Panaji, October 22,2015 …. Governor of Goa and President of Indian Red Cross Society, Goa State Dr. Mridula Sinha appealed to the Voluntary Organisations to strive hard to serve the people with higher sense of dedication and social responsibility.

 Voluntary organization are the fifth pillar of democracy, she said and stressed the need for increase in number of social workers, which will help to remove the problems and difficulties in the society. Serving needy gives immense satisfaction, she added.

Governor Dr. Mridula Sinha was speaking at the Annual General Body Meeting of Indian Red Cross Society held at Raj Bhavan, recently.

Speaking further Governor urged the social workers from Voluntary organization to actively work as per the requirement of the society. We have to change the mind set of society, she said suggesting to analyse the requirement of the society through a survey. We have to change the activity as per the need of the society, she remarked.

Governor pointed that the there are several challenges and problems faced by our society. Government is implementing various schemes and programmes for the betterment of the society, she mentioned and  urged all NGO’s to supplement the government efforts to implement or to popularize various schemes meant to fulfill the aspiration of the people. Peoples participation with Government is need of the hour and Indian Red Cross Society she hoped will take initiative to change the mindset of the people.

Governor Dr Sinha also released the Annual Administrative Report for the year 2014- 15 on the occasion. Dr. Sinha also felicitated Shri I.J. Virani who have served Mapusa Branch for more than 24 years.

Governor Dr Sinha also felicitated earlier patron Shri Manoj Caculo, Dr. Vinaykumar Pai Raikar, Shri Gaurish Dhond,  Shri Govindraj Dempo and Smt Pallavi Dempo including late Vishwasrao Dempo posthumously.

Governor also presented Honour pins to new Patrons members Shri Mangurish Naik Raikar, Shri Stanaley Joseph and Shri Rakesh Agarwal.

Shri Raghu K. Pikale, Vice Chairman IRCS presented the budget report on the occasion.

Shri Gaurish Dhond welcomed the guests and presented the annual report on the occasion,

Earlier, Governor garlanded the portrait of Jean Henry Dunant, the founder of Red Cross movement in the world.

Dr. Suvarna Fonseca Antao, Principal of Santo Minguel Higher Secondary and Managing Committee Member IRCS compered the function.

19/06/2015 …. Power Department has taken up work of solving power problems in Chimulwada, Gavkarwada, Kumbharwada and Mayem Village Panchayat is taken up on priority basis.  In the first phase, renovation and improvement of HT line passing through Hilin area was taken up under which all the old conductor were changed.

Structural items like cross arms, pins and also insulators were changed. Essentially, to strengthen the poles so that they stand stable when they are partly underwater during rains, foundation of poles were provided with concrete muffing. Total expenditure incurred was to the extent of Rs.2 lakh on said work.

The results of this renovation can be seen as interruptions have considerable minimised due to faults in Hilin area during this rain. Apart from this, to completely improve the power scenario of Narva feeder and 12 associated transformers on it, a development work has been proposed under which underground cable has been planned from Shardanagar to Mayem Village Panchayat at total estimated cost of the work is Rs.30 lakh. After completing all the codal formalities a tender for the said work was opened on 26^th February, 2015.

Total 4 contractors participated. Presently, it is in the final stage of contract awarding process. Within next few days the successful bidder would be issued with the work order to actually commence the work. Once this work is completed, it will form a ring wherein from Bicholim Sub Station, Narva feeder will pass through Devgale, Haturli, Hilin, Chimulwada, Kumbharwada, Shardanagar, Kelbaiwada and back to the Bicholim Sub Station.

This way it is going to be very convenient for Electricity Department to restore power supply in case any fault is occurred in thickly vegetated area. Originally the said work was decided to be carried out under R-APDRP scheme. However, knowing the sensitivity of the issue and urgency, minister directed to take up the work under different head so that it can be commenced speedily.

The work of laying underground cable from Shardanagar to Mayem Village Panchayat has to go along the existing road and as per the standard norms of state during the rains any sort of excavation activities even along the road are prohibited, so actual work on this stretch will begin only after rains.

 Power Minister, Shri. Milind Sagun Naik during his visit to Bicholim Sub Station two months back directed the Power Department to immediately come out with the solution so that powers outages in Chimulwada, Gavkarwada, Kumbharwada and Mayem Village Panchayat are reduced and also while attending to faults life of Electricity Department staffs are not at risk.

 Power minister has directed department upon giving priority to the works which are of importanT but have stayed behind. One such example is work at Keri Sattari. Consumers of this area apprised the minister that any fault occurring in Morlem area like falling of tree and branch results in complete outages of Keri Sattari village. Minister directed to immediately study and take up corrective action.

To resolve this problem, Department initiated the work of erecting 11KV line from Ravan to Shiroli. Almost 90% of the work of erection of line comprising of 2 kms length has been completed by department. Once this line is charged, consumers of Keri Sattari are going to receive power supply from two directions.

