21-05-2013 …. In a way to create a link joining the ponda city with the adjoining by pass of borim and curti the state government would construct a 2.8 kms long fly over along the exciting borim-curti nalllah in ponda city

Addressing media press conference chief minister manohar parrikar said that the fly over would relieve much of the traffic pressure from the ponda city and would be undertaken through gsidc with an overwhelming cost of around 80 crores of rupees

Commenting over the letter written by the Deputy Secretary Nandan Singh Ministry of Road Transport and Highways asking for immediate necessary measures to avoid harassment to truckers and transporters and take steps for withdrawal of undue levy of taxes and fees, including the newly started entry tax Parrikar said that though he had not received any letter till date he would written to the prime minister as well as cabinet secretary asking for the authenticity of the officer who wrote a letter to the state government

Meanwhile parrikar also stated that even though the state of Maharashtra had made an increase in their milk prices he would not allow the dairy suppliers in goa to increase the prices of milk ..

17-05-2013 … Even though three years more are left for the next state assembly elections to be held in goa, goa’s oldest political party Maharashtra gomantak party has already started its work in the congress ruling constituency of cumbarjua where in cooperation minister Deepak dhavlikar has started to hold meetings among mgp supporter’s and other’s as well as stated to take up development works in cumbarjua ..

It may be noted that in early days cumbarjua constituency has been the baston of the ancient old mgp party where in political stalwarts like late dr kashinath jhalmi, and even the present congress mla pandurang madkaikar had earlier won on the mgp symbol ….

according to sources if one goes to see the present scenario says something else where in it is believed that no sooner son of north goa mp shripad naik,  siddesh naik had shown his interest to contest the next state assembly elections the political situation seems to have almost changed in cumbarjua where a political source informed goanreporter that “to give a good fight to the north goa mp son sideesh who is trying to contest from this cumbarjua constituency , cumbarjua mla pandurang madkaikar and priol mla Deepak dhavlikar has joined hands to exchange their seats where in Deepak would fight the next assembly elections from cumbarjua constituency while madkaikar would fight from priol constituency as the next assembly elections would be mostly fought on the lines of reservations of seats and as there are lot of st voters in priol constituency where as cumbarjua also had a sufficient amount of mgp voters till date if Deepak want to fight from cumbarjua constituency”

When the same question was put in front of the cooperation minister and priol mla Deepak dhavlikar he said “Priol is my constituency and won’t leave it but if there are reservations done before the next assembly elections then I could take a call to contest from cumbarjua constituency as I have been working there and doing a lot of developmental works among the voters of cumbarjua constituency but it all depends on the 2011 census report”

Dhavliakr said “at present we are in the coalition government and we hope to stand in that in future too and with that we can even ask for the cumbarjua seat for my party in the next assembly elections and then I would certainly jump for the cumbarjua seat on behalf of my mgp party and fight the elections there as a candidate”

Dhavlikar said “The mgp party can decided on four to five constituencies and I can stand up anywhere as I have been working for people in some of the constituencies but finally it is up to the people”

son of north goa mp shripad naik , siddesh said “I have come across such things of politicians trying to change their constituencies but there is a saying that one needs to cross the bridge when only you can come to it so let the time come but presently I am working for the people of cumbarjua constituency and it is for the voters to decided finally whom to vote or not but whatever happens or not I have made a taught to fight the next assembly elections from cumbarjua constituency and with that I do have confidence in my party who would decide on the final scenario of the 2017 assembly elections”

 Meanwhile Gpcc president subash shirodkar said “ though the state assembly elections are far away we are not bothered as whoever is trying to contest from cumbarjua constituency for the next assembly elections which are schedule in 2017 as it is up to the people to judge whom to vote for and any one can show his interest in contesting assembly elections from any constituency of the state’

Meanwhile goanreporter also tried to contest the cumbarjua mla pandurang madkaikar to take his views over the comment but was unavailable due to madkaikar being out of station”

16-05-2013 … Stating that a lot of bogus adhar card could have been used to avail state government schemes members of the pilerene citizens forum on Thursday have demanded to the president of india pranab mukherjee asking for an inquiry in to the issue of adhar cards being issued in to the state of goa..

