25/06/2014 … State chief minister Manohar parrikar on Wednesday denied media reports that his government had called off the spain tour proposed for the promotion the St Francis Xavier Exposition this year …

Addressing media persons chief minister Manohar Parrikar said that his government would not permit foreign trips until government of goa comes out with clear guideline on foreign tours and that there would not be any approval for foreign tours on state government funds

Commenting over the frequent power failure in the state Parrikar blamed the earst while congress government for creating chaos in the power department

Parrikar also stated that his government had already sanctioned crores of worth projects for underground cabling in various parts of the state

25/06/2014 …. Ending speculations of media reports stating that the water from river mandovi was unsafe for bathing and fishing chief minister Manohar parrikar has said that the water from river mandovi was the cleanest water in the state to bath and for fishing too

Addressing media persons at the altinho residence on Wednesday chief minister Manohar parrikar said that due to the present rainy season there was an increase of the ecoliform substance in some of the rivulets in the state while the substance of ecoliform was at its lowest in river mandovi

Parrikar said that the state government would soon start 600-700 worth crores of ruppes sewerage treatment facilities in various parts of the state which would help in bringing down high coliform from the state rivers

Meanwhile parrikar also stated that the water scarcity issue which had arise in the st andre constituency was due to a barge which had ruptured the underwater pipeline and the same issue would be resolved in another few days time

24/06/2014 …Stating that an alarming situation had arise due to the higher rate of coliform content in river mandovi the state congress party on Tuesday demanded immediate ban on the casinos operating in to the mandovi belt thus blaming them for the release of untreated sewage which had polluted the river making it unsafe for bathing and fishing…

It may be noted that the National Institute of Oceanography in its recent report had stated that waters of River Mandovi were unsafe for recreational bathing, water sports and fishing due to the waters of River Mandovi that houses five off-shore casinos were containing alarmingly high levels of coliform bacteria caused by the release of untreated sewage.

The report stated that the parameters that were monitored were colour or odour, floating matters, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, faecal coliform and biological oxygen demand and the water was full of bacteriological contamination and stated adding there was a need to monitor and identify the source of pollution.

Interestingly, coliform content in the water sample collected opposite Panjim jetty, where almost all the casinos are presently anchored, was as high as 330/ml and the coliform content ranged between 78/ml to 330/ml.

As per GSPCB norms, coliform counts in excess of 5 CFU/ml in natural water is unsafe for bathing. CFU/ml is a unit used to measure the bacteria present in water which indicates the total Colony Forming Units of bacteria present per ml of water.

In essence, total coliform counts exceeding 5 per ml have serious implications for bathers and fishermen in the area.

Addressing media person’s spokesperson of the state congress party ulhas parab said that the casinos operating in river mandovi should be banned immediately and should not be allowed to function till proper procedures are put ill place thus not polluting the river

Mr parab urged the state government to take strict action on those who were found guilty in polluting the river and to be booked under the environment protection

Meanwhile advocate pratima coutinho also criticized the state bjp led government and its cabinet minister for not taking the issue of water scarcity seriously …

23/06/2014 …. While the state government has state run mobile vans for first aid to its patients or mobile courts for speedy cases now for the first time in to the state of goa and goan politics a member of the legislative assembly and st andre mla visnhu surya wagh has taught of starting a mobile van services for its constituency voters which would adhere to its voters problems on day to day basis calling it as office on wheels …

This mobile service system which would be started within the next fifteen days time would the first type of an initiative that would be started by a goan mla for its voters in the last so many years …

The mobile van services consists of seating arrangement for the mla along with two to three voters at one time inside the bus service which has been re-modified in to a seating arrangement along with a table and toilet facilities and go to village to village of the constituency and halt for a day in each village

Speaking to goanreporter st andre mla Vishnu surya wagh said though even he had an office for his voters at Bambolim he felt that there was a need for him to meet his voters at their door step and starting a mobile office was the right way to do so …

Wagh also stated that for the last three months he was not able to meet his voters due to some health problems during when it came to his mind to start up this unique concept of mobile office

23/06/2014 ….  The goa state bjp party unit on Monday asked immediate resignation of the goa governor bharat vir wanchoo from his governor’s post …

Wanchoo the former head of the Special Protection Group is among other UPA-government appointed governors facing the heat from the Centre, to quit from the constitutional post.

Addressing media persons president of the state bjp party vinay tendulkar said that since goa’s governor’s name was involved in a cbi case governor wancho should willingly resign from his post of the governor or else the state bjp party would write to the office of the president, prime minister and home minister asking for the removal of governor wanchoo from the post of goa governor.

Tendulkar also charged the governor of being an agent of the Gandhi family being appointed as governor in to the state of goa

23/06/2014 … Having been unable to raise certain issues pertaining to the state of goa the state congress party has decided to ask all of their concerned mla’s to raise state relevant issues in the upcoming monsoon assembly session said president of the goa Pradesh congress committee john Fernandes

It may be noted that the state congress party presently has a total of nine mla’s in the present state legislative assembly which is led by opposition leader pratapsingh rane

Out of the nine mla’s most of the times in the past two years only the curtorim mla reginaldo lourenco has been in the forefront of raising state issues before the house while some of the other congress mla’s have been merely spectators in the state for the past two years being least bothered to take up any issues of the state and even from his own constituency

Speaking to goanreporter gpcc president john Fernandes said that the issue was raised at the executive committee meeting of the party which was held on Friday evening where in most of the congress member were of the opinion of asking the congress mla’s to take up concerned issues of the state in the upcoming assembly session

Fernandes also stated that though the congress mla’s might have taken a rest for two and half year without power now his party would forced his party mla’s to take up concerned issues or else if certain mlas were feared of raising issues then the concerned mla should sit at home away from political life

22/06/2014 … Stating that the power situation was going on from bad to worse the state congress party on Saturday demanded to remove power minister milnd naik from his portfolio accusing him of being involved in scam, money racket and also going on foreign tours leaving the state in to darkness …

Addressing media persons at the party head office in Panjim party spokesperson sunil khauntankar said that though the state has been in darkness for hours on various occasions power minister milind naik was lease bothered to take a note of it and had even failed to carry out pre maintenance monsoon works of the power department

Khauntankar also accused the power minister of going for foreign trips leaving behind the state in to darkness and demanded to the state government to remove his portfolio for not being able to solve the power crisis

21/06/2014 …The state assembly monsoon session has been summoned up from 22^nd of july up to 21st of august said chief minister Manohar parrikar

19/06/2014 … Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said that there were certain vested interest who were trying to use different means of tactics against government officers for creating hurdles in state government projects which has been a practice in day to day life

Addressing media persons on Wednesday evening chief minister Manohar Parrikar had said that it was surprising to know that a sudden interest towards children had suddenly developed among certain vested interest who were trying to stop government developmental projects for unnecessary means

commenting over the issue of public services Parrikar assured goans that his government would make it sure that a time bound delivery would be given by all government departments