06-12-2013 : Goa government will seek Centre’s intervention in alleged ‘political chicanery’ over the citizenship of state legislator caetano silva saying it has affected the future of around one lakh Goans, who have their birth registered in Portugal.

Mr Parrikar was speaking to media reporters on being asked about the issue mf benaulim mla caitu silva case related to Portuguese citizenship

 Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said he would write to Union Home Minister seeking the order of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) related to a case filed against Silva, claiming that since his birth is registered in Portugal, he should be debarred as an Indian citizen.

 Parrikar said that the activities of some of the senior congress men to settle their scores with the issue of portuguese citizenship had opened a pandoras box for all those goans who had registered their birth in portuguese

Mr Parrikar also stated that it was up to the special authority such as joint secretary home to decide on the citizenship issues and not the state police department who could act in the matter

05-12-2013 … The Directorate of Social Welfare, in association with the Ashadeep School for differently abled children, on Wednesday celebrated the World Disabled day at Dr. Ambedkar hall, Headland, Sada.

The function began with the lighting of the traditional lamp by Industries and Social Welfare Minister Mahadev Naik in the presence of Meena Goltekar, Director for Social Welfare, Headmistress of Ashadeep school Vinney Fernandes and other officials of the Directorate of social Welfare.

In his speech, Mr. Naik stated that the government had come out with many social welfare schemes for the people of Goa. Commenting on the DSS scheme,  he stated that from 2011 to 2013 the government cleared most of the applications that were forwarded by the people. He further added that the government under the new policy was  trying to provide wheel chairs to those children who could not  walk. 

 Speaking to Goanreporter the Director for Social Welfare stated that besides tapping the cultural talent of the differently abled children the Directorate of Social Welfare provided various schemes to the children and their families.

Earlier, the differently abled children entertained the audience with a spectacular musical performance in the form of traditional, cultural and western dances.

02-12-2013 : … The long pending demand of supply of treated ground water by locals of kalem kulem in Dharbandora would be fulfilled by next year stated Sanvordem MLA Ganesh Gaonkar.

 For the past several year’s untreated ground water was being supplied to the locals of kalem-kulem Dharbandora Taluka from the Dudhsagar river using various mechanisms. As such locals were receiving contaminated ground water through their taps.

 Mr. Gaonkar further added that most of the villages in Dharbandora would come under the JICA project, which would solve the problem    

 Speaking to Goanreporter P.W.D minister Ramakrishna Dhavalikar also assured of starting the work of supplying treated ground water on a priority basis. He said that by 2014 the entire constituency of dharbandora would receive treated water.

01-12-2013: …  locals of morle, sattari fought pitched battle with personnel of karnataka Reserve police force on Saturday evening whose vehicle was also damaged in the process.

According to locals, the trouble started when the allegedly inebriated karnataka police while returning home after a day out in Goa threw  a beer bottle out of bus window which landed on a private car. When the car owner accosted them, the cops thrashed him.

when the locals came to know of the incident, they gathered and   questioned the Karnataka police men who targeted the locals.

Police later escorted the karnataka police vehicle to the Bicholim police station. A case was registered against both the sides.

01=12-2013: …   the people of tiracol in Pernem taluka who have settled there as fisher folks have been let down by the state government, said Curtorim legislator Aleixo Reginaldo lourenco.  Their rights to carry out agriculture have been taken away and instead the place has been given to set up a hotel and golf course.

addressing  media persons on Saturday at Margao, Mr Lourenco said that the people of tiracol had been betrayed by the BJP-led state government.

reginaldo said the very existence of these people have been threatened as they could not carry out their agriculture in the land they tilled for a long time.

reginaldo also stated that justice should be given to these unfortunate people.

22-10-2013 … Chief minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said that valid documents such as voter’s identity card as well as passport of an Indian citizen should be accepted while availing information uder rti act in state while swearing an affidavit was not mandatory …

Chief minister Manohar Parrikar was speaking to media reporters after Right to Information activists and Goa RTI Forum had slammed the State government over its circular according to which a seeker of information under the Right to Information Act should produce an affidavit from a notary stating s/he is a citizen of India before submitting a request for information under the RTI.

A government circular which was issued late Tuesday had asks all Right to Information applicants to mandatorily attach a copy of the affidavit swearing that the applicant is an Indian national.

