Gaining adequate knowledge in any field has become indispensable to achieve expertise and excellence in life Stated Union Minister of State for Ports, Shipping, Waterways and Tourism Shri Shripad Naik after felicitating 26 personalities for their outstanding contribution in varied fields at a function organized by Samrat Club, Pernem town as part of Guru Poornima celebration held at Virnoda, Pernem yesterday.

Speaking further Shri Naik lauded the yeoman services rendered by Samrat Club International State 1, affiliated to Samrat Club International for the society. He said service Institutions like Samrat Club help the Government to supplement its efforts in creating a well cultured society.

The Union Minister said Gurushishya Parampara is existing in our country since more than 1000 years Quoting Ramayan and Mahabharata which are two of Indias greatest epics, Shri Naik said this ancient Indian tradition is also visible in these epics. He further stressed the need to enrich and preserve this tradition for “posterity’.

Shri Naik commended the efforts of Samrat Club, Pernem town in conducting various activities ever since its inception 3 years ago. Bringing together 26 Samrat Clubs out of a total number of 35 such Clubs from Goa to join the Guru Poornima celebration and felicitate 25 personalities for their contribution in various fields is highly commendable. Such endeavors will undoubtedly inspire them to work with more zeal and vigour in their respective fields, he added.

Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant inaugurated the newly constructed Paikul Bridge today, in the presence of Health Minister Shri Vishwajeet Rane and Poriem MLA Dr Deviya Rane.

Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant shared exciting updates on upcoming projects, stating, “The construction of the Savordem Bridge in Sattari is set to commence soon, with the foundation stone scheduled to be laid within the next two months. Additionally, he announced that GMC will soon provide Cancer OPD services in collaboration with Mumbai’s prestigious Tata Hospital. Furthermore, Government is introducing easy Mediclaim to ensure accessible healthcare for all. Moreover, Government is committed to enhancing connectivity by facilitating the necessary NOCs for the installation of towers”, he added.

With the completion of the Paikul Bridge, a long-cherished dream has finally come to reality, said Health Minister Shri Vishwajeet Rane expressing his joy. This bridge will greatly benefit the residents of Paikul and the entire Sattari region. People of Sattari taluka have always shown the unity among them and they should continue to keep that, he added.

Forest Circuit project will be initiated shortly, he informed further.

 Acknowledging the importance of continued development and connectivity, MLA Dr Deviya Rane emphasized the need for improved transportation services. She requested Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant to deploy Kadamba bus services regularly in Paikul village. Additionally, she assured the community that efforts are underway to address electricity and water-related issues in Sattari, with plans for underground cabling to be completed by the next monsoon.

The construction of the Paikul Bridge involved an investment of 19 crore and saw its completion with a record time of 9 months.

Shri Harish Adkonkar, MD of GSIDC, staff of GSIDC, Sarpanchs, Panchas, and a large number of enthusiastic locals were present at the function.

Goa College of Engineering students should come up with a  project based on solar energy as it is the need of the hour and State government will definitely support them  said Minister for Power  and New and Renewable Energy  Shri Ramkrishna alias Sudhin Dhavalikar .He was speaking after launching Remote Controller for Sectionalizer on 11kv distribution feeder, designed & developed by Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering Goa College of Engineering in association with Goa Electricity Department at Mantralaya, Porvorim.

Shri Dhavalikar congratulated students of Goa Engineering College for designing Remote Controller for sectionalisers which will help to identify the faulty section as well as clear the fault in minimum time thereby improve power system networks. Speaking further he said Power interruption are mostly seen in remote areas which are covered by forest such as Sattari, Dharbandora, Sanguem Quepem. We have started working on underground cabling work and secondly we are focusing on development in the sector which require utmost care such as city areas and industrial areas wherein lot of revenue is generated for the State he added.

On this occasion, Goa College of Engineering students from Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department Mr Raunak Chari, Mr Fred Barboza, Ms lshwari Gaonkar, and Ms Ujwala Shanbhag were felicitated with the certificate of appreciation.

Chief Engineer, Electricity Department, Shri. Stephen Fernandes, Director, Directorate of Technical Education, Dr Vivek Kamat, and Principal of Goa college of Engineering also congratulated the students of GEC.

Under the guidance of Prof. Jayesh Priolkar, Goa College of Engineering students from Electrical & Electronics Engineering Department have designed, developed, and implemented a device that will allow remote control of Sectionalizer on 11 kV distribution feeders using secure mobile phone communication. This will benefit the maintenance, fault detection on power transmission lines. After installing this device, technicians will be able to remotely operate the Sectionalizer. This device is embedded with all the safety and security features. The operator will also receive confirmation messages after carrying out operations and real time status can be checked by all authorized personal. One of the devices was installed and tested successfully on 11 KV Opa feeder at Nandanvan, Bethoda as a part of product development work.