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HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 19

The Planning Commission ofIndia has fixed Goas plan sizeat Rs 3320 crore for the year2011-12, which is notably 22.51% higher than 2010-11.

The commission announcedcentral assistance of Rs 60 croreand Rs 200 crore for specificprojects in the State.

Chief Minister DigambarKamat met Deputy Chairman,Planning Commission Dr Mon-tek Singh Ahaluwalia for the fi-nalization of the Annual Plan2011-12 alongwith DeputyChairman, Goa Planning Board,Dr Wilfred de Souza and seniorofficials of the Goa government.

Kamat seeking financial as-sistance from the Centre, men-tioned a few specific areas/projects and requested for theirconsideration and sought assis-tance towards National Games,Solid Waste Management, sew-erage in coastal belt, construc-tion of Anganwadi centres,Central Library, festival audito-rium / theatre and media centre.

He also sought financial as-sistance for the programme ofmalnourished children andanaemic women.

Says a Department of Infor-

mation release, during the meet-ing Kamat mentioned that he hasprepared the entire budget in thebest interest and for aam aadmi.

He said that his governmenthas for the first time decidedto spend funds to the tune ofRs. 500 crore for mining areas.

He said that first time care hasbeen taken of the social organi-zations in Goa which care forblind and special children, des-titutes, elderly, orphans, widows,etc and have selected them for

provision of financial assistance. The chief minister informed

that he has touched every sec-tion of the society including thewomen community belongingto the ST (Scheduled Tribes)namely Bhadel.

He further emphasized thathis government is committedto take full care of all disadvan-taged, aged, vulnerable, desti-tute, all persons from ST, SC(Scheduled Caste) and OBC(Other Backward Classes) and

other minorities and will try tobring them at par with others.

The meeting was precededby an earlier meeting under thechairpersonship of Sudha Pillai,Secretary, Planning Commissiontoday for evaluation of the Re-source Estimates of the Statefor finalization of the AnnualPlan Size 2011-12.

The Director (Planning) AnandSherkhane, made a detailedpowerpoint presentation on the

Goas plan outlay size fixed at Rs 3320 crl Rs 200 cr for specific projects

Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwaliaduring a meeting to finalise the annual plan outlay for 2011-12 of the State in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Vibha Verma

PANJIM, APRIL 19

Tambdi Surlas Mahadev Temple,hailed as an architectural mon-ument carved out by Kadambadynasty, will now get a greentouch without affecting its ar-chaeological importance.

The Archaeological Survey ofIndia (ASI), which has protectedthis monument nestled in theWestern Ghats, has now decidedto create a green turf aroundthe temple with the help of itshorticultural office.

The officials said that thisproject is undertaken consider-ing the tourist importance ofthis structure.

ASI had recently taken up ren-ovation work of the temple roofafter several complaints of waterseepage.

The Tambdi Surla temple isthe second after Curdi temple(the first ever transplanted tem-ple) that comes under directcontrol of ASI.

We will be creating greeneryaround the 50x50 meter area ofthe temple. Plenty of touristscome to visit the temple as it is

situated in rich scenic locationthe lawn will enhance the beautyof the place also as people canuse it while admiring nature,said ASI Goa Circle Superinten-dent Shivram Rao.

The proposal which is alreadysent to ASI Director General DrGautam Sen Gupta also men-tions that along with the lushgreen turf areas, the experts willalso create flowery beds tobreak the monotony for an ex-

quisite look.The ASI has already provided

fencing to the premises.State-level heritage activists

have, however, objected to thebeautification claiming thatthe natural setting will be de-faced. The beautificationwork will not blend with nat-u r a l b e a u t y, P r a j a lSakhardande said.

The temples renovation workhad come into controversy even

earlier when the ASI was carry-ing out the roof top work. Whilethe ASI claimed that the rooftop was renovated to arrestmajor leakages, the activistscried foul play.

Even the concretization ofthe structure was severely op-posed although the ASI claimedto have strengthened the struc-ture by using some black jellysubstance to match the originalcolour.

Greenery to adorn Tambdi Surla temple

All-party team to meet Delhi official

on Kharewado todayHERALD REPORTER

VASCO, APRIL 19

An all-party delegation alongwith Chief Minister DigambarKamat will meet Union ShippingMinister G K Vasan on Wednes-day morning to discuss aboutthe present turmoil at Khare-wado and jurisdiction of Mor-mugao Port Trust (MPT).

Addressing residents ofKharewado before leaving forDelhi on Tuesday evening, NCPwing chairman and RevenueMinister Jose Philip DSouza saidthat being local resident ofKharewado, he is in a better po-sition to place the grievancesof the fishing community beforethe shipping minister.

Reiterating his stand, DSouzasaid he has wholeheartedly sup-ported the people of Khare-wado.

He rubbished claims thatthere is a difference between

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, APRIL 19

Demanding an answer from thegovernment to the demand ofthe parents to make Englishthe medium of instruction byApril 27, Benaulim legislationMickky Pacheco on Tuesdayserved an eight day ultimatumon the government to eitheraccept the parents demand orface action.

The government should ei-ther say yes or no to the parentsdemand. If yes, I will congratu-late the government for acced-ing to the demand. If the answeris no, I know what I will do toforce the government to meetthe demand, Pacheco assertedat a media briefing in the cityhere today.