The forum had also addressed the copy of the letter to the chairman of unique identification authority of india, nandan nilekani, hon-ble minister for state, ministry of statistics and programme implementation, shrikant kumar jena and to the chief secretary of goa vijayan requesting for scrutinizing the process of issuance of adhar card in to the state of goa and to undertake a through scrutiny of the adhar cards issued in the state

Addressing press media in panjim advisor of pilerne citizens forum advocate yatish naik said that since the state already had the issue of fake ration cards being issued in the past the same may be the basis of issuing fake adhar cards and such fake adhar cards may derail the whole gammoth of social security and beneficial measure proposed by the state as well as by the central government to the needy

 Naik also said that there was a need to verify     if certain types of bogus adhar cards were issued also to foreigners or not in the state

15-05-2013 … With no statement coming out from the state government over the exact number of days being considered for fishing ban in to the state of goa the fishing community from goa are put in dilemma of weather to going on a 75 days fishing ban or to carry on with the 45 days ban as per the supreme court order …

It may be noted that The state government had shown interest of reconsidering its decision of imposing 75-day-long fishing ban in the state from this year onwards but till date no decision has come from the government side over the same which has forced the fishing community to be concerned as what steps they should take on fishing ban and what message to pass on to their labourers who would go on for holidays to their native places during the fishing ban

The fishing community in the state was divided over the issue with traditional fishermen welcoming the prolonged ban period, while mechanized trawlers has opposed the ban claiming it to be too long after which the government had contemplated the possibility of shortening the ban duration from 75 days to 60 days or even of 45 days as it was practiced till last season.  

Speaking to goanreporter chairman of Mandovi Fishermen’s Marketing Cooperative Society menino afonso said that that time was moving on and they were concerned over the fishing ban issue as the state government had to inform that about the exact number of days on fishing ban a month before so that they could plan up their thins for the next fishing season

President of the All Goa Fishermen’s Federation John Mendes some of the fishing trawlers had already started to wind up their fishing activities of the season but were in tensions for getting labourers for the next fishing season since the dates of fishing ban were not announced yet by the state government …

14-05-2013 … Nri commissioner and spokesperson of the state bjp party dr Wilfred mesquita has  criticized the state congress party for communalizing the cow slaughtering issue stating that the opposition members were suffering from diarrhea of the mouth and constipation of brain  who were trying to raise a complicate issue of cow slaughtering …

Speaking to media reporter’s nri commissioner dr Wilfred mesquite said it was difficult to understand as how the opposition spokesperson could communalize the court decision on the cow slaughtering issue when they were so many acts which put a ban on animal slaughtering and was not a simple issue for the court to decide on

Mesquita said that people do eat meat which was mostly eaten by minority community but the issue had come due to acts which were had made the issue a complicated one in the state of goa and Karnataka …

13-05-2013 … An 11-member delegation from the Association of the Portuguese Speaking Olympic Committees headed by its president Alex Wong on Thursday visited the bambolim university site and took stock of the preparations for the 3^rd Lusofonia Games to be held in Goa in November.

ACOLOP co-ordinating panel is down in Goa for site inspection of all the competition and non-competition venues

 The delegation will basically review the progress of the works being undertaken by the Government besides also considering the report by the working group from Macau and Brazil which inspected the works last month

the Lusofonia Games is a multinational multi-sport event organized by the ‘The Association of the Portuguese Speaking Olympic Committees’ which involves athletes coming from Lusophone Portuguese-speaking countries, namely those belonging to the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, but also others where there are significant Portuguese communities or that have a common past with Portugal.

The 1st Lusofonia Games were hosted by Macau, from 7th to 15th October 2006, comprising 733 athletes from 11 countries some of which were international sports stars.

In the 2009 edition hosted by Lisbon 1500 athletes participated from 12 countries.

The 3rd edition of the Lusofonia games will be held in Goa, India between 2nd-10th Nov, 2013

 ACOLOP secretary Mario Rosa of Angola, vice-president Franklin Palma of Mozambique are a part of the delegation who at the site had a detailed discussion about the ongoing preparations for the conduct of the games in goa and is then expected to give its final say on the conduct of the Games in Goa once having a meeting with the state government officials.

Games CEO and sports secretary Keshav Chandra also made a detailed presentation about the current status of the ongoing works concerned with the infrastructure for hosting the events and mentioned that all types of works were going on as per schedule and would be completed on time.

