Dec-12-2012 … Fearing of security and traffic congestion Sun burn Asia biggest dance music festival could be postponed in the month of January or shifted in south goa state tourism minister Dilip Parulekar said on Wednesday …

It may be noted that the 6th edition of Asia’s biggest dance music festival kicks off on the beaches of Candolim, Goa on 27th, 28th and 29th December

Sunburn is an electronic dance music festival held in Candolim Beach, Goa, India.

The festival is an amalgamation of music, entertainment, food and shopping, and was ranked by CNN in 2009 as the ninth best festival in the world but the festival being held during the Christmas week the state tourism department is in two months weather to ask the organizers to shift the venue towards south goa or to postponed the festival in the month of January 2013 …..

Speaking to goanreporter tourism minister Dilip Parulekar said that holding sun burn during Christmas time was a risk factor due to security, traffic and therefore the event organizers could postpone it to January or hold the event in south goa

Parulekar said that the sunburn festival this year would have state police officials situated inside the event premises that would take care of any untoward incidents …

Commenting over the opposition party who has asked to stop sun burn in goa Parulekar said that opposition were doing their job while the state government were taking enough precautions to take care of event such as sun burn which was just a three day event till now and not a five day one as said by the members of the opposition party …

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December 11, 2012 ….. Goa Chief Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar has appealed to his well wishers not to spend on flowers and advertisements to celebrate his  birthday on December 13  and instead contribute the money in the CM’s Relief Fund which in turn will benefit the poor and needy.

Chief Minister will be  available on his birthday at party headquarters during scheduled times all throughout the day.

Bharat Ratna Hon’ble Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam, former President of India, joins the Governing Board of GVK EMRI as Chairman Emeritus.

Dr Kalam sharing his vision said “GVK EMRI 108 mission is indeed a ‘mission of partnership of every human being to remove the pain and give happiness’.  The 108 service should transform into a beautiful life saving mission throughout the nation.” goa fishing trips

Speaking on the occasion Dr. GVK Reddy, Chairman GVK EMRI expressed sincere gratitude to Dr. Kalam for his consenting to be the Chairman Emeritus and said that the visionary guidance of Dr. Kalam will help the organization to add to the organization’s capability in being a premier provider of all kinds of emergencies – medical, police, fire or disasters.  He reiterated the Board’s commitment to strengthen the 108 emergency services and thanked all Government partners of GVK EMRI for their ongoing support and partnership.

Fact file of GVK EMRI:

GVK Emergency Management and Research Institute (GVK EMRI) a non-profit Organization, having its Head Quarters in Secunderabad, A.P, was started in 2005, with a vision to provide integrated Emergency Response Services  through a toll free number ‘108’ to every citizen of our country under Public Private Partnership (PPP) framework. The service being provided in Public Private Partnership with respective State Govts is free to the citizens.

GVK EMRI has made substantial progress over the last seven years in providing Emergency Response Services across the country and presently operates over 3700 state of the art ambulances in 12 States and 2 Union Territories, viz. Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Assam, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, to provide pre-hospital care covering a population of nearly 600 million. Today, GVK EMRI is serving on an average 12,500 emergencies per day (over 17 million emergencies attended since inception) and cumulatively has saved more than 5,50,000 lives since the launch of the services. We provide direct employment to over 19,000 associates.

GVK EMRI’s innovative approach has revolutionized the concept of Emergency Services in India. The organization to its credit has pioneered the first of its kind interventions in India such as providing a Single Toll- Free number (108) for initiating the emergency response and a comprehensive response of emergencies involving Medical, Police, Fire and disaster management. Today “108” is synonymous with the best-in- class emergency service and has been acknowledged as the most efficient, speedy, reliable and professional service provider in the category.

