Panaji: April 25, 2017 … Minister for Water Resources Shri. Vinod Dattaram Palyekar in  the  presence of leader of Opposition Shri. Chandrakant (Babu) Kavlekar laid the foundation stone for the proposed construction work of Retaining Wall at Biptimol near Mr. Clement Ferrao House at Quepem today. The  estimated cost of the project is Rs. 43,66,337 and the work would be undertaken by M/s. Unique Constructions,  Quepem and would be  completed  in a stipulated time period of 180 days. The stretch of wall is 60 Mts. with 5 mts. height. The construction of retaining wall will help prevent soil  erosion during  rainy season.

Speaking on the occasion  Minister Shri. Palyekar assured to extend  cooperation for the all-round development of Quepem and its surrounding areas. He said the development work of historical and touristic places in Quepem Constituency will be taken up through funds earmarked for the  development of Tourism. Development of these places he said  will boost tourism by benefiting the local people  he added.

Shri. Kavlekar, MLA said, to make all round development of Quepem cooperation and support of the government is essential. He said the water scarcity problem of Quepem  needs to be resolved  on priority.

Chairperson  of Quepem Municipal Council Shri. Raul Pereira, Vice Chairperson Shri. Paulu Fernandes, Councillors Smt. Deepali Naik, Smt. Rasmi Bhandari and others, were  present on the occasion.

 Panaji: Date:-24 April,2017 :::  Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly Dr.Pramod Sawant inaugurated    free health check up camp, on the occasion of his birthday for the staff of Goa Legislative Assembly at Goa Legislative Assembly Complex today.

Secretary Goa Legislative Assembly, Shri N.B. Subhedar,Chairperson of North Goa Z.P Smt.Ankita Navelkar, Shri Sharmad Raiturkar,Shri Prashant Desai, Students from Goa University and various colleges and others were present on the occasion.

Dr Sawant thanked the team of doctors for extending their cooperation for making the camp successful and also thanked his well wishers for their heartiest birthday greetings.He appealed to doctors to create a healthy society by providing basic health services

Panaji : April 23, 2017 … The block level Enforcement squad for enforcing the effective implementation of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (prohibition of advertisement and regulation of Trade and Commerce, production, supply and distribution) Act, 2003 in North Goa District for Bardez Taluka is reconstituted as under:

          For  Tivim constituency (dated April 24,2017) officers appointed as  Joint Mamlatdar and executive Magistrate –III, PSI attached to Mapusa Police Station and Member of NGO (GOACAN/ Voluntary Health Association of Goa), for  Mapusa  constituency (dated April 27,2017) officers appointed as  Joint Mamlatdar and executive Magistrate –IV, PSI attached to Mapusa Police Station and  Member of NGO, for  Siolim constituency (dated May 02,2017) officers appointed as Joint Mamlatdar and executive Magistrate –V, PSI attached to Anjuna Police Station and Member of NGO, for Calangute constituency (dated May 09,2017) officers appointed as  Joint Mamlatdar and executive Magistrate-IV, PSI attached to Calangute Police Station and Member of NGO, for saligao constituency (dated May 04,2017) officers appointed as  Joint Mamlatdar and executive Magistrate-III, PSI attached to Saligao  Police Station and Member of NGO, for Porvorim constituency (dated May 11, 2017) officers appointed as  Joint Mamlatdar and executive Magistrate-V, PSI attached to  Porvoim Police Station and  Member of NGO, for Aldona constituency (dated May 16, 2017) officers appointed as Joint Mamlatdar and executive Magistrate –III, PSI attached to Mapusa Police Station and Member of NGO, for Tivim constituency (dated May 18,2017) officers appointed as  Joint Mamlatdar and executive Magistrate –IV, PSI attached to Mapusa Police Station and  Member of NGO, for Mapusa constituncy (dated May 23,2017) officers appointed as Joint Mamlatdar and executive Magistrate –V, PSI attached to Mapusa Police Station and Member of NGO, for Siolim constituency (dated May 25,2017) officers appointed as  Joint Mamlatdar and executive Magistrate-III, PSI attached to Anjuna Police Station and Member of NGO, for Saligao constituency (dated May 30, 2017) officers appointed as  Joint Mamlatdar and executive Magistrate –IV, PSI attached to Mapusa Police Station and  Member of NGO.