Saying that the Kamat gov-ernment will get time till April27 to unveil its stand on theissue, Pacheco warned that hewould fight tooth and nail alongwith parents to ensure that Eng-lish is introduced as the mediumof instruction at the primarylevel. I am a parent and I will

not compromise in the interestof our children. All I am askingthe government is to either sayyes or no to the parents de-mands, he added.

Pacheco clarified that he isnot against regional languages,including Konkani or Marathi,but said that the governmentcannot ignore the choice of the

parents. I have been asking thatthe parents be given the choiceto decide the medium of instruc-tion. A couple of day back, par-ents from Benaulim had askedmy role vis--vis the medium ofinstruction, he said, adding thathe would fight alongside theparents to get the demand ful-filled.

Replying to a query whetherEnglish as medium of instructionat the primary level can be in-troduced from the coming aca-demic year, Pacheco said in theevent, it cannot be implementedin the coming academic yeardue to some problems, the gov-ernment should come out witha concrete assurance to get thedemand implemented from thenext academic year.

Saying that no one trusts thepresent government in theState, Pacheco said the govern-ment will have to sit down anddiscuss with the people de-manding English on ways andmeans to implement it from theacademic year.

Mickkys 8-day ultimatumon medium row

The government shouldeither say yes or no tothe parents demand. Ifyes, I will congratulatethe government foracceding to thedemand. If the answer isno, I know what I will doto force the governmentto meet the demand.

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 19

The high-level committeeformed by the government towatch Dum Maro Dum is hav-ing a second thought on screen-ing of the movie after the HighCourt verdict.

The committee headed by In-formation Secretary Rajiv Vermahad decided to watch the pre-release screening of the movieat Maquinez Palace Theatre andgive their opinion to the CensorBoard and State government,whether it is derogatory or notto the image of Goa.

But the committee is nowdilly dallying on the matter afterthe High Court bench on Mon-day dismissed the petition filedby a media professional seekinga ban on the movie.

There is no need to see themovie now. Even the chairman

of the committee is out of sta-tion on an official trip to Delhi,Director Information and Pub-licity Department Menino Peres,said.

Chief Minister DigambarKamat, a week ago constitutedthe high-level panel to watchthe movie before its release onApril 22 to ensure that the moviedoes not show Goa in negativelight and hurt the peoples sen-timents.

The committee was formedafter the Goa State Commissionfor Women lodged a police com-plaint against the makers of themovie for derogatory referencesto Goan women in the movie.

Chief Minister DigambarKamat, when contacted, toldHerald that they will examinethe High Courts order beforetaking any decision.

Dum screening panelyet to preview movie

PTI

RATNAGIRI/MUMBAI, APRIL 19

A district hospital was ransackedand a few buses were torchedtoday in violence during the ShivSena bandh in Ratnagiri againstpolice firing that claimed thelife of one of the locals protest-ing the controversial Jaitapurnuclear power project.

The Maharashtra governmentordered a magisterial probe intoyesterdays firing at the projectsite even as Home Minister andNationalist Congress Party (NCP)leader R R Patil hinted at a ShivSena conspiracy behind theprotests against the proposed9,900 mw nuclear plant. Freshprotests were also reportedfrom the area today.

Union Environment MinisterJairam Ramesh accused the ShivSena of politicizing the Jaita-pur issue and said that whathappened there was most de-pressing and that it caused himgreat anguish. He hoped thatissues surrounding the projectcould be discussed in a peacefulmanner.

Patil while ordering the mag-isterial inquiry also made it clearthat the probe would look intowhether the violent protests at

the plant site and the attack onSakhrinate police station waspolitically motivated and partof a pre-planned conspiracy.

Patil, who made the an-nouncement in the State assem-bly, however did not nameanyone but voiced the govern-ments resolve that the projectsees the light of the day. Theproject with six nuclear rectorsof 1,600 mw each when built willbe worlds largest nuclear plant.

The Congress while suggest-ing that there could be a con-spiracy behind the anti-nuclearpower project agitation in Jaita-

pur cautioned people against:attempts by forces inimical toIndias economic growth.

Prohibitory orders werepromulgated under section 144Criminal Penal Code in thecoastal Ratnagiri district whenthe bandh turned violent afterprotesters resorted to arson.

Angry protesters vandalisedthe district civil hospital wherethe post-mortem of the policefiring victim Tabrez AbdulSayanekar was to be conducted,set afire a few state transportcorporation buses and somevehicles.

Protest against Jaitapurnuke plant rocks Ratnagiri

IN BRIEF

A model dons a bustier costingRs 6 crore at the ORRA showroomin Jalandhar on Tuesday.

Police charge villagers during a protest demonstration against theJaitapur nuclear power plant in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra on Tuesday.

17 die in choppercrash; pilot, fiveothers survive

PTI

ITANAGAR/SHILLONG, APRIL 19

A Mi17 helicopter of Pawan Hanscrashed while landing in themountainous region of Tawangin Arunachal Pradesh todaykilling 17 persons on board in-cluding three crew members butits pilot and five others miracu-lously survived with serious burninjuries.

Seventeen persons werekilled while two crew membersincluding the Pilot Captain VarunGupta and four passengers sur-vived with grievous injuries,Tawang Deputy CommissionerGamlin Padu said. The injuredwere rushed to the civil hospitalat Tawang and would be air-lifted to Guwahati tomorrow,he said.