As a result in case of fault, power could be restored in shortest span from alternate direction. Apart from following the works of bigger magnitude like underground cabling, erection of new sub station minister has given direction to department to give stress on completing smaller work departmentally for which thorough care is taken to make available material and man power to the engineers.

31/12/2015 … calangute mla Michael lobo has asked the state government for another one month extension for goans to give their suggestions and objections over the propose regional plan 2021 of the state …

Addressing media persons calangute mla Michael lobo said that lot of intentional erros were there in the earlier regional plan 2021 which came out during the erstwhile congress government and therefore there was a need for the government to give another month extension so that goans could give its suggestions and objections over the same

Mr lobo said that he would like to request the tcp officials to see if an exercise could be done once again by village panchayts of the state by appointing experts in planning a proper regional plan for the village

Mr lobo also stated that there was a need to see that the regional plan 2021 to be a people friendly plan

Panaji, August  15, 2018 … Let each one of us be the catalyst of growth in order to propel the nation to great heights said Minister for Panchayat, Shri Mauvin Godinho. He was speaking after unfurling the tricolour on the occasion of 72^nd Independence Day  which was celebrated at Tilak Maidan, Vasco, today.

On the occasion, Shri Godinho paid homage to the freedom fighters and said that we are free and secure because of the sacrifices made by the freedom fighters and the soldiers who defend us at the border. Shri Godinho further said that it is not only the government’s responsibility but it is also the duty of each one of us to contribute to building the nation.

Looking at the developmental work carried in every nook and corner of Goa, Shri Godinho stated that before 2022, Goa will emerge as the most progressive state, he added.

Also present on the occasion were Deputy Collector Shri Mahadev Arondekar, Mamlatdar Shri Satish Prabhu, Dy. Superintendent Police Smt Sunita Sawant, Joint Mamlatdar-I Shri Shripad Naik,  Joint Mamlatdar-II Shri Ravi Nipanikar, Police Inspector Shri Nalasco Raposo and  Former Speaker Shri Rajendra Arlekar .

P.E Officer, Directorate of Sports Shri Umesh Dicholkar, compered the function and proposed the vote of thanks

Panaji:- July 2, 2020 ::: Governor of Goa Shri Satya Pal Malik inaugurated an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) at Raj Bhavan installed by State Bank of India (SBI) today.

Secretary to Governor, Shri Rupesh Kumar Thakur, IAS and Shri Naveen Kumar Gupta, Deputy General Manager (B&O) SBI were also present on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion Governor appreciated SBI for setting up of ATM facility at Raj Bhavan which will benefit the staff members attached to Raj Bhavan to a large extent. He also urged the SBI staff members to maintain good rapport with their customers as it is only the financial institutions who can extend financial support to the needy to set up their ventures and sustain livelihood. He termed the opening of ATM facility as one step towards digitalization at Raj Bhavan.

Shri Rupesh Kumar Thakur IAS said that opening of ATM was the long pending demand of the Raj Bhavan staff members and today it has become a reality. He also informed that the Raj Bhavan is entirely going cashless in their day-to-day financial matters.

Smt.Lata Mashelkar, Branch Manager, SBI, Dona Paula welcomed the gathering and compered the function while Deputy General Manager (B & O) SBI, Shri Naveen Kumar Gupta proposed the vote of thanks.

Panaji: September 5, 2016 ….. Chief Minister Shri Laxmikant Parsekar has extended his greetings and best wishes to people of Goa on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi.

 The Chief Minister in his message has said, I extend my personal greetings and compliments to the people of Goa on the occasion of Chavath. The sacred event of Ganeshotsav is a moment of great pride for all of us.

In his message, Shri Parsekar  said, “Goa’s most-awaited festival of  “Chavoth”  has arrived. Lord Ganesha is an eternal deity, worshiped at the beginning of all important events. He is hailed as the remover of all obstacles. This is a special time when family and friends get together to celebrate this auspicious occasion.

 Lord Shri Ganesh, the deity of wisdom and prosperity inspires to do the best and creative things in life.

 The Chief Minister has wished prosperity in every family and urged people to celebrate the festival with joy, fervour and glorious tradition of harmony and goodwill. “May lord Ganesh bestow his eternal bliss, peace and contentment” he added.

Panaji, March 2, 2017 … According  to information given by Directorate  of Agriculture, transplanting  of Rabi paddy crop has been completed throughout the State and no major outbreak of pests/diseases have been reported or observed during the pest surveillance inspection. The flowering in cashew and mango is completed and fruiting season has been started and a good  crop is expected.

          10900 Nos of Bracon Adults (Bio-Control Agents) were produced at the State Bio-Control Laboratory Ela, Old Goa and 5900 Nos were released in the field. 1048 Nos. of Soil Samples were analyzed at Soil Testing Laboratories at Ela Old and Margao. 45 kgs Mushroom spawn was produced and sold at Mushroom Laboratory, Ela Old Goa.