Police force of around 800 police personnel is presently deployed outside the Mopa Airport site. Agitators claimed that if the goverment is not doing any illegalities then there was no need for police protection. “We have been arrested for trying to save our…

Goemkarponn desk Calangute: In a late evening drama, Calangute police arrested one taxi driver Yogesh Govekar for trying to instigate other taxi drivers against Goa Miles taxi service drivers and thereby creating law and order situation. The news of arrest spread like wild fire amongst the taxi drivers, who gathered in large numbers at Calangute police station. The taxi owners demanded immediate release of their colleague without any bond or bail., Finally, Yogesh was produced before SDM and released around 1.00 am. Police said Yogesh was earlier also involved in assault on Goa Miles drivers few days ago. Calangute Police…

Goemkaponn Desk CURCHOREM: The Health Minister Vishwajit Rane and Curchorem MLA and Power Minister Nilesh Cabral today inspected the ongoing work of the Curchorem primary health center. Speaking after inspecting the work, Cabral said that the work is undertaken through Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) who has earmarked Rs 55 crore towards the project. Cabral said that the facility will not only benefit the Curchorem but will also cater to the patients from Sanvordem and Quepem. The Minister said that he will ensure that the work is completed in fast pace. He said that Health Minister has assured to…