This is the second helicoptercrash in Tawang district border-i ng Ch ina . An Ind i an A i rForce( IAF) MI 17 choppercrashed minutes after take offon November 19 last year killingall 12 on board.

The civilian MI17 chopper ofState-owned Pawan Hans, man-ufactured in 1996, was on aregular flight to Tawang fromthe Lokopriya Gopinath Bor-doloi International Airport inGuwahati, Pawan Hans sourcessaid.

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8 die as partof bldg fallsAt least eight persons, mostlychildren, were buried aliveand three injured when a por-tion of a five-storeyed residen-tial building crashed nearThane this evening, policeand health officials said.Part of the building,`Sheshmahal, located at Ul-hasnagar on Mumbais out-skirts, collapsed at around5.30 pm, they said. MedicalOfficer of the state-run Cen-tral Hospital at Ulhasnagar B LWaghmare said eight peoplewere killed and three othershave been admitted for treat-ment. (PTI)

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Jose Philip had urged CM to curtail MPT jurisdiction

Konkan Fruit Fest 2011

begins today HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 19

More than 200 farmers from Goaand Konkan region will be dis-playing more than 150 varietiesof fruits in the annual KonkanFruit Fest 2011 to be held along-side the Mandovi River, fromApril 20 onwards.

Variety of fruits like mango,jackfruit, kokum, chickoo andothers will be showcased fromApril 20 to May 1.

Panjim localto be laid

to rest todayHERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 19

The funeral service of 48-year-old Luis Philip whose faithfulpet dogs, a day ago had refusedto let his body be taken awayfor post-mortem, will be con-ducted tomorrow (April 20) atImmaculate Conception Church,Panjim at 3.30 pm, followed byburial at St Inez cemetery.

Philip who was living aloneat his house, in Panjim died anatural death on Monday morn-ing.

When people came toknow about his death, theytried to shift his body fromthe house to be taken forpost-mortem.

But they encountered an un-usual resistance in the formof his eight pet dogs, who re-fused to budge almost for onehour.

Even the police failed to con-trol the dogs as they did nota l low Phi l ip s body to betouched after which policecalled in the help from PanjimAnimal Welfare Society whomanaged to calm down the dogsand take them away for sometime.

The body was preserved inthe GMC morgue.

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, APRIL 19

Is an overseas citizen of Indiaentitled for voting rights, con-test elections and have hisname on the electoral roll?

This question has come tothe fore before Electoral Reg-istration Officer of Benaulimconstituency Pravin Barad fol-lowing a disqualification peti-tion filed against CarmonaPanch member, J e r sonFigueiredo from the member-ship of the panchayat body.

Inquiry into the nationalitystatus of the panch memberhave got underway before theElectoral Registration Officerfollowing a complaint madeby one Francisco Fernandes tothe district Collector, South.In his complaint, Franciscomaintained that Jerson is anunauthorized person underthe Peoples RepresentationAct on grounds that he is hold-ing Portuguese Passport andhence called for the deletionof his name from the electoralroll.

The panch member, however,

has strongly objected to thecomplaint. In his submission be-fore the election authorities, Jer-son has stated that he is anOverseas Citizen of India Pass-port holder and is entitled tostay in India lifelong and enjoyall the rights of an Indian citizen.My name on the ration card aswell as on the Electoral Roll can-not be deleted since I am havingall the rights of Indian citizen,he maintained.

In his submission, Jerson fur-ther maintained that an Over-seas Citizen of India is entitledfor the benefit of multipleentry and multi-purpose lifelong visa to India; exemptionfrom registration with FRO forany length of stay in India; par-ity with NRIs in economic, fi-nancial and educational fields,except in matters relating toacquisition of agricultural/plan-tation properties.

Under these rules, I canstay in India lifelong as a dualcitizens of India and can alsovote for any election, he sub-mitted before the inquiry of-ficer.

Saying that he was electedfrom Ward No V of Carmona Vil-lage Panchayat in the last Pan-chayat elections, Jerson said hecannot be disqualified or hisname deleted from the electoralroll since he is a dual passportholder. Incidentally, the matterhas acquired political over-tones since Jerson is in the op-position camp in the CarmonaVillage Panchayat.

Sarpanch Estaquio DCosta,in his letter to the ElectionCommissioner and the DistrictCollector, South, has called forinitiating necessary actionagainst the unauthorizedmember under the PeoplesRepresentation Act based ona resolution adopted by thegram sabha on grounds thatJerson is a Portuguese Passportholder.

Jerson, however, has termedthe resolution adopted at thegram sabha meeting as politi-cally motivated, saying his de-tractors have been gunning forhim since he has not been toe-ing the line of the powers thatbe.

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 19

Much before Kharewado peopleemerged in protest, RevenueMinister Jose Philip DSouza hadwritten to the Chief Ministerand Ports Minister, asking themto curtail jurisdiction of Mor-mugao Port Trust (MPT).

The letter written by DSouzato both the ministers on April07, 2011 had urged that theState should move Cabinet de-cision to declare Vasco Bay,Baina Bay and villages of Bog-malo, Velsao upto Betul as tra-ditional fishing villages.

