Panaji, September 28, 2018 … As a part of ‘Swatcha hi Seva’ movement Governor of Goa Dr. Smt. Mridula Sinha today visited the Biomedical Waste Management (BMW) and Sewage Treatment Plant at Goa Medical College, Bambolim.

Minister for Health Shri. Vishwajit Rane, Secretary (Health) Shri. J. Ashok Kumar, IAS, Dean of GMC Dr. Pradip Naik, Medical Superintendent Dr. Shivanand Bandekar, Add. Secretary Health Shri. Sunil Masurkar, Under Secretary Smt. Trupti Manerkar, GMC’s Director (Administration) Shri. Dattaram Sardessai and others were present on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion the Governor said that patient considers a hospital as a temple and treats a doctor as God. “The GMC administration has always been at the forefront when it comes to health services and hope that the legacy shall continue in years to come,” the Governor said.

 Earlier, Dr. Bandekar welcomed the gathering and briefed about the upcoming Biomedical Waste Management and Sewage Treatment plant. He informed about various legal aspects and segregation management system followed at the plant. “The plant receives a total 909 kgs of BMW per day from GMC and other Govt. Hospitals. There are dustbins identified by different colours to segregate different type of waste. Systematic training is provided to nurses and other staff on time to time basis.”

The Governor thereafter visited the upcoming Super-Speciality Block’s construction site and took an overview of the project. She also planted a sapling and advised the officials to keep the surrounding clean and green.

Panaji: Sept.27,2018 … The Governor of Goa Dr. Mridula Sinha paid a visit to the sewerage treatment plant at Saligao today During the visit she interacted with the workers about their safety concerns.  Thereafter she had a meeting with the officials and discussed about the function and operation of the plant.

 Shri Domnic Fernandes, OSD, SWM Cell during the discussion informed that more than 150 tonnes of garbage is treated everyday which is beyond its capacity and during some occasion like tourist season workload increases to 200 tonnes also. He said that the workers who are working on the plant are provided with safety and security equipments besides paying due attention towards hygiene and health of the workers. Apart from this he said the workers are provided with the facility of entertainment. The campus of the plant which is spread in around ten acres is filled with green cover by planting trees and having a garden around.

 Secretary Science and Technology, Shri Sanjay Gihar, Environment Engineer GSPCB, Shri Sanjiv Joglekar, Manager GSIDC, Shri Sandip Chodankar, staff of GWMC were present during the visit.  

Panaji September 26, 2018 … The Press Accreditation Committee yesterday called on the Aditional Director General of Press Information Bureau Shri Nitin Wakankar, IIS, Additional Director at National Media Centre, New Delhi and held discussions on the matters relating to Press Accreditation and other issues.

Shri Wakankar apprised the committee with the help of power point presentation about the Press Accreditation Rules of the PIB and the facilities that are extended to the press persons.

The PAC Committee is headed by its Chairman Shri Raju Nayak. Member Secretary of the committee and Director of Information and  Publicity Shri T.S. Sawant, Information Officer ( Publicity) Shri John Aguiar, Editor of Goa Doot Shri Waman Prabhu, Shri Shyam Gaonkar, Shri Ganesh Shetkar, Shri Kailash Naik, Shri Kenzil Rodrigues, Shri Alfred Fernandes, Shri Sudakar Naik and Shri Sandip Dessai were present.

New Delhi: September 26, 2018 … Goa Press Accreditation Committee recently called on Secretary (Public Relations), Government of NCT of Delhi, Dr. Jayadev Sarangi in his office to discuss the various facilities provided by the Delhi Government to media persons.

The  delegation consisted of 11 members including Chairman, Editor Lokmat Shri Raju Nayak, Director (I&P) Goa, Shri T.S. Sawant, Information Officer, Shri John Aguiar, Editir of Goa Doot Shri Waman Prabhu, Liasion Officer Shri Shyam Gaonkar and others from various media and Goa news organizations.

In the meeting, various issues concerning to facilities being provided to accredited journalists by the Directorate of Information and Publicity of Delhi Government like Medical facilities, Parking facility, Bus and Rail travel facility were discussed at large.

Dr. Jayadev Sarangi, Secretary (PR) opined that such type of interactions between two or more government Departments should take place on regular basis, as it would be helpful in bringing out more coherence in the government rules and policies adopted by different state governments for the welfare of Media persons.

