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Dated 23.07.2014 Press Release For the day as on 22.07.2014

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Pertaining to the cases registered at below mentioned Police Stations/Units are as under.

NORTH GOA DISTRICT

CALANGUTE P.S.: Smt. Neeta w/o Gurudas Naik r/o Gaonkarwada-Bicholim complained that on 21.07.2014 at 13.30 hrs. at Baga-Calangute at open place, some unknown accused committed theft of 06 mobile phones, 01 gold chain, 02 sets of gold earrings, 01 wrist watch etc all W/rs.81,000/- approx belonging to her and her family. Cr.No.185/14 u/s 379 IPC is registered. HC- Patil is I. O.

BICHOLIM P.S.: On 22.07.2014, dead body of one unknown male person was found hanging to a tree near rolling mill- Vathadev-Bicholim. Dead body shifted to GMC Morgue Bambolim for PME. U.D.No.54/14 u/s 174 Cr. P. C. is registered. PSI- Y. R. Gawas is I. O.

PONDA P.S.: Victim lady complained that on 22.07.2014 at 14.30 hrs. at Upper Market-Ponda, accused person namely Gunda Dhamal r/o Parshuram Nagar-Ponda caught hold of her hand, thereby outraged her modesty. accused arrested. Cr.No.286/14 u/s 354, 354-A (1) (V), 323 IPC is registered. Mohan Gaude is I. O.

MAPUSA P.S.: Mother of the victim boy complained that on 22.07.2014 at 17.00 hrs near Appetite bar and Rest-Housing Board-Mapusa, unknown accused person riding a Vespa Scooter No.GA-07-8432 & rider of Dio Scooter age-25 yrs and rider of a Activa Scooter both the scooter nos. not known, with their common intention kidnapped her minor son age-15 yrs. from her lawful guardianship while he was proceeding for tuition class by walking and assaulted him with slap, kick causing bodily injuries & threatened him with dire consequences. Cr.No.316/14 u/s 363 506,323, 336 r/w 34 IPC and Sec-8 (2) of Goa Children Act 2003 is registered. PSI R. A. Calangutkar is I. O.

PERNEM PS: Shri Franky s/o Joaquim Albert Fernandes, age 38 yrs r/o Askawada- Mandrem complained that on 17.07.14 at 20.55 hrs, accused named 1) Pascoal Fernandes, 2) George Fernandes & 3) Anton Fernandes all r/o Askawada Fernandes Pernem-Goa, with their common intention assaulted him with soda bottle on his head causing simple injury and damaged his gold chain causing loss of Rs.35,000/-. Accused not arrested. Cr.No.138/14 u/s 324, 427 r/w 34 IPC is registered. HC-Y Salgaonkar is I.O.

SOUTH GOA DISTRICT

COLVA PS: Smt. Liberata w/o Antonio G. Rodrigues r/o 4th ward-Colva complained that on 21.07.2014 at 23.30 hrs. to 06.15 hrs. of 22.07.2014, some unknown culprit/s  effected entry into her house by removing roof tiles and committed theft of  01 gold chain with diamond pendant, 01 gold bracelet, 02 gold finger rings, 01 gold chain, 50 dollars, 20 Australian currency  etc. & cash of Rs.10,000/-. Cr.No.108/14 u/s 457, 380 IPC is registered. PSI Naik is I. O.

CUNCOLIM PS: Shri Amit  Yesso Desai r/o Cuncolim complained that prior to 15 days back, accusd Vijay Desai r/o Veroda and Naresh Desai r/o Canacona  committed  theft of gold ornaments, one kada 31 grams and one  mangalsutra 42 grams all W/rs.2,00,000/- from his cupboard. Cr.No.81/14 u/s 380 r/w 34 IPC is registered. ASI R. Velip is I.O.

Government working on the concept and contours of ‘Smart Cities’ Scheme, says Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu Over a quarter of central assistance under JNNURM unused by States/UTs: Delhi tops the list Small and medium towns make better use of JNNURM funds US $ 1295 million foreign equity in urban projects in one year

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23/07/2014 …. Urban Development Minister Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu today said that the government is working on the concept of ‘Smart City’ and the contours of implementing the project for developing/building 100 such cities. He said so while replying to a question raised by Shri P.Kumar in the Lok Sabha during Question Hour. Shri Naidu further said that all stakeholders will be consulted in the matter and this scheme was discussed at a recent meeting of Urban Development Ministers of States and Union Territories. He said that Parliament would be duly informed of the details of Smart Cities project after their finalization.