DSouza had said that MPTshould be confined within itsactual operational area. He hadalso asked the chief minister tomove to the Central Govern-ment who is empowered underSection 5 of the Indian PortsAct, 1908 to alter the limits of

the port.Following massive agitation

by Kharewado Affected People(KAP), the State Government hasnow formed an all party dele-gation which will be meetingunion shipping minister on April20 with the demand to denotifythe land acquired by MPT.

DSouza, taking up the causeof fishermen, had said that MPTon the strength of certain notifi-cations issued by the departmentof shipping, ministry of surfacetransport on May 24, 2000 hasbeen terrorizing the coastal com-munities as also duly elected localbodies along the coastal stretchesextending from Dona Paula to Cor-talim and right upto Betul.

It may be noted that thereis no MPT activity either at Betulor at Dona Paula so also at Cor-talim, the minister had saidadding that MPT jurisdiction

covers one third of the coastaland riverine stretches of theState.

The port trust has also de-clared that any activity within50 yards on the landward sideof the high tide line includingtraditional fishing activity wouldrequire the prior approval orpermission from MPT.

DSouza said that MPT is try-ing to curb the traditional fishingactivity and tourism related ac-tivities, which has been goingon for the last several decades.It is the only source of liveli-hood to the coastal inhabitants,he alleged.

Minister through his yet an-other later dated April 1, hadasked government to withdrawthe Central Industrial SecurityForce (CISF) immediately, whichwas posted at Kharewado, fish-ing jetty.

SHWETA KAMAT

PANJIM, APRIL 19

From 2012 onwards, Indian Meteorological observa-torys Goa office will be in a position to provide theexact inches of rainfall in the State.

IMD will finish their task of installing Automatic RainGauges (ARG) at seven places across the state by theend of this calendar year in addition to the existingthree ARGs. These ARGs will help IMD in real timemapping of rainfall.

IMDs Goa in-charge K V Singh said that the de-partment is also in process of setting up AutomaticWeather Stations (AWS) at Bali and Mormugao. Thiswill complement the existing AWS at Panjim andOld Goa.

The details have already been forwarded to Mumbaioffice, who will be executing the pending work, Singhsaid.

AWS is an automated version of the traditionalweather station, either to save human labour or to en-able measurements from remote areas.

The department which had embarked on the processof setting up ARGs across the State had to encounter

various bureaucratic hurdles. Officials stated that theno objection certificates from State government de-partments like water resources and forest delayed theprocess.

The gadgets will be installed in the locations ownedby these departments.

The ARGs are planned at Tiska, Shiroda, Mollem, Bi-cholim, Cotigao, Kalem and Margao. They are alreadyinstalled at places including Pernem, Mapusa and Valpoi.

After much of communication, IMD has managed toget the required NOCs or the maximum locations andthe work on installations of AWS and ARGs will beginsoon.

Singh said that it is not possible to install the equip-ments before this monsoon.

Singh said that the idea behind installing these au-tomatic gauges is to avoid any real time delay in gath-ering data.

Hence from next monsoon, will be in better positionto gather data in advance, he added.

ARG will help to gather rainfall data every hour fromremote and inaccessible areas that otherwise takes acouple of days or hours owing to the difficulties in

having proper communication channels between theseplaces and IMD.

The entire project is Rs 15 lakh as sanctioned byUnion Ministry.

Interestingly, by end of this calendar year, a muchawaited Digital Cyclone Warning Dissemination System(DCWDS) would be also installed in the state, whichwill be operated by policemen at the police controlroom in Panjim.

After a break of three years, IMD has decided to re-place its old cyclone warning dissemination system(CWDS) which was based on analog.

A high level committee headed by National Instituteof Oceanography (NIO) Director Dr Satish Shetye hadsuggested setting up of such device, after the existingsystem failed to receive information in advance overflood that hit Canacona Taluka followed by Phyancyclone that almost missed the Goa coast.

The system would be based on verbal communicationwhich can be heard and noted down by the staff. It isa broadcast service, where the cyclone warning willbe given verbally in the local language along withEnglish and Hindi.

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 19

Stating the soaring mercurylevel is likely to continue fornext few days due to easterlywind movement, expertshave predicted that the eventemperatures at night are ex-pected to remain on thehigher side.

Indian Meteorological De-partments (IMD) Goa in-chargeK V Singh said that wheneverthere is an easterly wind, thetemperature shoots up. Theeasterly wind delays the seabreeze because of which theday temperature increases,he said.

Goa which is facing a mixof heat and humidity, hasrecorded maximum 35.8 de-gree Celsius temperature onMonday and minimum of 25.8degree Celsius. The humiditywas 81 per cent in the morningand later reduced to 69 percent by evening.

Singh said that heat in the airis not a new phenomenon forGoa, which records maximumtemperature during April.

The highest temperature forApril was recorded in the year1989 when on one day the mer-cury level had touched 39.8 de-gree Celsius.

Last year, in April, the highest

temperature was 36.4 degreeCelsius.

Usually, temperature crosses36 degree Celsius in the Aprilmonth, he said.

If days are hotter, nights areno longer cooler in the State.Singh said that due to cloudycondition, the night tempera-ture also shoots up. On an av-erage, the night temperature ishovering between 25 and 26 de-gree Celsius.

On Monday night, the tem-perature was 25.8 degree Cel-sius, he said, adding that thereis a possibility of thundershow-ers in the coming days due tothe prevailing conditions.

