Panaji: The 60th State Level Goa Liberation Day function will be held on December 19, 2020 at the Parade Ground, Opposite Bal Bhavan, Campal at 09.15 a.m. Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant will unfurl the tri-colour and receive the Guard of Honour from the Police contingent.
The President of India, Shri. Ram Nath Kovind will launch the celebrations of 60th year of Goa’s Liberation at Dayanand Bandodkar Ground, Campal, Panaji at 6.00 p.m. on December 19, 2020. Shri Kovind will lay the wreath at the Martyrs’ Memorial at Azad Maidan, Panaji at 5.45 p.m and pay floral tributes.
A two hour thematic programme on Goa culture and tradition will be presented at Dayanand Bandodkar Ground, Campal.
The First Citizen of India will arrive in the State in the afternoon on December 19, 2020 and leave the State in the evening on December 20, 2020. The First Lady, Smt. Savita Kovind; Governor of Goa, Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari; Chief Minister, Dr. Pramod Sawant, Minister of State for Ayush(I/C), Shri Shripad Naik, Minister for Protocol, Shri Mauvin Godinho and Leader of Opposition, Shri Digamber Kamat will also grace the function.
The Government has decided to mark the celebration of 60th Year of Goa Liberation Day in a big way by commemorating it as a State Program.
The Government has decided to mark the celebrations of this significant and momentous occasion with yearlong activities starting from December 19, 2020 to December 19, 2021.
Minister for Information and Technology Smt. Jennifer Monserrate along with secretaries and HoDs of various Government departments will be present on the occasion.
The Goa Liberation Day will be also celebrated in each Taluka in the State. Dy. Chief Minister Shri. Chandrakant Kavalekar will perform flag hoisting in Margao while Minister for Art and Culture Shri. Govind Gaude will perform at Ponda.
Minister for Science and Technology, Shri Michael Lobo will perform the flag hoisting at Mapusa, Minister for Transport Shri Mauvin Godinho at Vasco while Dy. Speaker Shri. Isidore Fernandes will unfurl the tri-colour at Canacona.
Dy. Chief Minister Shri. Manohar Azgaonkar will perform flag hoisting in Pernem; Dy Collector, Sattari at Valpoi; Minister for WRD Shri. Philip Nery Rodrigues at Sanguem; Minister for Power Shri. Nilesh Cabral at Quepem; MLA Mayem Constituency Shri. Pravin Zantye at Bicholim and Minister for PWD Shri. Deepak Prabhu Pauskar will perform flag hoisting in Dharbandora.