With increased focus on research and analytics and collaborations with internationally renowned institutions like Stanford School of Medicine, Geomed, American Academy of Family Physicians, Carnegie Mellon University, American Heart Association, ITLS etc, GVK EMRI has plans to significantly enhance the overall emergency management scenario – further reducing individual suffering. GVK EMRI is also accredited by various International agencies for conducting education and training for medical and allied health care professionals.

GVK EMRI is a growing organization committed steadfastly to achieving its vision of serving 30 million emergencies and saving 1 million lives, while continuing to deliver services at global standards through leadership, Innovation, Technology and Research & Training.

Panaji, December 11, 2012 …. Chief Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar has announced that by March next year four new Hospitals will be made operational to bumper ride in goa cater to the health care needs of the people of Goa.  These Hospitals he said, includes new Hospital at Ponda and Sanquelim which will be inaugurated on Liberation Day i.e. December 19, 2012 and subsequently new Hospitals at Bicholim and Valpoi will be opened in January and March next year.

The Chief Minister made this statement after inaugurating the first ever Football Development Centre started by Goa Football Development Council at Valpoi in Sattari taluka yesterday.

The Chief Minister said his Government will pay attention for  development of Valpoi on par with Panaji City.  Besides the New Hospital at Valpoi the work of two major projects in the area New Market Complex and Bus stand will be expedited he said and highlighted the need to identify talent in football from rural areas.

Stressing the need to produce talented Footballers the Chief Minister said the establishment of Football Development Centre will help to develop football skills among the budding footballers from Valpoi and its surrounding areas.

The Chief Minister who felicitated some former footballers from Valpoi areas on the occasion said that he was happy that the first Football Development Centre was started in Valpoi.  He further stressed for imparting proper coaching in football for rural youth and also provide them balanced diet for healthy physique.

Dr. Rufin Monteiro, Chairman GFDC spoke on the occasion.

The inaugural ceremony was attended by Shri Narhari Haldankar, Ex-MLA, Mr.Ishmeet Singh, Business Head, Maharastra and Goa, Mr. Mustufa Aga Football Centre Head Valpoi and Headmaster United High School and Mr. Shaikh Sulaman Karol, Chairman Unity High School, Valpoi.

Earlier Shri Elvis Gomes, Member Secretary of GFDC welcomed Femida Khan proposed the vote of thanks.

Panaji, December 11, 2012 …. Inauguration of romantic dinner cruise in goa Red Ribbon Club and a session on HIV/AIDS for students of Maria Bambina Higher Secondary School, Cuncolim recently organized by Goa State AIDS Control Society, Panaji.

Dr. Vijaya Halarnakar made a brief introduction about the programmes of RRC, which was followed by Dr.Prajakt Kamulkar who explained the risk and the sufferings of a HIV/AIDS patients.

Miss Jeunesse Fernandes, delivered her digital presentation and highlighted the importance of running a Red Ribbon Club in every Higher Secondary School where the youth are the most vulnerable lot in contracting this deadly disease.  Miss Fernandes said that since there was no cure to AIDS it is absolutely necessary to know the causes and adopt preventive measures.  She also mentioned that unconditional love should be shown to HIV/AIDS affected patients as they go through trauma and distress.  The audience asked a few questions and those were answered by the team.

Mrs. Anchita Pereira Mascarenhas compered.  The Principal Sr. Thresia accorded a warm welcome to the dignitaries.  The Principal also acknowledged the good work done by the GOA SACS in harnessing the potential of the youth by equipping them with correct information on HIV/AIDS prevention, care, support and treatment.  Mr. Celestino, Treasurer of the Club proposed a Vote of Thanks.

Panaji, December 11, 2012 …. The NSS Unit of M.E.S. College of Arts and Commerce, Zuarinagar, Goa inaugurated the Red Ribbon Club recently in College Campus.  The Inauguration of Red Ribbon Club marks the beginning of creating awareness of HIV/AIDS among the students and the community in the vicinity of the Institute through the NSS Unit in the College.