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Rahul Gandhi coming

on April 21 HERALD REPORTER

VASCO, APRIL 19

Congress General SecretaryRahul Gandhi will arrive in theState on April 21 to inauguratethe gold mural of founder ofBirla industries K K Birla at theBITS Pillani Goa, Campus, atZuarinagar-Sancoale.

Gandhi, who was scheduledto arrive in the State last month,had postponed his visit due toa leg injury, which he had sus-tained during a rock climbingactivity in Karnataka along withhis friends.

Sources in Goa police in-formed Herald that Gandhi willarrive on April 21 at about 10am to inaugurate the gold muralof K K Birla.

He will later interact with stu-dents of BITS and will fly backat about 2 pm, due his busy elec-tion campaigning schedule inWest Bengal.

This is the second time thata member of the Gandhi familyis visiting the BITS campus. Ear-lier, the BITS campus was inau-gurated by UPA ChairpersonSonia Gandhi and Prime MinisterDr Manmohan Singh.

Decision on proposed cable-stayed bridge at Selaulim on April 27

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 19

The visitors at Selaulim Dam are likely to get an aerial view of thereservoir and surrounding lush green areas with the proposedcable-stayed bridge at the Botanical Garden developed by GoaForest Development Corporation (GFDC).

The crucial decision on the proposal would be takenduring the meeting of GFDCs board of directors (BoDs) onApril 27.

GFDC Managing Director Richard DSouza said that the BoDwill deliberate on the issue on whether to go ahead with the pro-posal or not. The bridge will be constructed by Water ResourcesDepartment, which is managing the dam.

No-trust against

Chinchinim Sarpanch, dy

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, APRIL 19

Political instability has come tohaunt the village Panchayat ofChinchinim.

Seven members of the Pan-chayat have served a notice ofno confidence against SarpanchOlwyn Antao and his deputyDoura Fernandes, accusing themof their non-cooperative attitudein the implementation of devel-opmental works.

The seven signatories allegedthat both the sarpanch anddeputy have not been takingthe members into confidencewhile taking decisions.

The signatories include Con-stancio Fernandes, Agnelo Pas-coal Xavier, Jovier TimotioViegas, Philphina Pereira, SantosRebello, Thomas Rebello andArchange DSa. Copies of theno-trust motion were enteredin the office of the Block Devel-opment Officer, Salcete on Tues-day. This is the second time thatSarpanch Olwyn is facing a no-trust motion against him in re-cent times.

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, APRIL 19

Burglars continue to make merryin the commercial Capital, so itseems.

In a daylight burglary, miscre-ants targeted a second floor res-idential apartment near thePower House, Aquem thisevening and decamped withgold ornaments and cash, be-

lieved to be valued over Rs 1.5lakh.

The incident is believed tohave occurred when the inmateshad gone out after locking thedoor. Upon returning home, theowner found to her surprise thelock missing and the door open,only to find the cupboards insideransacked.

Her worse fears came true

when she found the gold orna-ments, consisting of chains,bracelets, earrings, besides cashfrom the cupboards missing.

The Margao police headed byPSI Vidya Pagi rushed to Aquemthis evening following the inci-dent. PSI Pagi said that a policedog has been requisitioned toassist investigations in the inci-dent.

One of the cupboards which was ransacked by burglars in a flat at Aquem here this evening. Photo by Santosh Mirajkar

Burglars decamp with cash, gold from Aquem flat

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 19

The Nepal-government hasfailed to address the basic issueof women trafficking in Indiaand Goa.

The officials who convened ameeting with the members ofthe Goa State Commission forWomen (GSCW), in Panjim onTuesday said that they did notdiscuss the issue.

We are here to know thefunctioning of the womencommission, its schemes andresponse of police in traffick-ing cases. We have asked forthe data from the police, HariCaudel, joint secretary for Min-istry of Women & Child andSocial Welfare (Kathmandu)said.

Incidentally, Nepal govern-ment recently expressed graveconcern over the increasingnumber of women, boys andgirls and men being traffickedfor multiple forms of exploita-tion.

The delegation, who was hereto discuss on Anti-Human Traf-ficking, was however unable togive the official data on internalhuman trafficking and cross-bor-

der situation. Though we dont have reli-

able official data, it is a seriousconcern. The number of caseshas risen because of inflationand low economic growth. Weare endeavouring on reducingthese cases, he said adding thatNepali women working on casi-nos was not a serious problem.

The delegation left for Hy-derabad after their day-long visitto Goa.

Emerging out of the meeting,GSCW chairperson Ezi ldaSapeco told reporters that thecommission briefed the delega-tion on their functioning andother schemes.

Their (Nepal) main problemis poverty. The delegation is onstudy tour to India to put theirsystem in place. They dont haveanti-human trafficking cell as inIndia and Goa, she said.

The Nepal government hasofficially recognized 26 out of75 districts as trafficking proneareas. Caudel said that thou-sands are annually traffickedacross Nepals border mainly toIndia, in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkataand other places for sexual andother forms of exploitation.

ARGs to aid IMD in real time mapping of rainfall next year Soaring mercury level may continue for few days: Met

UP tourist drowns at Arambol HERALD CORRESPONDENT

PERNEM, APRIL 19

A 32-year-old tourist fromRaichur-UP drowned in the Ara-bian Sea at Arambol Beach onSunday evening.