Panaji, April 22, 2017 …. Goa State Centre and Mining Engineer’s Association of India( MEAI-Goa) has organised a two days National Conference on ‘Challenges in Environment Management: Mines and Industries’ on April 20 and April 21, 2017. The conference was inaugurated today at the Mining Engineering Department, Goa College of Engineering, Farmagudi by Minister for PWD Shri. Ramkrishna Dhavalikar, who was also the Chief Guest for the function which is part of Golden Jubilee Celebrations of GEC. 

Associate Professor, Carmel College and Key note speaker Dr. Manoj Borkar, Principal of GEC Dr V. N. Shet, Chairman IE(I)-Goa State Centre Shri Gurunath Naik Parrikar, Chairman, MEAI-Goa Chapter Shri. CGSB Varma, and Dr. Ulhas Sawaiker, Convenor of the conference and HoD of Mining Department were also present on the dais.

The program began with lighting the traditional lamp followed by ‘Ganesh Vandana’ sung by the students of the college. In his address Shri. Dhavalikar stated that Environment has become very complex issue to protect. “Environment protection has become harder. Issue like Solid Waste Management is also another challenging task. However with proper segregation of construction and demolition waste, we can decrease pollution,” he said. He also said that the Government is planning to build more Waste Management plants in order to keep the state clean. He urged the students to visit the Waste Management Plant at Saligao and commit themselves towards creating a sustainable future.

Key note speaker Dr. Manoj Borkar presented a Power Point presentation on ‘People-Planate-Profit connect.’ Shri. Gurunath Naik Parrikar gave an insight of IE (I) and requested fellow engineers to join this association to strengthen the community. Principal Dr. V.N. Shet welcomed the dignitaries and informed about the activities done by GEC for last one year during Golden jubilee celebrations. Shri. Ulhas Sawaiker while giving an overview of the conference briefed objectives of conference and gave oversight of the themes and the speakers. Faculty of GEC Smt. Yogita Karkhanis and Shri Satyesh Kakodkar, Faculty member of Don Bosco College of Engineering compered the function and Shri CGSB Varma proposed the vote of thanks.

The two days conference will see paper presentations and Technical sessions by expert faculty from India and abroad.  

Panaji, April 21, 2017 … The meeting of the Recreation Club of the Department of Information & Publicity elected a new committee for the year 2017-2018.

Information Officer  Shri John Aguiar and  Assistant Information Officer Shri Shanto Naik has been unanimously elected as the Vice President and General Secretary respectively  of the club.

Information Officer Shri Prakash Naik has been elected as the Advisor of the club. Director of Information & Publicity is the ex-Officio President.

        The other members of the Managing Committee are Joint Secretary, Ms. Akshata Naik, Treasurer Shri Kamlakar Parwar, Sports Secretary Ms. Nyssa Alvares. The Executive Members elected are Assistant Information Officer, Shri Alwyn Pereira, Assistant Information Officer, Shri Kiran Munakar, Head Clerk, Smt. Sangita Navelkar, Information Assistant, Shri Shyam Gaonkar, Information Assistant, Smt. Sangmitra Faldessai, Information Assistant, Ms. Clara Rodrigues, Information Asssitant Smt. Janhavi Savoikar,  Videographer Shri Lourenco alias Louti  Fernandes, Photographer Shri Silvestre Estibeiro and Radio Mechanic Shri  Sudhakar Faldessai.  Shri Gurudas Gawas has been elected as the Auditor.

           The Recreation Club of Department of Information and Publicity has been formed with the sole objective of bringing together the staff members of the Department and thereby promoting their social literary and cultural activities. The Recreation club has also won several tournaments in the past and participated in the Civil Services Football tournament, cricket, Badminton, Lawn tennis etc. 

Panaji : April 20, 2017 …  A six day summer festival commencing from April 17, 2017 organised by the Directorate of Art & Culture was inaugurated by lighting the traditional lamp at Sanskruti Bhavan, Patto, Panaji.

Dy. Director of Accounts & Administration, Shri Ramesh Mahale welcomed the participants and Experts. He expressed the idea behind the organization of summer festival. He further appealed to the participants to make the optimum use of these workshops by developing their art skills during the festival period.

More than 250 children are participating in this Summer Festival. The resource persons for the workshops are Ms. Sangeeta Kanan and Shaileja Nadgundi for Jute Craft, Shri Amar Shet and Shailesh Dabolkar for Paper Mache, Smt Maya Shetkar and Smt. Divya Kurtarkar for Shell Craft and Smt. Kranti Chari and Shri Rayn Abreu for Printmaking. Shri Milind Mate, Assistant Director (Culture) gave away the Vote of thanks.

