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Palekar adamant on fast till matter completely resolved. Adv Amit Palekar was visited by his wife and little daughter as his fast entered day 2. Palekar got emotional & overwhelmed by the visit. Apart from his family many Goenkars also stopped by and visited him. Palekar is adamant that come what may he will stick to his fight for Old Goa and Goan heritage. Meanwhile a stop-work notice has finally been issued by Old Goa Panchayat, to the proprietor of alleged illegal construction at the Old Goa heritage site. Adv. Amit Palekar has welcomed the decision of Panchayat however at…

Goemkarponn investigations reveal how the people close to CORRIDORS OF POWER connived with politicians and authorities to get reconstruction permissions of a house that never existed. SURAJ NANDREKAR/ Goemkarponn OLD GOA: The most burning issue in Goa today is the “illegal” house in the heritage zone next to St Cajetan Church in Old Goa. While the people under the banner of Save Old Goa are fighting and a massive crowd gathered to oppose the construction, the Government still seems to be unmoved; the reason is that the culprits are close to the CORRIDORS of POWER. While it is no secret…

Shockingly, after all this, the Conservation Committee gave permission for RECONSTRUCTION of the old house, which never existed. Not only this, the Town and Country Planning, in a hurry, granted permission within 11 days after Conservation Committee approval. There is enough evidence for the government to act if it wants to, but sadly, the Sawant led government is sleeping over it for reasons best known to them. Manish Munot is the husband of BJP national spokesperson Shaina NC, and Sawant does not seem to be in the mood to upset the national leaders ahead of elections. However, one opines is…

Goemkarponn desk NEW DELHII: A day after taking oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha, AITC National Vice-President and former Chief Minister of Goa, Shri Luizinho Faleiro today launched a full-blown attack at the ruling BJP government in Goa in his maiden speech which was made during the Zero Hour. Keeping his promise to raise Goa-centric issues in Parliament, the newly elected Rajya Sabha MP called the three contentious linear projects as ‘3 cardinal sins’. He demanded the resumption of sustainable & legal mining and the immediate recovery of Rs 35,000 crore lost due to illegal mining in the…

GOEMKARPONN desk PANAJI: Agrahayana 9, 1941 Goa Housing Board has categorically denied the false and baseless statements made in the news article that appeared in some sections of the print media stating that the Goa Housing Board land at Dhargalhas has been allotted to GMR on lease and is likely to be given to Mopa Airport Authority. Goa Housing Board has informed that they had acquired land admeasuring 1,68,002.00 sq.mts for taking up its Housing Schemes in the year 2012. The Board is in the process of taking up development and the layout plans have been processed for approval/ sanction…

Goemkarponn Desk OLD GOA: The Old Goa Panchayat in its meeting held today has resolved to issue stop work order to the controversial construction of the bunglow in the world heritage site buffer zone. Sarpanch Janita Madkaikar said that the panchayat has also resolved to issue show cause notices to the project proponent as to why the renewal licence as well as the house number allocated for the structure should not be revoked. They have been given 7 days time to reply to the show cause notice. Panchayat has also decided to hold the transfer of ownership of the property…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Forward Party (GFP) today has exposed the land acquisition done by the BJP govt for double railway tracking. GFP has also slammed CM Pramod Sawant for cheating the people of Goa. “Today, we have exposed the land acquisition done by the BJP government for double railway tracking. We have in possession the notification by the government of India,” said GFP Environment Cell Convenor Vikas Bhagat He further said that the double engine government has taken away the land of Goemkars overnight by way of notification. “Former CM Manohar Parrikar had said that he would not hand…