According to Pernem Police,Sunil Prasad and his friend, alsofrom Raichur, had gone to theArambol Beach. While both thetourists were in the waters, theyaccidentally slipped and weredragged by the strong currents.

On noticing the duo strug-gling in the waters, a lifeguardrushed to their rescue, but couldnot rescue Sunil, while his friendwas saved from drowning.

Pernem Police on Tuesdayfished out Sunils body with thehelp of the local residents. Policehave sent the body at GMC Hos-pital in Bambolim for autopsy.

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, APRIL 19

Nearly a decade after the Mar-gao Municipal Council dumpedSonsodo waste to fill up lowly-ing paddy fields at Old Market,the civic body is bracing up fora similar exercise once againsans clearance from the GoaState Pollution Control Board.

If the tenders floated by thecivic body is any indication, themunicipality has drawn up plansto dump a whopping 5000 cubicmetres of compost from Son-sodo to fill up acquired land atMadel for the parking lot andat the Colva circle triangle ac-quired for the rehabilitation ofdisplaced kiosks owners.

A perusal of the tender doc-uments revealed that the entireoperation towards the trans-portation of the compost fromSonsodo to Madel will cost thecivic body a whopping Rs 60lakh.

When Herald contacted Mu-nicipal Chief Officer, PrasannaAcharya to throw light on thetender, he quipped that the ten-der has been floated to trans-por t the compos t f romSonsodo to the land acquiredby the civic body. The Munici-pality had acquired the low lyingland at Madel running parallelto the KTC-Old Market circle forparking. Similarly, the civic bodyhad acquired the land at the oldmarket triangle to rehabilitatethe gadda owners displaced bythe encroachment drive. Thecompost would be used for thepurpose of land filling, he said.

Bu t , when ques t ionedwhether the civic body has ob-

tained permission from the GoaState Control Board to carry outthe land filling activity since thematerial involves waste andcompost from a garbage dump-ing yard, Acharya replied in thenegative, but hastened to addthat the civic body has only is-sued the tender and the processto obtain pollution controlboard permission will be set inmotion immediately.

Residents of Madel had lasttime strongly objected to theSonsodo waste used by the Mar-gao civic body for land fillingapprehending contamination ofthe underground water. Sayslocal resident, Savio Dias: Theresidents are trying to gatherinformation and facts from thecivic body over the tender andthe safety measures, if any,mooted by the municipality.

The issue over the transporta-tion of Sonsodo waste and com-post to Madel for land fillinghad figured at the last meetingof the civic body. During discus-sions, Madel ward Councillorand MMC Vice-Chairperson Gon-zaco Rebello had suggested tothe civic body to take the localresidents into confidence beforetaking up the work of land fillingwith the waste.

Ques t ions a re r a i sedwhether the civic body wouldbe only transporting compostor waste or rejects from theSonsodo to the low lyingfields. Moreover, questions areasked which agency would cer-tify that the waste transportedto the low-lying fields wouldbe indeed compost or otherwaste.

MMC plans to dumpcompost from

Sonsodo at Madel

Nepali arrested

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

PERNEM, APRIL 19

Pernem Police arrested a Nepalion charges of possessing charasworth Rs 20,000 at ArambolBeach on Monday midnight.

According to Pernem Police,one Deelip Gopal Thapa wasfound possessing 40 gms of cha-ras.

Later, Thapa was producedbefore Pernem First Class Mag-istrate and was remanded to sixdays police custody.

PSI Sachin Narvekar is inves-tigating.

Stop acquiring Fatradefields, SAG told

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, APRIL 19

Dentist turned politician, Dr Hubert Gomes has demanded that theSports Authority of Goa should stop acquiring cultivable fields forfootball ground until a proper sports policy is in place in the State.

It should be a policy that is totally focused on developing sportsand not a land grabbing policy with ulterior motives, he said.

Dr Hubert, who was in the news recently regarding the Vaddi,Benaulim ground, said that some people have complained to himthat certain influential politicians are trying to forcefully acquirefertile fields in Fatrade and convert the same into a football sta-dium.

Refusing to name the politicians, Dr Gomes said he will do it atthe right time and in the right way. The Government has no moralright to acquire more fields for sports when the SAG does notknow to manage its existing football grounds like the one in Be-naulim. It appears that most of the SAG grounds are deliberatelyleft in a pathetic condition so that they can be fraudulently leasedto corrupt politicians at a later date, Dr Gomes said.

The SAG fraud that has happened in my village should be aneye opener to every farmer and sports lover in Goa, he cautionedand reasserted that he will fight like a wounded lion to get backthe Benaulim SAG ground which is illegally leased to a privateclub.

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, APRIL 19

Theres no stoppage to the proceedings toacquire 4.21 lakh square metres of land forthe proposed expansion of the NH-4A proj-ect though similar plans vis--vis NH-17have lapsed earlier this month.

For, unlike the NH-17 project, the au-thorities had already notified Section 3Dof the National Highways Act vis--vis landacquisition for the NH-4A project withinone year of the publication of Section 3Aof the Act before the proceedings couldlapse.

In fact, if officials of the Margao-basedLand Acquisition Office are to be believed,theres a proposal before the Land Acquisi-tion Office to acquire additional land alongthe NH-4A after the National Highway Au-

thority accepted the realignment and di-versions mooted by the local governmentalong the Mollem-Dharbandora-Piliemstretch of the highway.

