AROUND 1200 PROJECTS APPROVED BETWEEN NOV 2011 TO MAR 2012: VIJAI SARDESAI
PANAJI Town and Country Planning Minister Vijai Sardesai on Monday informed the State Legislative Assembly that around 1200 projects were approved between November 2011 to March 2012, even when there was model code of conduct in force. Replying to a question raised by Congress MLA Digambar Kamat during Question Hour, Sardesai said, ”Regional Plan 2021 was notified in November 2011. We were elected…
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MLA FRANCIS SILVEIRA EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER GOAN YOUTH MIGRATING ABROAD
AGENCIES|PANAJI Youngsters are leaving the state and migrating abroad with the help of ‘Portuguese passport’ due to lack of jobs in Goa, Congress MLA Francis Silveira told the state assembly on Monday. He said that the youth, especially from his St. Andre’s constituency, are leaving the coastal state. “They say there are no jobs in Goa and are migrating by taking the…
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AMENDING LEASE LAW CAN HELP RESUME GOA MINING: EXPERT
AGENCIES|PANAJI Mining activities can resume immediately if the Centre amends a 1987 law to convert perpetual leases to ancestors of current leaseholders into leases for 50 years from 1987 onwards, former Mining Engineers Association of India president T. Victor said on Saturday. Victor, who was member of a delegation that on Saturday submitted suggestions to the state on resumption of mining,…
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GOVT NOT AGAINST MEAT-EATERS: MAUVIN
PANAJI Goa’s Animal Husbandry Minister Mauvin Godinho on Friday told the Assembly that the BJP-led government in the state was not against meat-eaters and that efforts were being made to reopen the state’s only legal slaughterhouse soon. Godinho blamed vested interests for trying to create an impression that the BJP government was against non-vegetarians. “We believe in carrying everybody along and there…
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GOA WILL SERVE NOTICE TO KARNATAKA OVER MAHADAYI WATER DIVERSION: PALYEKAR
PANAJI The Goa government will serve notice to Karnataka for ‘diverting’ the water of Mahadayi River to Malaprabha basin even as the two states are locked in a dispute over sharing the river’s waters, minister Vinod Palyekar told the Legislative Assembly on Friday. The minister told the House that, following the serving of this notice, the Goa government would file an…
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NEARLY 60% GOAN HOUSEHOLDS OVERUSE ELECTRICITY: CM
PANAJI Nearly 60 per cent of households overuse electricity in Goa, putting additional load on transformers, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told the Assembly today and suggested hiking tariff for customers with higher power usage. Responding to the demands of grant of the electricity department, Parrikar said more than 50-60 per cent of the households exceed their electricity limits. “If a house has…
READ more.. GOVT TRYING HARD TO START GOA MEAT COMPLEX AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE: MAUVIN GODINHO
PANAJI Goa Minister for Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Mauvin Godinho informed State Legislative Assembly on Friday that the government was trying hard to ensure that Goa Meat Complex starts functioning as early as possible. Speaking during Zero Hour in the assembly, he said after acquiring all statutory permissions from all the authorities, meat traders in the state would be allowed to…
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NO ALTERNATE SITE FINALISED FOR SHIFTING OF CASINO VESSELS: PARRIKAR
AGENCIES|PANAJI CM Manohar Parrikar today informed the State Legislative Assembly that no alternate feasible site has been finalized for shifting of casino vessels from River Mandovi as of date and the matter is under examination. In a written reply in response to a question tabled by Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavalekar, Parrikar said that a total of six offshore licenses had been issued…
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CM SEEKS OPPOSITION SUPPORT TO RESUME MINING IN GOA
PANAJI Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday appealed to the Congress high command, as well as to the opposition party leaders in Goa to back an amendment to a central act, which will help restart mining in Goa, which has been banned since February this year. “We can go for a request provided everyone supports and the Congress in Delhi supports….
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GOA DENIES HAVING TALKS WITH KARNATAKA OVER MHADEI ISSUE
AGENCIES|PANAJI Months after Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s pre-election overtures to Karnataka BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa, expressing willingness to work out an amicable settlement to the Mhadei river water issue, Goa’s Water Resources Minister Vinod Palienkar told the state assembly that no agreement or negotiation has taken place with the neighbouring state. “The government of Goa has not agreed or has not…
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