Panaji : March 04, 2020 :::: The Department of Environment, has designated various Officers as ‘Authority’ for the maintenance of the ambient air quality standards in respect of noise.

          The officers are Smt. R. Menaka, IAS Collector and District Magistrate, North Goa, Office Tel. No. 2223612, 2225383, 2427690, 2225083, Fax No. 2426492 and Mobile No. 9822123071, Shri. Ajit Roy, IAS, Collector and District Magistrate, South Goa, Office Tel. No. 2705333, 2702699, 2737566, 2714907, Fax No. 2733026, 2794402 and Mobile No. 9422439439, Shri. Dashrath Redkar, Addl. Collector-(I) and Addl. District Magistrate, North Goa, Office Tel. No. 2223418, 2225383, Fax No. 2426492 and Mobile No. 9422456712, Shri. Surendra Naik, Addl. Collector-(I) and Addl. District Magistrate, South Goa, Office Tel. No. 2794423, Fax No. 2733026 and Mobile No. 9822142132, Shri. Shashank Tripahti, IAS, Dy. Collector and Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Tiswadi, Panaji, Office Tel. No. 2225511, Fax No. 2225511 and Mobile No. 8142135900, Shri. Kedar Naik, Dy. Collector and Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Ponda, Office Tel. No. 2312469, 2311498, Fax No. 2312469 and Mobile No. 9823915623, Shri. Sudhir Kerkar, Dy. Collector and Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Bardez, Mapusa, Office Tel. No. 2262038, 2250398, Fax No. 2262038 and Mobile No. 9423139899, Shri. Sachin Desai, Dy. Collector and Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Bicholim, Office Tel. No. 2362058, 2360254, Fax No. 2362058 and Mobile No. 8668219025, Shri. Chandrakant Shetkar, Dy. Collector and Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Pernem Office Tel No. 2201142, Fax No. 2201142 and Mobile No. 9922356241, Shri. Mangaldas Gaonkar, Dy. Collector and Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Satari, Office Tel. No. Nil, Fax No. Nil and Mobile No. 9611148943, Shri. Satish Prabhu, Dy. Collector and Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Salcete, Office Tel. No. 2794145, Fax No. Nil, Mobile No. 9420687231, Shri. Paresh Fal Dessai, Dy. Collector and Sub- Divisional Magistrate, Mormugao, Vasco, Office Tel. No. 2512688, 2500565, Fax No. 2512688 and Mobile No. 9423307942, Shri. Rohit Kadam, Dy. Collector and Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Quepem, Office Tel. No. 2662228, 2662241, Fax No. 2662228 and Mobile No. 9822137728, Shri. Ajay Gawade, Dy. Collector and Sub – Divisional Magistrate, Sanguem, Office Tel. No. Nil, Fax No. Nil and Mobile No. 9834233061, Shri. Pritidas Gaonkar, Dy. Collector and Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Canacona, Office Tel. No. 2643696, Fax No. 2643696 and Mobile No.9403529512, Shri. Pradeep Naik, Dy. Collector and Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Dharbandora, Office Tel. No. 2614036, Fax No. 2614037 and Mobile No. 9850065288, Shri. Utkrisht Prasoon, IPS, Superintendent of Police (North Goa), Panaji, Office Tel. No. 2416100, Fax No. 2416243 and Mobile No. 7875756013, Shri. A.K. Gawas, Superintendent of Police (South Goa), Margao Goa, Office Tel. No. 2732218, Fax No. 2733864 and Mobile No. 7875756005, Shri. Uttam Y. Raut Dessai, Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Tiswadi, Panaji, Office Tel. No. 2226519, Fax No. 2226519 and Mobile No. 7875756021, Shri. Nelson Albuquerque, Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Ponda, Office Tel. No. 2317978, Fax No. 2317978 and Mobile No. 7875756035, Shri. Serafin Dias, Sub- Divisional Police Officer, Salcette, Office Tel. No. 2714449, 2710656, 2714454, Fax No. 2714449 and Mobile No. 7875756086, Smt. Sunita Sawant, Sub- Divisional Police Officer, Mormugao, Vasco, Office Tel. No. 2500222, Fax No. 2500222 and Mobile No. 7875756048, Shri. Gajanan Prabhudessai, Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Mapusa-I for Pernem, Mapusa and Anjuna Police Stations, Office Tel. No. 2262207, Fax No. 2262207 and Mobile No. 7875756025, Shri. Edwin M.S. Colaco, Sub- Divisional Police Officer, Mapusa-II for Calangute and Porvorim Police Stations, Office Tel. No. 2412723, Fax No. 2412723 and Mobile No. 7875756029, Shri. Kiran J. Paudwal, Sub- Divisional Police Officer, Quepem, Office Tel. No. 2663900, Fax No. 2663900 and Mobile No. 7875756043, Shri. Gurudas Gawade, Sub- Divisional Police Officer, Bicholim, Office Tel. No. 2363737, Fax No. 2363737 and Mobile No. 7875756025.

