Panaji, December 6, 2018 … Home guard and Civil Defence can play an important role in creating awareness of not only Road Safety but also all kind of safety to entire society at large said Dr. Muktesh Chander, IPS, Director General of Police. He was speaking as the chief guest at the Annual Raising day function of Home guards and Civil Defence organisation held at Police Head Quarters,Panjim today.

Panaji: December 5, 2018 … The State Family Welfare Bureau, Directorate of Health Services, Panaji in coordination with the office of the District Collectorate, North and South Goa has successfully conducted competitions and State level function to celebrate the International Girl Child Day on October 11, 2018 at the Institute  of Menezes Braganza, Panaji.

The 1^st prize winning skit performed by SS Angle Higher  Secondary School, Maxem – Canacona will be telecasted on Doordarshan Kendra, Panaji on December 8, 2018 at 4.10 p.m. The skit has been written and Directed by Shri. Kavindra Phal Desai.

Margao:  December 05, 2018 … The District Magistrate and Chairperson of South Goa District Crisis Group, Dr. Tariq Thomas have decided to conduct the mock drill at the bottling plant of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Verna Industrial Estate, Verna on December 13, 2018 between 10.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. as a part of the planned drills to be conducted in all the Major Accidental Hazardous Units (MAH) in South Goa this year.

The South District Magistrate, Dr. Tariq Thomas chairing a preparatory meeting of all the line agencies at Collectorate today stressed the need to conduct such drills with full evacuation of the entire areas likely to be affected to provide the much required confidence to handle real life situation and improvise on all the shortcomings, if any.

Dr. Thomas underscored the importance of response time of the stakeholders to attend emergency situations apart from ensuring that the SOPs are followed to the extent possible to oversee the effectiveness of the off-site emergency plan.

The drill is planned to check the response and capabilities of the various departments and agencies in the district to undertake emergency operations in the event of occurrence of such an accident.

It may be informed that the South Goa District Crisis Group have successfully conducted such drills in four of the  8 Major Accidental Hazardous Units (MAH) in South Goa this year to create awareness among the residents of the locality on how to take safety measures and prepare themselves during such incidences.

The industrialists and general public are informed that the traffic in and around Plot No M-19 to M35 in Phase II-B would be diverted through the appropriate by-lanes during the aforesaid time on the given day and appealed for co-operation with the authorities.

Dy. Collector & SDM, Salcete, Shri Uday Prabhudessai; DYSP’s, Shri Uttam Raut Dessai and Shri Prabhod Shirvaikar; Assistant Information Officer, DIP, Shri Allwyn Pereira and other stakeholders including representative from BPCL were present for the meeting.

Panaji : Dec 5th 2018 ::: As a part of its CSR Initiative Deccan Fine Chemicals, Corlim recently provided 25 waste bins under its CSR Programme to the Village Panchayat of Carambolim in Carambolim Village.

Present on the occasion were Ex-Sarpanch of Carambolim Village Panchayat Rajesh Naik, Gaurav Kuchadkar, Deccan CSR, Sarah Oliveira Fernandes- Manager HR and Dy Sarpanch of Carambolim Village Panchayat

Panaji : 04^th Dec 2018 ::: Deccan fine chemicals were the runners up at the football tournament at the 4^th Edition of the CII Beach Soccer Festival which recently took place at the miramar beach in the capital city of Panaji:

Seen in the Pic Team Members are : Siddesh Kocharekar, Sedrick Fernandes, Saish Kavlekar, Paresh Dhulapkar, Vishal Gaude, Bharat Kankonkar, Preetesh Prabhu along with Deccan Officials Sarah Oliveira Fernandes and Gaurav Kuchadkar .

Panaji 04th Dec :::  2018: Radisson Blu Resort Goa, Cavelossim celebrated Christmas tree lighting ceremony on December 1, 2018. The lighting ceremony was held in the presence of Father Valmiki with daddy’s home kids.

The ceremony began with a walk to the pool where underprivileged kids from daddy’s home kids participated. This walk to the pool was filled with enjoyable activities and surprises for the kids and they were also offered refreshments after the walk and was followed by Christmas tree lighting. A scrumptious spread of delicacies was organized for the special children.

It was a joyful and noble evening and an ideal way to kick-start Christmas festivities by making these special children feel extraordinary and brightening their Christmas month.

Panaji : 3rd December 2018 ::: Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, Rev. Fr. Barthol Barretto along with Archbishop of Goa & Daman, Rev. Fr. Filipe Neri Ferrao, Bishop of Sindhudurg, Rev. Fr. Allwyn Barreto and Secretary to the Nuncio & Councilor at Vatican Embassy- (New Delhi), Rev. Fr. Javier Fernandez celebrated the Annual Feast Mass of St. Francis Xavier at Old Goa .  

Panaji: December 03, 2018 … Minister for Tourism Shri Manohar Alias Babu Azgaonkar laid foundation stone for beautification of Kamleshwar and Bhumika Temple at Korgao, Pernem Yesterday 

Speaking on the occasion Shri Azgaonkar informed that the 50mld water tank will be soon built in Pernem to solve the problem of water scarcity in this area.

Speaking on the beautification works the Minister said, the Korgao will become one of the tourist spot as these beautified temples are located by the side of road leading to major tourist attractions like Harmal Beach Keri beach Tiracol fort which is visited by many tourists.

Shri Azgaonkar further said various upcoming projects such as Ayush Centre, Ravindra Bhavan, International cricket stadium Mopa Airport will help to generate employment in the Pernem Taluka. He appealed for the support and cooperation from the people for the development of the state.

The project comprises of temple peripheral beautification, landscaping with low maintenance plants, pathways and illumination of the premises.

Shri Ramakant Desai, President of Devasthan, Smt Pramila Desai, Sarpanch Korgao, Shri Ranganath Kalshavkar, Deputy Sarpanch Korgao also spoke on the occasion.

Also present on the occasion were panch members Shri Abdul Naik, Shri Sameer Bhatlekar, Shri Kustav and Ex Deputy Sarpanch, Shri Uday Palyekar.