States and Union Territories failed to make use of committed central assistance of Rs.12,397 crore under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). In a written reply to Shri Rattan Lal Kataria, Shri K.C Venugopal and Shri P. Srinivasa Reddy, Shri Naidu furnished details of central assistance under JNNURM which was launched in December, 2005 and closed by the previous government on March 31, 2014.

Under JNNURM, central government committed itself to provide a total assistance of Rs.46,787 cr to states/UTs for taking up urban infrastructure/development projects. Release of central assistance was linked to implementation of reforms. States/UTs could avail only 73.50% of central assistance forfeiting Rs.12,397 cr.

Delhi topped the list of under users having failed to avail central assistance of Rs.1,130 crore as against the committed assistance of Rs.2,327 crore under the component for improvement of infrastructure and other projects in 65 identified big cities. This amounted to only 49.00 per cent utilization of the committed central assistance. Other under performers included – Goa with only 25% utilization of central assistance, Bihar (39%), Kerala (39%), Mizoram (44%), Punjab (45%), Jharkhand (48%) and Meghalaya(50%).

668 Small and medium towns reported better utilization of JNNURM funds with an overall utilization of 76% of central assistance.

Shri Venkaiah Naidu informed Smt. Poonamben Maadam that Foreign Direct Investment of US $ 1295.05 million (Rs.7,924.85 cr) as equity had flown into various urban projects in the country during April-2013 – April, 2014. The beneficiary projects included construction of townships, housing, infrastructure development etc., spread across 22 states/Union Territories. Delhi topped the list of recipients of such FDI with an investment of US $ 565.97 million and followed by Chennai (US $ 220.84 million ), Mumbai (US $ 177.04 million) and Ahmedabad (US $ 131.77 million).

Fisheries minister avertano furtado submits brazil tour project report to state chief minister Manohar parrikar

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23/07/2014 … Exclusive: Stating that the ten day brazil fifa world cup 2014 football tour was a successful one Fisheries minister avertano furtado on Wednesday submitted the brazil tour project report to state chief minister Manohar parrikar in his chamber at the assembly complex …

Also present on the occasion were vaso mla carlo almeida, velim mla Benjamin dsilva and aldona mla glen ticlo who were a part of the brazil tour along with the fisheries minister
It may be noted that several question were earlier raised over the mla’s going for the brazil tour after which the concerned mla’s had decided to go on their own expenses to watch some of the world cup football matches and also had informed about submitting a project report to the state government once they were back from the brazil tour …

Speaking to goanreporter chief minister Manohar Parrikar said that the report would not only help in upgrading infrastructure for the preparation of under 17 fifa world cup football matches in goa but people who also has experience of world cup would be a part of the organizing committee

Meanwhile while criticizing certain government officials for turning the issue in to a controversy minister avertano furtado along with the other mla’s carlos almeida and glen ticlo expressed their views over the ten day brazil tour and the project report they had submitted to the state government

 

Food Stalls violating FDA rules, unhygienic conditions at KTC Canteen at Margao bus stand

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23/07/2014 … GOACAN recently conducted an inspection of the Food stalls and Canteen located at the KTC Bus stand Margao after receiving complaints from consumers that food items were being sold in violation of the rules prescribed by Directorate of Food & Drug Administration (DFDA) and the Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
GOACAN found that food items like samosas etc. were being sold without proper covering to prevent flies from sitting on them while packaged food items like chakkli etc. are
being brought from Udipi (Karnataka) without having the proper address and DFDA / FSSAI licence while the seller displayed the TIN number as that to be Registration under
DFDA / FSSAI licence.
Packaged food items originating from Borim, Ponda were being sold without the mandated DFDA / FSSAI licence while various other food items like coconut sweets and puranpolli
are being sold in sealed packets without any label showing the name, address, date of manufacture & expiry and even the MRP.
GOACAN found that food items like rice plate / meals were being served in a dining room which is not clean & tidy while these meals were being prepared in a kitchen under
unhygienic conditions. Rain water which was leaking from the roof of the kitchen was falling in the vessels while rice plate/meals were being cooked. While the rooms where the raw
materials were being stored and the vegetables cut were maintained in unhygienic conditions and the staff undertaking the cooking in the kitchen were not using proper clothing as
required under the  DFDA / FSSAI rules.
GOACAN has sent a letter to Mr. Salim Veljee, Director, Directorate of Food & Drug Admin (DFDA) stating that as the food stalls & canteen have a prime location at the KTC bus stand they get customers who are drivers, conductors and the general public which gives them good business. GOACAN has further pointed out this prime location cannot be used by these stall owners & canteen contractor to sell food items and provide meals to consumers by not following the Food Safety laws as prescribed by the DFDA / FSSAI.
GOACAN has further stated that although these issues were highlighted in 2010 through complaints and joint inspections by officials from various departments the situation has
not improved.
GOACAN has called on the DFDA to protect the interests of consumers by taking the necessary steps so that a solution may be found by 15th August. Copies of the letter
have been sent to the Collector (South) & Chairperson District Consumer Protection Council, Dy. Collector (Margao), Director, Department of Civil Supplies & Consumer
Affairs, Controller, Department of Legal Metrology and Managing Director, Kadamba Transport Corporation Ltd.