Panaji ::: 02/03/2020 ::: In view of ensuing General Elections to Zilla Panchayat scheduled to be held on March 22, 2020, a round the clock ( 24X 7 ) Control Room with phone No.2225083, has been set up in the office of the Collector & Zilla Panchayat Election Officer, for North Goa District.

          The general public may contact on the above phone number with regards to any complaint.

Panaji, March 1st,2020 …. Ambassador of the European Union to India Shri. Ugo Astuto, along with Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant launched the strategy for ‘Fostering Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy in Goa’, making Goa a pioneering state to prepare such strategy. The strategy presents an overall state-level action plan to main stream resource efficiency and circular economy and foster sustainable management of resources in the state.

 The function was organized by Directorate of Planning, Statistics and Evaluation (DPSE) in collaboration with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and with support from European Union’s Resource Efficiency Initiative (EU-REI) at Panaji recently.

 Director, Directorate of Planning, Statistics and Evaluation (DPSE), Shri Dr. Y Durga Prasad and Counselor, Environment, Energy & Climate Change, European Union Delegation to India, Ms. Henriette Faergemann were present on the occasion.

 Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant expressed his gratitude to Niti Aayog for encouraging the State of Goa to formulate the State strategy on Resource Efficiency (RE) and Circular Economy (CE) and congratulated the Directorate of Planning, Statistics and Evaluation, Government of Goa for steering the development of this Strategy.

Talking about the collaboration, the EU Ambassador said “We are extremely delighted to have been supporting the state of Goa in preparation of the Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Strategy.

 The strategy has been prepared by Directorate of Planning, Statistics and Evaluation (DPSE), Government of Goa, and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) was assigned to help them develop this Strategy with support from the EU-Resource Efficiency Initiative (EU-REI). The Strategy presents a resource efficiency roadmap for tourism and construction along with addressing the issue of marine litter.

 The strategy recognises the emergent need to use resources judiciously across lifecycle in order to sustain Goa’s long-term development and societal wellbeing.

Stakeholder groups from Goa who participated in the focused group discussions for the strategy paper were Tourism, Construction, Civil Society, Waste, Marine and Business and other Sectors.

 Smt. Ashwini compered the function and Shri Furtado Deputy Director, Directorate of Planning and Statistics proposed the vote of thanks.

Panaji, February  29, 2020 ::: Directorate of Transport, Government of Goa in association with Manipal Hospitals Goa has conducted Basic Life Support Training for the officers involved in Road Safety Program of Government of Goa. The training program was inaugurated by Director of Transport  Department,  Shri Rajan Satardekar.  Head of Department, Oncology Department and a Senior Surgeon at Manipal Hospital,  Dr. Shekhar Salkar were present on the occasion.

The session was  attended by Dy. Director (S), Shri Ivo Rodrigues   and Asstt. Directors and Motor Vehicle Inspectors of Directorate of Transport and Representatives of State Road Safety Council, namely Department of Environment, Panaji  Traffic Police Cell, KTCL and North Goa Collectorate.

The  session was taken by Head of Department, Emergency and Trauma at KMC, Hospital Mangalore and Manipal Hospitals Goa, Dr. Jeedhu Radhakrishnan. PRO of  Manipal Hospital, Shri Jones Samuel  Coordinated the training program.

While imparting  training the  trainer emphasized that, lives can be saved by timely first aid during Golden Hour which is a first hour after accident, during which the accident victim have higher chances of survival. Officers of Transport  Department are involved in duty on highways and roads and can act as a first responded, until medical help arrives.

Trainer demonstrated how’ to move victim to safety  position and carryout first aid. It takes less than 4 minutes for a blocked airway  to cause death. Trainer demonstrated about how to know that  victim is able to breath and clearing airway, restore breathing stop bleeding until help arrives.

February 28, 2020  ….‘Kalpak’, an innovative exhibition showcasing science projects, projects in Engineering, Arts and Social Sciences by college students and Goan inventors was inaugurated today at the Old Secretariat Building in the city.  Director of National Institute of Technology (NIT), Goa Prof Dr. Gopal Mugeraya inaugurated the three-day exhibition organized by Directorate of Higher Education in the presence of Director, Directorate of Higher Education Shri. Prasad Lolayenkar and key note speakers Prof. V. Saxena and Dr. Vithal Tilvi. The exhibition was open for the public view todayfree of cost from 10.00 a.m. to 5.p.m.