The Club was inaugurated by lighting the traditional lamp by the Chief Guest Ms. Jeunesse D. Fernandes, Consultant (Youth Affairs), Goa State AIDS Control Society, Panajim, Goa, Programme Officer Incharge Prof. Rajesh V. Shetgaokar and the NSS student Voluonteers.

The Chief Guest Ms. Jeunesse D. Fernandes, gave insight through a power point presentation about the HIV/AIDS, Prevention strategies and healthy behavior practices.  She also explained in detail the various causes for the spread of diseases.

After the presentation, the discussion was held about the various aspects of AIDS an questions were answered by the resource person.

A total of 138 NSS Volunteers were present for the Inaugural function.  The programme was compared by Miss Tejasway, TYB.Com Student.

The NSS Programme Officer Incharge Prof. Rajesh Shetgaokar delivered the welcome address and introduced the Chief Guest while the vote of thanks was proposed by Programme Officer Teja Temkar.

Panjim-Dec-10-2012 … The involvement of community at large in policing is a concept which has been recognized all over the world. Even in India this concept has been successfully implemented in different parts of the country. Unfortunately, police in India with a legacy inherited from British India had till date been perceived as an oppressive tool. There is a need to change this perception and to take initiatives for involving public at large in its own policing. Police has to approach the public and start taking initiatives to bridge the communication gap between public and police and make efforts to reduce the trust deficit.

            To have better  understanding  and communication between police  and public it has been decided to launch  a community  policing  pragramme  titled “ Saad  Samvad” District  Police  and Traffic  Police  are the  major  stake  holders with the  general  public   in this initiative. The objective of this community policing initiative is 1.) To bridge the communication gap between police and public.2)  To break anonymity of law breakers. 3.) To make law abiding citizens as   stakeholders in community policing. 4.)To improve police image. 5.) To make police accountable and transparent.

 To achieve the above objectives District Police chiefs have been asked to organize meeting with villagers especially in coastal areas where the staff of concerned police station should be introduced to the public. District SPs should sensitize the members of public against certain menaces like Drug Trafficking, Human Trafficking and other illegal activities affecting the social fabric and law and order. An appeal will be made to the public to assist police in curbing these menaces and be a partner in the prevention and detection of crime.

 Similarly  Traffic  police  have been told to  conduct traffic  education pragramme in schools  and sensitize  and educate young  minds on the observation of traffic rules and  discipline. SP traffic has been asked to organize different competitions for school children like essay competition, painting competition in which children should be encouraged  to express their  views about traffic  scenario  and other  road  safety issues.

SP North/South/ Traffic will chalk out a schedule to hold meeting with villagers.

A farmer’s training center was opened at Syngenta Krishi Mitr premises located at Mardol –Goa on 7.12.2012 at the hands of Mr. Satish Tendulkar, Director Agriculture and Site Manger of Syngenta Santa Monica Works Mr. Martin Ghosh. Present on the occasion were Mr. P.S.Jagadeesha, Mr. Sakharam Borkar, Mr. Keshav Mali, farmers and prominent citizens of Mardol.

Mr. K. M.Mali in his welcome address outlined various activities under taken by Syngenta “Krishi Mitr”. “This training center is the extension of Syngenta “Krishi Mitr’s” activities” he said.

Mr. Martin Ghosh in his speech said that the farmers should grow crops which profitable and catering to the needs of Goan consumers. “Training is the need of the hour’ he said and appealed the farmers to take maximum advantage of this training center.

Mr. Satish Tendulkar, Director Agriculture while thanking this initiative of Syngenta Santa Monica works outlined various schemes available with Agriculture Department and appealed the farmers to avail the same. He congratulated Syngenta “Krishi Mitr” for their innovative work in agriculture and promised all support to the center.

Mr. Vaibhav Bakhakle of Syngenta”Krishi Mitr” proposed the vote of thanks.

The Farmer’s training center has all the facilities including audio visual equipment, library and internet.