 Parrikar also stated that the circular was issued keeping in mind some of the foreign nationals trying to ask information under rti when they were not Indian citizens and therefore had to sworn in an affidavit for availing rti information

21-10-2013 … The Goa Legislative Assembly’s House Committee, investigating the drug trade and its link with politicians, has completed its comprehensive report but the calangute mla Michael lobo who is also the member of the house committee seems to be pretty not satisfied with the harsh language being used in the committee report

The house committee constituted to inquire in to the police politicians drug nexus case under the leadership of nuvem mla micky Pacheco had other members members of the committee comprised of BJP MLAs Michael Lobo, Vishnu Wagh, gvp mla Caetano Silva and MGP member Lavoo Mamledar.

according to available sources the committee’s voluminous report which runs to around 10,000 pages, had made serious allegations against some of the senior police officers who have failed to take action on drugs related issues and have also asked to take stern action on such police officers

Sources also stated that the report also ask for the arrest of a son of a senior political leader who seems to have been involved in the drugs related issues within fifteen days from the time the report is approved

Speaking to goanreporter member of the house committee constituted to inquire in to the police politicians drug nexus case and calangute MLAs Michael Lobo said though the draft report of the house committee was ready he was not satisfied with some of the harsh language that was used in to the preparation of the draft report

Michael said he felt it was wrong to accuse someone for wrong reasons and therefore he would like to see certain corrections being made in to the report if it had to be made

Michael also stated that he would give his findings once he would go through the report

20-10-2013 …  In what could be termed as a loss to the state government treasury in terms of revenue generation officials of the simplex group who have bagged the contract for the construction of the infrastructure of athletic track at the upcoming lusofonia games at Bambolim have illegally sub-let an electricity connection from its premises to an illegal grocery shop outside the lusofonia premises for the past more than six months ….

For the past six to seven months a full fledged illegally grocery shop has been set up outside the upcoming athletic track at Bambolim which is being run by a native from Bengal ashok biswas which has no permission from the concerned village panchayat of st cruz as well as permission civil supplies and from the department of food and drugs administration government of goa

Not only what is more surprising is that the project in charge of the sports area at Bambolim mr mukesh singh of Mumbai-based M/s Simplex Projects Ltd who are the contractors entrusted with the task of building the athletic stadium at Bambolim and seems to have given light connection to the illegal grocery shop for which also has more than three bulbs of over 60 watts along with a fridge having been running on a single wire connection which comes from the premises of the state government area where in an athletic track is being constructed for the upcoming lusofonia games 2014

When goanreproter tried to questioned ashok biswas who runs the illegal grocery shop along the area near the upcoming athletic track at Bambolim ashok said that the site in charge of simplex group was well aware of the situation and it was on his behalf that a light connection was also given for the grocery shop illegally

Ashok said “this shop has been put up three to four months after the company simplex group had started its work of the sports infrastructure and I had taken the permission from the site incharge mukesh singh

Ashok said I know its illegal at the moment but to get the legal formalities done it would take some time no but no one takes any rent from us and we have also taken a light connection from the company too for the grocery shop as company has given us on a single cable line”

Sarpanch of St cruz village panchayat said that he was shocked to know that an illegal grocery shop had come up in the vicinity of the upcoming lusofonia games area, he mentioned “we have not given any permission for setting up of a grocery shop and today I myself was also shocked to see that an illegal grocery shop had come up and now with my panch members we could definitely carry out a site inspection of it and also take strict action on hygenie conditions too

when goanreproter tried to find out the same details from the project incharge mr mukesh singh in front of mr ashok biswas he denied that he had given permission for any such illegality and on top of that he informed that he was totally unaware as who had given the grocery shop a power connection from the premises of the sports infrastructure

“a stunned singh said “we have not given any light connection to the illegal grocery shop and said that he was not aware of anything that was going on and when ashok in front of mr singh said that “sir you had given us the connection” singh looking at ashok said “I have not given you and when did i gave you the connection but ashok asked singh as how did I got the connection from your premises and that it was after taking permission from you only that we got a light connection sir but still singh went on saying that they had not given any connection for the illegal grocery shop and I would check on it and fell that ashok had committed theft of power connection from the government premises

incident the st andre mla Vishnu surya wagh in whose constituency the infrastructure is being constructed at was shocked to see that an illegal grocery shop had come up near the sports infrastructure vicinity and said that it was sad to note that goans had to face a lot of hardships for getting permissions to put up a grocery shops while outsiders while easily running illegal shops which the state government authorities were least bothered to take a note of

it’s a shocking as how he has tried to put a grocery shop without concerned government approvals and therefore I fell that the concerned contractor must be hand in gloves with him and now sports authority of goa should take a strict cognizance of it I feel that the concerned contractor must have come together with the person for their benefits because the work is going on day and night and so many workers are staying there due to work who might be needing grocery items but that doesn’t mean that one has to put illegal structure while department should have made provision for them with temporarily license as common have to face many hardships if he has to get a grocery license but outside do such things are allowed to commit illegalities in the state and I would take up the issue with the sports minister and if possible would also take up in the assembly too