Salgaocar bolster midfield, sign Zakeer Mundampara

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23/07/2014 …. A day after starting their pre-season training, Salgaocar FC have roped in 24 year old creative central midfielder, Zakeer Mundampara. The player underwent his medicals earlier in the day before signing on the dotted line for the Vasco based former I-League champions. Zakeer’s biggest attributes are his speed, vision, ball distribution, and his shooting prowess. The player last played for Mohun Bagan during the 2013-14 season. The lad from Mallapuram in Kerala, caught everyone’s attention in 2009 where he captained and was the backbone of the Viva Kerala side. Prior to that, he played for State Bank of Travancore where he began his professional career in 2007.  

  Zakeer followed the stint at Viva Kerala with 2 largely successful years at Churchill Brothers SC where he was part of the Durand Cup winning squad in 2011. In the same year he was voted the Best Footballer of Kerala by the Kerala Football Association and the icing on the cake came in the form of a call up tothe U-23 Indian team for the Pre-Olympic Tournament which was held at Qatar. He played his first match in the tournament against the hosts coming on as a 2nd half substitute.

  He has since spent a couple of year with Kolkata based clubs, United SC and Mohun Bagan. He will re-unite with former team mate at Viva Kerala, Karma Tsewang, who he attributes for helping him make the move, despite having offers elsewhere. “Salgaocar are a great club with a very rich history and I consider it an honour to don the Green and White jersey. I look forward to playing under coach Derrick Pereira”, the player commented.

  On being asked his immediate targets at his new club, the player remarked, “I hope to make a mark and earn a regular place in the starting 11”. With a midfield comprising of several highly accomplished and experienced players, Zakeer clearly has his task cut out.

POWER MINISTER STRESS ON CONVERTING OVERHEAD LINES TO UNDERGROUND CABLES

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July 23, 2014 … Power Minister Shri Milind Naik in his Twenty Year prospective Plan has laid stress on converting Overhead Lines to Underground cables in the thickly vegetated area in Phased Manner. Department is in process of finalizing route for laying cables underground of 45 kms long 11 KV Poryem Feeder as per the directives of Minister Shri Milind Naik. 

The Electricity department has also started professionally run Call Center with number 1912 to attend to the complaints,. This number can be accessed from all Cell Phones as well as land lines.

 The Power department has provided Lightning arrestors in substations and at all the transformers center to handle situation such as damage to power lines and equipment due to lightening and thundering. Once the thunder sub-sides the line and equipments are test charged for checking healthiness of line. Power line which goes from Morlem Panchayat to Kerim Dam has to cover 12 kms distance mostly through forest area and total 12 transformers are erected to supply Power to Kerim Village where total 952 consumers receive supply.

Inaccessibility, darkness and rain hamper the restoration of power supply. However department works very hard to restore power supply in time. It can be called as life threatening while staff working in soaked condition and near to High Tension lines.

Goa Electricity Department has always worked to resolve the Problems of Kerim Villagers. In past three years substantial work has been done to improve the power scenario in Kerim Village. Department has already initiated action to link Ravan( Dhangarwada) to Shiroli this will help in restoring power more swiftly and also Provide alternate Power supply to PWD Drinking Water Supply Scheme at Kerim Dam. Estimates are framed of Apr. Department has framed estimate of Rs 20 Lakhs for replacing Poles and Conductors in Kerim Village area.

Kerim Village is supplied power by Poriem Supply line which originates from 33/11KV Sankhalim Sub Station and supplies power to Village Panchayat Morlem, Parye, Kerim and Part of Harvalem. Total length of this feeder is 45 kms and supports 35 Nos. Of Transformers of Various capacity.

