Panaji: The District Magistrate, North has ordered that no person, agency, organization, Government Department, local body, public sector undertaking etc. will undertake any digging or cutting of any of the public roads and its shoulders including on all the city and village roads without prior written permission of the Collectorate Office. This probation is not to be applicable to any road digging done by any Government public utility service providing department such as electricity, BSNL and PWD for urgent repairs of electric cables, telecommunication cables and pipelines also digging by local bodies for repairs of road and for division…
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Mapusa: Following public pressure, the Mapusa Municipal Council, Council decided resolved to ask the North Goa Planning and Development Authority to revoke permission to Cuchelim Communidade for development of plots. In a first meeting convened by chairperson Ryan Braganza the council observed that that the the project is coming up is a recreational zone and not settlement. “We will write to NGPDA to revoke permission for the plot development project, Ryan Braganza told reporters. The meeting was also attended by Chief Officer Kabir Shrigaonkar and Mapusa MLA Joshua D’Souza. The members felt that the Cuchelim Communidade…
PANJIM: The Corporation of the City of Panaji has released the SoP’s for Diwali Festival. The SOP shall be followed on the eve of the ensuing Diwali Festival (on the day / evening at the installation of effigy of Narkasur) for prevention the spread of the covid-19 disease in the state of Goa. 1. The Height of the Nakasur Effigy shall be of 8 feet only. 2. No fireworks shall oe used at the site of installation of Narkasur effigy on 13.11.2020 and early morning of 14.11.2020 3 There shall be absolute ban on use of…
PANJIM: Goa reported 215 new COVID-19 positive case today. While there were 345 recoveries and 3 deaths. As per the DHS bulletin, a 64 year old patient from Vasco with DM+HTN, a 73 year old patient from Porvorim with HTN+DM+Hypothyroidism and a 39 year old patient from Curchorem succumbed to the virus. Meanwhile, the active cases stand at 2384 active, the total deaths 585, samples tested 1961.
Panaji: Aldona MLA Glenn Ticlo has been re-appointed as the Chairman of the Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC). The State government has issued a notification reconstituting the 12 member Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) board. The other members of the Board are Secretary Industries, Secretary Finance, CEE, Director – Industries, President GSIA, President GCCI, Arch Chandan Paraab, Arman Bankley, Purti Kathpalia, Jaivant Desai are the Directors while MD GSIDC is the Chief Executive and Ex-Officio Secretary to the corporation.
Panaji: With the elections more then a year away, the season for tie-ups and breaks amongst political factions seems to have already begun. After the Congress observer coming down to Goa and the Goa Forward giving entry to ex BJP leaders in the party, the National Congress Party (NCP), too is looking to cash in on the anti-BJP sentiment in the State. NCP, which is in Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government with Congress and Shiv Sena in Maharashtra has said it wants to tie-up with the regional parties in the State for 2022 polls. NCP Goa desk incharge Praful Patel,…
Panaji: BJP leader DamodarNaik has been appointed as Chairman of Ravindra Bhavan Margao. An order to this effect was issued by Directorate to Art & Culture yesterday. Govt of Goa had dissolved the general council and executive body of Ravindra Bhavan, Margao in Nov 2019 and appointed Director of Art and Culture as it’s administrator.