Officials of the land survey have beenasked to prepare a report on the quantumof land that would be required for acquisi-tion as per the changes made in the highwayalignment. Accordingly, Section 3A of theNational Highway Act would be notified foracquisition of the additional land, remarkeda land acquisition official.

Information revealed that the proceedingsto acquire land admeasuring 4.21-odd lakhsq mts will be taken to the logical conclusionunless directions come to the contrary fromthe concerned authorities.

As reported earlier, land acquisition pro-ceedings vis--vis NH-17 has come to a

grinding halt after the proceedings lapsedfor want of notification of Section 3D ofthe National Highways Act.

Officials admitted that the Centre will berequired to start the process all over againby notifying Section 3A of the Act after re-ceiving a nod from the State Government.So far, however, the State Government hasnot received any reply to its host of de-mands, including toll exemption for lightmotor vehicles, from the centre.

PWD Minister, Churchill Alemao, whowas in the national capital on Tuesday, saidthere was no meeting with officials of theUnion Ministry of Surface Transport, sayingthe Goa government is still awaiting theCentre to respond to the House Committeerecommendations on the NH-17 expansionproject.

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Plans to lodge criminal complaints against ministersHERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, APRIL 19

Former Tourism Minister, Mickky Pachecohas threatened to knock the doors of theHigh Court if the Crime Branch fails to reg-ister a case against the PWD MinisterChurchill Alemao in the PWD tenders caseand announced plans to loge 10 other crim-inal complaints against different ministers.

The Benaulim MLA has announced thathe would shortly file another complaintagainst the PWD Minister.

I am told that the file pertaining to hiscomplaint against Alemao has reached the GoaPolice to brass. I hope the police is followingthe due process of law, Pacheco said, whileaddressing newsmen in the city here on Tues-day.

Saying that skeletons will tumble out ofthe cupboards of ministers in the days ahead,Pacheco said he would sit and watch whetherthe same government which had asked himresign on false accusations seeks resignationsfrom the ministers facing criminal charges.

I have given all the documents con-taining evidence against the PWD minister.Let us see how the police go about thework, he said, while disclosing plans toapproach the High Court demanding actionon his criminal complaint.

When asked why he had waited for solong to lodge a criminal case when the al-leged manipulation in the PWD manual tookplace in 2007, Pacheco said I waited so thatI have full proof with me as the matters in-volves fraud of crores of rupees.

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, APRIL 19

Giving clear indications that he is distancingaway from the NCP, Benaulim MLA has saidthe high command from Delhi or Maharash-tra do not understand the problems anddifficulties of the local people.

Saying that he does not care what NCPthinks on the medium of instruction row,Pacheco told newsmen that he does notbelieve in parties that rule the state fromDelhi.

When asked whether he has severedhis ties with the NCP, Pacheco shot back

that he is an elected member of the NCP,but hastened to add that he would cer-tainly turned the tables, but the time hasnot yet come till date. Refusing to speakout his mind on moves to register a re-gional political party fearing his disqual-ification, Pacheco said you know SpeakerPratapsing Rane. He would keep all otherpetitions behind and take up the disqual-ification petition if filed against me.

I dont believe in parties. I feel this ismy right to fight for English as the mediumof instruction. I dont care what the NCPthinks on the issue, he said, while replying

to a query whether his NCP is in supportof English as the medium of instruction.

I am a Goan and we understand betterthe problems and difficulties faced by thepeople. High command from Maharashtraand Delhi does not understand our diffi-culties. Let us settle our problems hereinstead of by the high commands fromDelhi, he said.

Incidentally, Pacheco made it clear thathe would not bend on his stand on themedium of instruction row in the eventhis NCP takes a contrary stand on theissue.

Pacheco says doesnt care what NCPthinks on medium of instruction issue

HERALD REPORTER

VASCO, APRIL 19

Mormugao Deputy Collectorand In-charge of Disaster Man-agement Mormugao TalukaLevinson Martins on Tuesdaysought a detailed report fromall concerned agencies in-volved in Mondays fire mishapat Zuari-Agro Chemical Limited(ZACL), Zuarinagar-Sancoale.

South Goa District CollectorG P Naik has initiated an enquiryinto the fire incident and hasappointed Martins as the inves-tigating officer.

After taking charge, Mar-tins summoned ZACL offi-cials, Gas Authority of IndiaLtd (GAIL), fire services, thecontractor, Zuari Indian OilTanking (ZIOT) and Verna Po-lice to seek detailed reportof the incident.

Prima-facie suggests that firebroke out due to human error,but what exactly happened whenthe fire broke out is yet to be as-certained. However, initial reportsuggests that it was negligenceon the part of heavy earthmoverdriver, said Martins.

He said that he would submita detailed report to the Collectorwithin two days and also seekreport from experts for precau-tionary measures to be taken inthe near future.

Martins further said thathe had directed the VernaPolice to register an offence

Dy Collector seeks report on Zuarinagar fire mishap

against the company and thecontractor. Verna Police com-plied with the instructionsand registered an offence inthis case.

When the fire broke out,the area should have beencordoned off to restrict thepublic from reaching the site,as only fire fighters and emer-gency officials are authorised

to be close to the site. Onlyafter the situation is as-sessed, other people are al-lowed, stated Martins.

When pointed out that onMonday, children and elderlypeople were closely watchingthe fire incident, Martins de-fended the police force and saidthey have efficiently managedthe situation.