He also informed the visiting delegation that keeping in view the Hon’ble Supreme Court’s guidelines on government advertisements this Directorate has adopted an SOP for ensuring government advertisement & as per SOP the concerned Head of Department has to issue a content verification certificate for publication of the advertisement. The certificate is to be duly signed by the concerned Head of Department before the publication of the advertisement.

All officers present in the meeting expressed their views and deliberated different matter related to govt. policies and programme with the Goa delegation. 

The members of the GPAC interacted with the officers and officials of the Directorate (I&P), GNCTD. The queries raised by the members about the press accreditation rules and other issues were also clarified by the officers of the Directorate. Shri Nalin Chauhan, Dy. Director (Advt./Pub), Shri Kaanchan Azad, Information Officer, (Press/Hospt. & Outdoor), Shri Vinya Kumar Mongia, Head of Office, Shri Chandan Kumar, Asstt. Information Officer, Shri Amit Kumar, Asstt. Information Officer, Smt. Urmila Beniwal, Asstt. Information Officer,  Shri Govind, Asstt. Information Officer, Shri Manish Kumar, Field Publicity Officer were present in the meeting.

Panaji, September 26, 2018 … Ministry of Tribal Affairs, New Delhi, Government of India invites two tribal representatives one male and female from the any of the Schedule Tribes members from backward Tribal Communities in the state to witness the Republic Day Parade and celebration, 2019 at New Delhi.

The Schedule Tribe person of Goa State whose age is not over sixty years and interested to witness Republic Day Parade 2019 at the New Delhi may submit their nomination in the Proforma given below to the Director, Directorate of Tribal Welfare, Shrama Shakti Bhavan, 5^th Floor, Patto, Panaji Goa by September 28, 2018.

Name of the Tribal Applicant, Date of Birth/Age, Fathers Name, Mothers Name, Husbands/Wife’s name, full residential address, contact no, tribal to which he/she belongs (caste certificate to be enclosed)family annual income from all sources.

Only two person belonging to ST communities i.e one male and one female will be selected to  witness Republic Day Parade, 2019 at New Delhi. The selected person has to represent themselves in the Traditional Attires and is required to stay in Delhi from January 22, 2019 to February 2, 2019.

The expenditure on travel by second class railway from Goa to Delhi and back as well as food accommodation will be borne by State Government.       

Panaji, September 25, 2018 … MLAs Shri. Milind Naik and Shri. Nilesh Cabral were inducted in the Council of Ministers at a simple ceremony held at Darbar Hall ,Raj Bhavan, Donapaula yesterday.

Governor Dr. (Smt.) Mridula Sinha administered the Oath of Office and Secrecy to both the Minister designate. Earlier Chief Secretary Shri. Dharmendra Sharma IAS, read the order of appointment.

Shri. Naik took the oath in Marathi while Shri. Cabral  in Konkani

The swearing-in ceremony was attended by Minister for PWD Shri Ramkrishna alias Sudin Dhavalikar, Minister for Town and Country Planning Shri Vijai Sardesai ,Minister for Tourism Shri Manohar Azgaonkar, Minister for Revenue Shri Rohan Khaunte, Minister for Art and Culture Shri Govind Gaude, Minister for Water Resources Shi Vinod Palyekar, Minister for Housing Shri Jayesh Salgaonkar ,Minister for Panchayat, Shri Mauvin Godinho, Minister for Health Shri Vishwajit Rane ,Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly Dr Pramod Sawant, Member of Parliament Shri Narendra Sawaikar and Shri Vinay Tendulkar, MLA ’s Shri Rajesh Patnekar ,Shri Glenn Ticlo ,Smt.Alina Saldanha, Shri Deepak Pauskar, Former chief Minister Shri Laxmikant Parsekar, Former Speaker Shri Rajendra Arlekar, Goa and Maharashtra organising Secretary( BJP )Shri Vijay Puranik, BJP National General Secretary and Goa Desk  incharge Shri B.L Santhosh, former MLA Shri Rajan Kuncolienkar, Former Deputy Speaker Shri  Anant Shet, senior BJP leader and family members of both the designated ministers amongst others .

Panaji, September 25, 2018 … Directorate of Museum in collaboration with Rajiv Gandhi Kala Mandir will organized a programme Gazalrang Mushayara at Rajiv Gandhi Kala Mandir, Ponda on September 29, 2018 from 5.00 p.m to 7.00 pm to mark foundation day of Goa State Museums.   

The programme is open for public and all are cordially invited to attend the same.