Total 3751 No of consumers are getting supply from this supply line.  Poriyem Supply line which starts from Sankhalim Sub Station branches at Morlem Panchyat and one line goes to Kerim Dam and other one goes in the direction chinchwada in Poriyem village. At Chinchwada one branch goes in direction of Tulshi Mala and other one towards Ravan ( Dhangarwada).

 

AIIMS-Like Institutes in the States

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23/07/2014 … The Central Government has plans to set up AIIMS in each State in a phased manner under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) with the objective of correcting regional imbalances in the availability of affordable/reliable tertiary healthcare services and also for augmenting facilities for quality medical education in the country.

Four new AIIMS, one each in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Vidharba in Maharasthtra and Poorvanchal in Uttar Pradesh are under consideration. The Ministry has requested Chief Ministers of various States to identify appropriate locations for setting up of AIIMS.

The State concerned has to provide, free of cost land measuring 200 acres and other required infrastructure such as suitable road connection, sufficient water supply, electricity connection of required load and regulatory/statutory clearances. Cost of construction and running of the new AIIMS would be met by the Central Government under PMSSY.

After receipt of communication from the State, the identified locations are to be inspected by Central Teams before finalization of location.

Governments of Andhra Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh have responded so far. These responses are being examined in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The Health Minister stated this in a written reply in the RajyaSabha on tuesday

Clubs cash in for bigwigs of Indian Football , First day of ISL domestic players draft system ends in Mumbai

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23/07/2014 ….

MUMBAI: The first day of Central Domestic Player Draft of the Hero Indian Super League held today, July 22, 2014 witnessed the Clubs going all out for the big names of Indian Football. Seven rounds of the Central Draft were held on Day 1, at the plush Palladium Hotel in Mumbai with last seven round due on Wednesday, July 23.

The Draft proceedings saw the participating six Club officials engage in a lot of permutations and discussion before making the final selection of their choice. It also spoke volumes about the interest and days of planning each Clubs had done ahead of the Draft and the interest the new concept in Indian Football is generating. Overall, twenty six Players who have donned the Indian National Team jersey in the last three years were drafted in by the Clubs on Day 1.

National Team midfielder Lenny Rodrigues was the first to be drafted in by Team Pune while his National Team partner in the midfield, ‘double cylinder’ Mehtab Hossain will travel down south to play for Kochi Blasters FC in inaugural edition of Hero Indian Super League. This will be the first time both Lenny and Mehtab would be seen displaying their trade for clubs outside of their hometowns, Goa and Kolkata respectively.

Besides, ‘Spiderman’ Subrata Paul was drafted in by Team Mumbai while Francis Fernandes will travel North to play for Delhi Dynamos FC.

National Team veteran Gouramangi Singh was drafted in by Team Bengaluru who also picked up 2013 AIFF Young Player of the Year Awardee, striker Jeje Lalpekhlua.

At the end of the seven rounds of Draft Day 1, the list of the drafted Players by each of the eight Hero Indian Super League clubs stay as follows:

Team Pune: Lenny Rodrigues, Dharmaraj Ravanan, Ashutosh Mehta, Joaquim Abranches, Pritam Kotal, Manish Maithani, Israil Gurung.

Team Mumbai: Subrata Paul, Lalrindika Ralte, Syed Rahim Nabi, Raju Gaikwad, Subash Singh, Ram Malik, Deepak Mondal.

Kerala Blasters FC: Mehtab Hussain, Sandesh Jhingan, Ishfaq Ahmed, Gurwinder Singh, Nirmal Chettri, Sushant Matthew, Godwin Franco.

Team Bengaluru: Harmanjot Khabra, Dhanachandra Singh, Jeje Lalpekhlua, Gouramangi Singh, Shilton Paul, Denson Devadas, Khelemba Meitei.

Atletico de Kolkata: Cavin Lobo, Arnab Mondal, Denzil Franco, Rakesh Masih, Mohammed Rafique, Mohammed Rafi, Biswajit Saha.

Delhi Dynamos FC: Francis Fernandes, Robert Lalthamuana, Naoba Singh, Shylo Malswamtluanga, Shouvik Ghosh, Shouvik Chakraborty, Munmun Lugun.

Team Goa: Laxmikant Kattimani, Debabrata Roy, Gabriel Fernandes, Clifford Miranda, Jewel Raja Shaikh, Alwyn George, Narayan Das.