The concluding function will be held on  April 22, 2017 at 3.30 p.m. The Minister for  Art & Culture, Shri Govind Gaude will be the Chief Guest for concluding function at Multipurpose Hall of Sanskruti Bhavan, Patto, Panaji.

  Panaji : April 19, 2017 … Goa College of Engineering (GEC), Farmagudi, in association with the Institution of Engineers (India), Goa State Centre and Mining Engineers’ Association of India, Goa Chapter has organized a two day National Conference on “Challenges in Environment Management: Mines and Industries (CEMMI-17)” on April 20 and 21, 2017.

             The conference also marks the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Goa College of Engineering, Farmagudi.

             The two day technical programme will address the problems and challenges posed in various fields of environment management towards sustainable development and will discuss solutions to overcome these problems.

             The Speakers invited for technical sessions will be academic experts and top executives from reputed organizations dealing with practical environment related issues.

             Chief Minister, Shri Manohar Parrikar will be the Chief guest and Minister for PWD, Shri. Sudin Dhavalikar will be the Guest of Honour for the inaugural function of the conference at 10.00 a.m. on April 20, 2017 at GEC.

Panaji : April 18, 2017 …. A Comprehensive Coastal Security exercise for the year 2017 the first “Sagar Kavach Goa-01/17” is scheduled on April 20, and 21, 2017. This exercise involving all the concerned agencies is being conducted under the aegis of Government of Goa since 2009.

The Coastal Security Exercise “Sagar Kavach Goa-02/16” was conducted last in November, 2016. The objective of this exercise is to provide seamless seaward cover along the Goa Coast jointly by all security agencies from coastal belt area line to the limit of territorial water i.e 12 nautical miles. The exercise will also assess the effectiveness of coastal fishing community in serving as “Eye and Ears” for early warning of seaward threat. This time the service of Drishti lifeguards, present at the beaches of Goa, will also be utilized for same purpose.

The Coastal Security exercise is being supervised by the Chief Secretary and is conducted and coordinated by Indian Coast Guard, District Headquarter at Goa. Various agencies like Indian Coast Guard, Indian Navy, Goa Police, Goa Coastal Security Intelligence Agencies, MPT, Ports Administration Department, CISF and Customs etc. will be taking part. In the exercise, intelligence and infiltration will be induced and the alertness and preparedness of all the stakeholder including people of Goa will be tested. This exercise provides all stakeholders and opportunity to fine tune standard operating procedure and test new operation concepts for coastal security.

Panaji: April 17,2017 ….  The Minister for Art and Culture Shri Govind Gawade has said that the women is important segment of society and  therefore there is no ground  to think that the role of women is inferior to that of man and he said that women with her ability to hard work, determination,excelling par with man in every field of human endeavor.

 This was stated by Shri Gawade who was the chief guest for the inaugural function of Womens Meet 2017  ( Mahila Melava ) organized by The Institute Menezes Braganza-Panaji  in the city today.

 Speaking further Shri Gawade said that mother is the first teacher who shapes the base of the destiny of a child. Women is embodiment of the qualities of patience, tolerance and compassion. So we have to respect women, treat her with equality and should  uphold  her  dignity  he added.

Smt. Minal Mohadikar , Business Women and Editor in Chief of “ Udhyogini” while speaking said that  the women has the capacity to work par with the man. She has leadership qualifies to lead the society. The central Government scheme “ Skill India” can help to empower women she opined.

Smt. Asha Gehalot, Director IMB, in her introductory remark informed that the IMB from last five years   organizes  womens meet with different topics  and the topic  for this year she said  is “Women Leadership” Whereas the objective of  the Womens Meet 2017  is to develop  confidence  and   to enhance capacity to make decision among the women she explained.

Shri Sanjay Harmalkar Chairman welcomed the gathering  while Shri Gorakh Mandrekar MS IMB proposed the vote of thanks.

April 16, 2017 …. Chief Minister, Shri. Manohar Parrikar has extended heartiest greetings to the people of Goa on the occasion of Easter.

In his message the Chief Minister has said, this is an auspicious occasion when we celebrate the crucifixion of Jesus and resurrection on Easter Sunday which are manifestations of the triumph of good over evil. The world ever remembers the great message of love, sacrifice, forgiveness, compassion and brotherhood, which Lord Jesus Christ gave to humanity. As we celebrate this very important occasion, let us try to practice, in our day-to-day life, these eternal ideals which can make the world a better place to live in.

The Chief Minister further said, may the celebrations of Easter, this year, bring greater peace and prosperity to one and all.