While speaking on the occasion, Earlier Prof Mugeraya said that education should be a process to bring out the best knowledge from within us. Blaming the online sources of information, Shri. Mugeraya opined that today’s students are becoming confused individuals. “There is too much available in the form of education and information, hence, one must learn to select what is best and suitable. Our education system today does not prepare us to take risks. It was a dream of our late Chief Minister Shri. Manohar Parrikar to make this state an Education Hub hence, he brought some of the best Educational Institutes in the state. Goan students should work hard to get into them and not to go outside for Education,” he urged.

          Director, Higher Education Shri. Prasad Lolayekar in his welcome address informed that the prime goal of organizing ‘Kalpak’ is to provide a unique a platform for students to showcase their talents, and interact with fellow innovators, eventually building future research collaborators. “It aims to bring academicians, innovators and public on a single platform,” Shri. Lolayenkar said. Smt. Siddhi Upadhye compered and also proposed the vote of thanks.

The the formal function was followed by Public talk by Prof. V. Saxena, Ex Vice-Chancellor of Jiwaji University, Gwalior on ‘Mathematics in the World of Biological Sciences’. On February 27^th, Dr. Debasis Patnaik from BITS-Goa will address the audience on ‘Education and Socio economic reforms in Goa’ and on February 28, Dr. Vithal Tilvi from Directorate of Higher Education will address on ‘Wonders of the Universe’ at 11.00 a.m.

Panaji : February 27, 2020:::: A power shut down has been arranged on February 27, 2020 to carry out urgent maintenance work on 11 KV Diwar feeder from 9.00 am to 2.00 p.m. The areas affected are Chamerem, Madel, Orando and Gaikwad.

Similarly, a power shut down has been arranged on February 28, 2020 to carry out urgent maintenance work on 11 KV Diwar feeder from 9.00 am to 2.00 p.m. The areas affected are Gavona, Karabhat, Belbhate and Konaldem.

Panaji: February 26, 2020 :::: Smt. Nila Mohanan, IAS, Secretary for Health inaugurated a seminar on Recent Advancements in Regulatory Landscape of India and Regulated Markets organized by Pharmexcil in collaboration with Food and Drugs Administration and CDSCO in city recently.

Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil) is a body setup by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India for export promotion of Pharmaceuticals & allied products. Pharmexcil acts as facilitator by representing industry concerns with Government  agencies and advises the Government on export policy measures. The objective could be achieved when the industry is technically and intellectually sound with the global regulatory practices.

After formal inauguration, addressing the gathering Smt. Nila Mohanan said, having such events in the state, helps to share the knowledge which embraces with the latest developments in regulated markets. She further added such interactions create opportunity to update the skills, which helps to stay connected in competitive field of pharmaceutical industries.

Stressing on the need to bridge the gap between academia and the industries the Health Secretary said, the huge gap exists between what  industry is doing  and what is the requirement of industries in terms of skills, which needs to be addressed.

Speaking further the Secretary said, pharmaceuticals are always a silent champion in the industrial sector. One cannot ignore the contribution made by pharmaceutical sector in field of industrial growth. Pharmaceutical is one sector in the Indian growth story that has not let down the industrial sector, she added.

Speaking on the occasion Smt. Jyothi Sardessai, Director Food and Drugs Administration said, the challenges are being faced all over the country which needs to be tackled on a continuous basis and that is where initiatives in organizing such events are of great help. She said, interactions with regulators and industry experts, sharing of information and experience and discussing ways and means for resolution of issues are need of the hour, she added.
Dr. Rubina Bose, DDC(I), West Zone, Mumbai also spoke on the occasion.

Earlier, Shri.Ravi Udaya Bhaskar, DG, Pharmexcil welcomed the guests. Ms. Laxmi Prasanna compered and proposed vote of thanks.

Various technical sessions by Shri Sunil Kumar, Director and Global Head, Culture Transformation and Operational Excellence, Cipla, Dr. Vinay Gopal Nayak, Independent Director, Aarti Industries Ltd and Director at Surge Chemicals (I) Pvt. Ltd, Shri Manu Grover, Country Pharma Business Development Manager, Agilent Technologies Inc and Shri Swain Pradipta, Vice President, Operations Sun Pharma held during one day conference.

Total 150 delegates from the industry, academia and the regulatory agencies are participated in today’s seminar.

Panaji : February 25, 2020 :::: Electricity Department has informed that all the consumers of Electricity Department, Sub-Div-I(U), Porvorim, pertaining to Village Panchayat areas of Socorro, Salvador-do-mundo, Penha-de-France, Pilerne, Sangolda and Saligao, are hereby requested to pay their outstanding electricity bills within 15 days of publication of this notice failing which the defaulting consumers connection will be liable for disconnection without any further notice.