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If the Chief Minister does not know, we wish to inform him that the contractor has to mandatorily pay a 10 p.c cut to the PWD Minister to get the work order. Suppose the road is of one crore rupees he has to pay Rs 10 lakh in advance and Rs 5 lakh in security deposit. Then comes the local MLA in whose constituency the work is being carried out; he has to be paid a mandatory 5 p.c or brings hurdles while implementing the project. Finally, after the work is complete, he must pay the officer who inspects the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Round the year availability of traditional Goan products like ‘Mankurad’ mango and Ready to eat livestock products like Goan sausage, shrimp/duck curry will be a reality soon, informed Director ICAR today. To make ‘Swayampurna Goa’ Indian Council of Agricultural Research has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla, to increase vegetable and fodder production. Director, ICAR, Shri Parveen Kumar, today interacted with the media about the various activities undertaken by ICAR. Director Parveen Kumar informed that Goa is importing 320 tons of vegetables per day from neighbouring states. After cultivating Vegetables and Potatoes…

Goemakrponn desk CURTORIM: A day after news reports of Curtorim MLA Alexio Reginald Lourenco leaving the party to join the Aam Aadmi Party, the Congress leadership has swung into action and has succeeded in convincing Reginald not to quit the party. The Congress team was led by GPCC president Girish Chodankar, Working President Alexio Sequeira, Vice President Altinho Gomes, District President Joe Dias, Mahila President Beena Naik, Congress leader Avertano Furtado, Adv. Archit Naik met Reginald on his 51st birthday to wish him. It was said they were successful in convincing the leader to stay put in Congress. Addressing a…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Covid Warrior Dr Suyog Samuel Arawattigi joined AAP today. Dr Arawattigi joined Aam Aadmi Party today in Panaji in AAP Vice President Valmiki Naik, General Secretary Gerson Gomes & Velim Assembly in charge Cruz Silva. Dr Arawattigi is a well known Covid Warrior and is known in Velim as a Dr who has saved many lives. He is the former President of IMA Margao & IMA Goa and the present president of General Practitioners Association Goa. For the last 22 years, he has been in the medical field. The Dr joined AAP on the back of Arvind Kejriwals Globally…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: The Bharatiya Janata Party lost the Soccoro panchayat as the Sarpanch Sandeep Vazarkar and deputy defeated by 6-0 votes. Last week, six members of the Rohan Khaunte panel in Socorro panchayat submitted a letter expressing no-confidence against sarpanch Sandeep Vazarkar, who had recently joined BJP. The no-confidence motion was signed by panch members Anil Pednekar, Sanjay Pednekar, Sandeep Manjrekar, Ravlu Parsekar, Reshma Morajkar and Maya Keni. The letter was handover to Block Development Officer Bardez while accusing the Sarpanch of not taking other members into confidence in the village developmental activities. Sarpanch failed to take action against…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that all possible steps to integrate the diverse sections of the society in order to maintain peace and tranquillity and the prevailing communal harmony, peaceful co-existence and fraternal relations among different religions. “We must take all possible steps to integrate the diverse sections of the society in order to maintain peace and tranquillity and the prevailing communal harmony, peaceful co-existence and fraternal relations among different religions,” said CM Sawant He further said that Linguistic denominations should be further promoted and strengthened. “Goa has a truly glorious history and a distinct culture and…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has urged the Public Works Department (PWD) to shoulder the responsibility of overcoming the problem of potholes on roads by November. “I urged the PWD officials to shoulder the responsibility of overcoming the problem of potholes on roads by November; there is a need of assessing the necessity or priority of any project,” said CM Sawant. He further said that the state government should stand for the interest of the State and utilize state exchequer funds judiciously and for the right purpose. “I am satisfied over the cooperation of all the departments for…