North East United FC: Kunzang Bhutia, Jibon Singh, Durga Boro, Aibor Khongjee, Zodingliana Ralte, TP Rehnesh, Boithang Haokip.

indians attain the feet of climbing mt stok kangri in ladakh region

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22/07/2014 … They climbed with pride and honour of Goa. 14 Goan mountaineers along with 2 climber’s from Karnataka and 1 from Kerala climbed Mt. Stok Kangri (elevation 6,153 m (20,182 feet) is the highest mountain in the Stok Range of the Himalayas in the Ladakh region on 6th July 2014.

The peak is located in Hemis National Park, 12 km southwest of the trailhead at 3,610 m(11,845 feet) in the village of Stok and 24 km southwest of the Ladakhi capital of Leh. Despite its altitude, Stok Kangri is a popular peak and is often climbed as an initial non-technical foray into high altitude mountaineering.

The expedition was undertaken to commemorate the 50 years of Goa liberation. This was a personal endeavour for the team which managed the funding through personal contributions. Mr. Prasad Joshi renowned mountaineer who led the successful climb was all praise for the entire team that managed to acclamatise very quickly to the rare atmosphere and climb the peak in 5 days besides adjusting to walking on snow and ice in the lower reaches of the glacier.

The team comprised of Mr. T. Machiv and Mr. Abhishek Singh from Calangute, Mr. Prasad Joshi(Expedition leader), Mr. Keerthivardhan Raju from Altinho, Panjim, Mr. Tapen Khadka from Bambolim, Mr. Dilip Patil from Merces, Mr. Rajesh Khedekar from Mapusa, Mr. Ramesh Barad from Goa velha, Mr. Raghavendra Khote from Bicholim, Mr. Yashwant Gawas from Sanqlim, Dr. Ajit Nagashikar of GMC Bambolim Mr. Kishore Dogra from Vasco, Mr. Rajesh from Madgaon, Mr. Harish Reddy and Mr. Dattu from Bangalore and Mr. Karichery Madhu from Kerela .

The expedition team then undertook a days motorbike expedition to Khardung last the highest motorable road in the world. The team returned back to goa on 14TH JULY 2014. This Expedition was organized by Prajosh Adventures Panjim Goa.

Salgaocar FC kick-off pre-season in right earnest

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22/07/2014 … Salgaocar Football Club began their pre-season training earlier today at Duler Stadium, Mapusa, under the watchful eyes of Head Coach Derrick Pereira.

 The Green and Whites have been able to retain the core of their squad that finished third in the 2013-14 Airtel I-League, with a couple of re-enforcements to key positions. The club has currently registered a total of 21 players and are confident of completing the remaining signings over the course of the next couple of weeks. Salgaocar FC continue to be busy in the transfer market with the latest additions to the squad being the Pune FC duo of Gurjinder Kumar and Othallo Tabia. Having released all the 4 foreigners that formed part of the squad last year, the club’s first foreign signing of the current season came in the form of midfield playmaker and talisman, Douhou Pierre, who also played for the Red Lizards last season.  

  “All our recent signings from the Pune based club are players who’ve played under me in the past and I am confident of bringing out the best in them here at Salgaocar”, commented Derrick. The gaffer was visibly pleased at seeing most of his players looking fit and raring to go.

  The GFA charity match, the curtain raiser for the season is scheduled for August 17th with the Goa Pro League due to get underway the following day. “We are about 4 weeks away from the commencement of the Pro League and I believe the matches will provide us with the ideal platform to assess ourselves ahead of the Federation Cup in December and the I-League due to begin in January”, the coach added.  

  Besides the 3 signings, the club has also retained the services of hard-working winger Bikash Jairu, who joined the club in January on loan from Mumbai Tigers FC. Dawson Fernandes from Sporting Clube de Goa  and Goal Keeper Abhijit Das from United SC are the other new additions.

  Goal Keeper Albino Gomes and Aslon Oliveira have come through the club’s renowned youth development system, whilst Chinmaya Behera and Pawan Kumar have been roped in from the AIFF U-19 Regional Academy, thereby ensuring a good blend between youth and experience.

  Goal Keepers:

Karanjit Singh, Abhijit Das, Albino Gomes, Chinmaya Sekhar Behera

  Defenders:

Augustin Fernandes, Nicolau Colaco, Gurjinder Kumar, Othallo Tabia, Leny Levis Pereira, Pawan Kumar,

  Midfielders:

Douhou Pierre, Rocus Lamare, Gilbert Oliveira, Clifton Dias, Brian Mascarenhas, Karma Tsewang, Umesh Harijan, Rosario Mendes.

  Forwards:

Dwason Fernandes, Bikash Jairu, Aslon Oliveira.

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