Panaji: October 11, 2018 … The annual general body meeting of Indian Red Cross Society, Goa state under the president-ship of Governor of Goa and the President of Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) Dr.Smt Mridula Sinha, was held at Raj Bhavan, Dona Paula recently

Speaking on the occasion, Governor congratulated the Indian Red Cross Society for their immense contribution to the society.   Acknowledging that financial constraints are present, Governor said that there is no lack of people wanting to support, people are willing to help. We only have to ask for assistance without hesitating. Governor also applauded the number of various programme like blood donation camps carried out by the IRCS.Being an old institution it always inspire, encourage and initiate at all times all forms of humanitarian activities so that human suffering can be minimized ,she stated.

She also suggested that as a part of Central Government’s decision to commemorate 150th Birth Anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Indian Red Cross Society should also organise program  that have themes of teachings and principles of Mahatma Gandhi

Addressing the gathering, Shri Gaurish Dhond, Chairman of Indian Red Cross Society called upon all the members to rise and collectively work towards welfare of humanity.

Governor Dr.Smt.Mridula Sinha released the Annual Administrative Report of ICRS Goa for 2017-2018

Shri Manguirish Pai Raikar, Vice Chairman, IRCS read out the minutes of the previous year.Shri Mario Pinto De Santana presented the audited annual accounts for the year 2018-2019.

Prof.Subhash Kauthankar compered the meeting while Dr.Digamber Naik proposed the vote of thanks.

Panaji: October 10, 2018 … The Directorate of Transport has compiled their monthly report of number of accidents that occurred and number of Challans issued for the month of August 2018.

As per the report there were 248 road accidents of which 14 Fatal Accidents (North Goa – 7 and South Goa – 7), 16 Grievous Accidents (North Goa – 6 and South Goa – 10), 49 Minor Accidents (North Goa – 17 and South Goa – 32), 169 Non – Injury Accidents (North Goa – 100 and South Goa – 69).

The total number of people who lost their lives in road accidents were 14 (North Goa – 7 and South Goa – 7). 4 riders and 2 Pillion Rider lost their lives in these accidents while 5 pedestrians lost their lives in the road accidents.

20 people were Grievously Injured (North – 7 and South – 13) while 63 persons suffered Minor Injuries (North – 21, South – 42).

A total 7814 Challans were issued by Transport authorities for the month of August.

Panaji: October 9, 2018 … District Election ICON, North and well known poet, lyricist, author, actor/Information Officer, Shri John Aguiar has  asked All those  who will be attaining the age of 18 years as of January 1, 2019, to apply online through the  national voter service portal https://www.nvsp.in/ of the Election Commission of India. The services can be used by mobile phones too. They may also register their names in the electoral list manually by visiting the concerned Assistant Electoral Registration officer at Mamlatdar office.

Besides, he has  also urged people to ensure that their names are not repeated in the list of voters in more than one area (within a constituency or more) as non-deletion would attract a monetary penalty or one-year jail term or both.

Panaji: October 7, 2018  … The Governor of Goa Dr. ( Smt.) Mridula Sinha flagged off Run for Cleaner Goa organized by the Department of Police at Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium Bambolim today. Run for Cleaner Goa is also s a part of Swachh Bharat Mission organized in commemoration of 150^th Birth Anniversary of father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi. Apart from this the objective of the Run for Cleaner Goa is also to spread the message of the importance of cleanliness and about the role of masses in keeping Goa clean.

 The starting point of the Run for Cleaner Goa was Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee stadium while end point of the run was Sharada Mandir School Miramar. More than 900 hundred people comprised of army personnel, police personnel, Fire force personnel’s and public participated in the run.

 Chief Secretary Government of Goa Shri Dharmendra Sharma,  Director General of Police, Dr Muktesh Chander, Inspector General of Police, Shri Jaspal Singh, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Rajesh Kumar,    Superintendent of Police, CID Crime Branch, Shri Kartik Kashyap,  Superintendent of Police  South, Arvind Gawas, Sr. Superintendent of Police, Paramaditya  and others present on the occasion.  

Panaji: Oct 06, 2018 …. Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Shri Narayan Navti, launched ” Donate Your Time” a Special programme (pioneer campaign) under SVEEP organized by Booth Level Officer (BLO), Assembly Constituency 12, Taleigao, at Taleigao today.

The chief motive of “Donate your Time” campaign is to build a strong community support in creating awareness on Voter’s Education and ensuring positive participation through valiant volunteering. The brand ambassador of the campaign is Shri Madhav Borkar, the North Goa District Icon. The volunteers shall be branded as “Time Donors” who shall as a noble and selfless act work for the cause of stronger electoral participation and healthy democracy at the grass root level.  The Time Donors shall donate some time from their routine life and be present at the polling booths on special camps and special drive days and so also on regular days as per their convenience. This campaign model is expected to encourage the senior citizens to actively participate in SVEEP and motivate the younger generation to develop a sense of social responsibility, integrity and moral obligation as our duty towards our country.

After the kick-start of this campaign the ‘Time Donors’ will be voluntarily donating their time on their Polling Stations on the special campaign days, special drive days and also consistently on regular days to impart information on importance of Electoral participation, enrolment in electoral roll and ethical voting.

This model will be adopted in all the other constituencies in the State of Goa thereby setting up an example and means of best practices and as an effective concept in SVEEP.

Speaking as a Chief Guest,  Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Shri Navti emphasized that the senior citizen have lots of ability and experience, which they will use to propagate to enroll young generations or left out eligible voters. He hoped that the efforts made by senior citizen will also propagate ethical voting during election and their ideas will bring golden days to Indian democracy.

Shri Navti said Office of Chief Electoral Office and its election machinery is working towards to prepare error free electoral roll and therefore he appealed the people for cooperation and support for its success.

Shri Navti appreciated the efforts made by all 41 BLOs from Taleigao Constituency and said the hard work of BLOs and their innovative ideas ensuring Goa to be the number one state in having 100 percent enrollment. Shri Navti congratulated all BLOs for being the first Assembly Constituency at all India level to have completed the task of Mobile App and receiving the Best Booth Level Officers Award.

Speaking on the occasion Shri Levinson Martin, Collector North stressing that time is valuable which just can’t be valued with money appealed to all the senior citizen to spend their valuable time for this noble cause to build a strong democracy. He said, in Election, Electoral roll play very important therefore every one of us have to do their best to enroll each eligible voter. No eligible voter should be left behind, he added.

Election District ICON Shri Madhav Borkar said that in Indian Constitution voting has lot of significance as a single vote makes lots of difference. Voting is a fundamental Right which we all should exercise .

The programme commenced with a  ‘Dekhni’ performance which is a semi classical Konkani dance by Goan artists who are voters of 12-Taleigao Assembly Constituency.

The banner used in the programme in the backdrop was handmade by the students of College of Fine Arts who are the Voters of 12-Taleigao AC.

Certificates and Mementos were presented to the Booth Level Officers at the hands of guests to acknowledge their efforts for bringing in innovative concept of the campaign “Donate Your Time” and to create the concept of “Time Donors”, Goa.

The Booth Level Officers also performed a song written and composed by them as a part of SVEEP activity to create awareness on online enrolment and ethical voting.

Shri Vikas Gaunekar, Additional Collector I, North Goa, Smt Deepali Naik, Joint Director, Department of Women and Child Development, Shri Shashank Tripathi, IAS, Dy Collector SDO Tiswadi, Shri Franklin Ferrao, Jt. Mamlatdar Tiswadi Taluka, Sister Celin Pinto, Headmistress Auxilium High School were present on the occasion.