12-05-2013 …. Mayor of the corporation city of panjim surendra furtado on Thursday blamed various casino’s operating along the mandovi belt in the capital city for creating nuisance of garbage in to the river mandovi which later flew to all parts of the river seashore area along the city coast line

Speaking to goanreporter ccp mayor surendra furtado said he was given to understand that the garbage which came flowing down to the river belt was released by the casinos operating in mandovi river and asked  chief minister manohar parrikar to act strictly on the casinos which were operating in mandovi river

Furtado said that there was a need from the state government side to act strictly on such casinos which were throwing garbage in to the middle of the sea

Meanwhile ccp commissioner sanjit rodrigues said that ccp had no alternative but to clear garbage that was washed ashore near Miramar, campal beach and ferry wharf which was a huge manual task and ccp was doing it

11-05-2013 … President of the All Goa Fishermen’s Federation John Mendes has criticized the state government for not coming out with a clear policy of weather the state government was serious of putting a fishing ban of 75 days in to the state of goa or not which had created ruckus among the fishing community …

It may be noted that The state government had shown interest of reconsidering its decision of imposing 75-day-long fishing ban in the state from this year onwards, after fishing associations objected to such a long shutout period.

The fishing community in the state was divided over the issue with traditional fishermen welcoming the prolonged ban period, while mechanized trawlers has opposed the ban claiming it to be too long after which the government had contemplated the possibility of shortening the ban duration from 75 days to 60 days or even of 45 days as it was practiced till last season.

Currently, the fishing ban in the state is from June 15 to July 31, every year

Speaking to goanreporter President of the All Goa Fishermen’s Federation John Mendes said if the state government was not ready to impose a 75 days fishing ban in goa then the state government should have not announced it as it had created confusion in to the minds of the boat owners community

Mendes said it was wrong from the state government side of just giving assurances on the 75 days fishing ban and not implementing it

Mendes also stated that the state government was not firm in their decision and such confusions would create riffles among the fishing community

10-05-2013 … No sooner the congress party in Karnataka elections gained overwhelming response the state congress party were seen in upbeat mood at the party head office in panjim where in state congress party president subash shirodkar said that polls in karnataka had sent a message to the whole country that voters in Karnataka were with the congress party along with the upa central government and annoyed with the way the previous bjp government in Karnataka had performed..

The final tally of the Karnataka Assembly polls showed the Karnataka Congress party gaining around 121 seats along with BJP-40, JDS-40, KJP-6 and Others-16

Speaking to media reporters at the party head office in panjim gpcc chief subash shirodkar said he was confident that the next Karnataka government would be a performing government and would take up the mhadei issue with them

Congress spokesperson alexio reginaldo lourenco said that the entire credit of Karnataka victor was going to the high command Sonia Gandhi and rahul Gandhi

Meanwhile chairman of law commission and bjp spokesperson advocate narendra sawaikar also spoke over the huge loss of his party at the Karnataka assembly polls

09-05-2013 … The inquiry report of the panjim market committee which had to be submitted to the corporation by 30^th of April last months has been delayed till 30^th of may by the south goa collector n d agarwal informed ccp mayor surendra furtado who is deciding to hand over the case to state lokayukta if the case if found to be a complicated one

It may be noted that the south goa collector n d agarwal was appointed to inquire into the alleged irregularities pertaining to the allotment of shops and vacant spaces in the new city municipal market complex.

The allotment of shops in Panaji in 2005 has been marred in controversy with the alleged irregularities in the allotment. The CCP’s original list contained names of the traders who occupied kiosks in the old market who were promised shops in the new market.

When the actual allotment happened many of the original occupants were not allotted any space in the new market. It was alleged that some previous councilors of the Atanasio ‘Babush’ Monserrate panel had a hand in the illegal allotment of the shops. Some of them bought shops under benami names.

Although the transfer of the shops were not permitted, some of the original lessees transferred their shops to third parties. The transferring of shops is permitted only in the case of hereditary blood relatives.

At least, 146 shops have been transferred in violation of the CCP rules. Enquires conducted in the past have confirmed gross irregularities in the allotment of shops. The CCP has suffered massive revenue losses amounting to over 1crore on water and electricity bill as a result of this scam. A market survey conducted by the CCP some time ago revealed that over 300 market tenants are involved in irregular occupation. The issue of market has been raked-up on the floor of the state legislative assembly on numerous counts.

The newly appointed mayor surendra Furtado in its last ccp meeting has said that he was expecting the inquiry report from the government-appointed officer N D Agrawal by April 30 and that he would ensure that justice was done and that the CCP gets the actual revenue from the market.

 Meanwhile ccp commissioner surendra furtado said that the investigation officers were on their job as there was a lot of work that had to be done to prepare the final report