When the fire broke out,ZACL fire fighters and an emer-gency team arrived at the sitewithin five minutes.

1-yr-old boy meets watery

grave PERNEM, APRIL 19 (HC): In a

tragic incident, a one-year-oldboy died after he accidentallyfell into a bucket at New Vado-Morjim on Monday night.

According to reports, the in-cident took place in the rentedroom of a Nepali family, em-ployed in a restaurant at NewVado. On Monday night, whenthe childs parents were asleep,the child got up and went nearthe bucketful of water, when heaccidentally fell into it.

Pernem Police later sent thebody for an autopsy.

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, APRIL 19

The Public Interest Litigationfiled by Franky Monteiro andGoa Foundation praying for clo-sure of illegal shipyards operat-ing on the banks of River Zuariin Loutolim has been disposedby the Bombay High Court withdirections to the authorities tocomplete investigations into theallegations made in the petitionand initiate necessary action toclose down all such shipyardsoperating without the manda-tory approvals within a timeframe of four months.

The petition was filed prayingfor closure of shipyards carryingout ship repair and building ac-tivities without mandatory CRZapprovals, GSPCB consent, TCPand panchayat approvals andconversion sanads, etc.

The GCZMA filed an affidavitin reply explaining that showcause notices had been issuedto the shipyards and that replies

had been filed by the said ship-yards but the matter is pendingin view of reports awaited fromthe Dy Collector, Margao. TheGCZMA sought six months timeto finish the investigation andtake appropriate action againstthe defaulting shipyards.

Justice Dharamadhikari andJustice F M Reis disposed thecase directing the authorities ieGCZMA (Goa Coastal Zone Man-agement Authority), GSPCB (GoaState Pollution Control Board),to complete the investigationinto the allegations made in thepetition and take necessary ac-tion to close down all such ship-yards which are operatingwithout mandatory approvalswithin a time frame of fourmonths from today. The VillagePanchayat of Loutolim and theCollector/Dy Collector was alsodirected to verify and take stepsto close down shipyards oper-ating without the required con-version sanads and technical

approvals from competent au-thorities. The court also directedthe authorities to consider thesay of the petitioner during thecourse of investigation.

The petitioner, Franky Mon-teiro, expressed satisfaction onthe directions of the High Court.Authorities which had failed toact on repeated complaintsmade by him and other villagersfor the last five years have beendirected to take appropriate ac-tion as per law within the nextfour months, he said, and ex-uded confidence that most ofthe shipyards operating on thebanks of River Zuari in Loutolimvillage will have to close shopif the directions of the court arecomplied to in true spirit by theauthorities.

He said it is sad that the com-mon man has to time and againapproach the courts for justiceafter the authorities fail to takeaction even after repeated com-plaints.

HC disposes off PIL against illegal shipyardsOfficials told to complete probe in 4 months

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 19

Acting with iron fist, around 400buses were issued show cause no-tices by the State Transport Depart-ment for participating in the daylong strike call given by private busoperators in the State.

The department has also cancelledtemporary permits of 50 bus opera-tors, which remained off road on lastFriday.

A Transport Department officialsaid that in total 394 buses wereidentified by the respective ADTs,which are been issued seven daysshow cause notices.

Official said that the reply of the

notice will be placed before RoadTransport Authority (RTA), which willlater direct necessary action. The ac-tion would be in form of cancellationof temporary bus permits, perma-nently, as said earlier.

As per the department figures,Margao ADT (South enforcement) is-sued maximum 101 notices followedby Panjim ADT (North enforcement)90 and Ponda (86) notices.

Further, in Bicholim 45, Mapusa35, Vasco 32 and Quepem 5 noticeswere issued.

All Goa Private Bus Owners Asso-ciation (AGPBOA) had called for astrike on April 15 pressing for theirlong pending series of demands.

The strike, which received amixed response, was later called offfollowing assurance from the Trans-port Director. The director, however,said that no assurance has beengranted.

Some of the demands, whichwere called illogical by the depart-ment includes improvement in stu-dents 50 percent concessionscheme, to stop harassment ofKTCL to private bus operators, per-mits to run on nationalized routes,permissions for hoardings/adver-tisements on buses, implementa-tion of passenger tax, hike insubsidy scheme from Rs 2 lakh toRs 3.50 lakh and others.

400 buses issued show cause notices

TuemSarpanch voted out of office

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

PERNEM, APRIL 19

Tuem Sarpanch PrajaktaPrakash Kan Naik was on Tues-day voted out of office by 4-0votes in the seven-memberpanchayat.

The no-confidence motionwas moved by panchas ChitrsenSalgaonkar, Joaquim Fernandes,Suhas Naik and former sarpanchVijayalakmi Naik.

The four signatories to themotion supported the motionin a special meeting held atTuvem Panchaya t o f f i ce .Sarpanch Prajakta, PanchasArjun Gawandi and Jose Loboremained absent.

1 held for misusing

phone connection

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 19

The Panjim police have arrestedan owner of a private firm forcheating the Indian governmentby misusing the telephonic con-nection.

Ramanand Sharma, owner ofPernial Solutions was arrestedlate on Tuesday night followinga comp la in t f i l ed by B RBawaskar, Assistant Director, De-partment of Telecom, Maharash-tra.

The accused, as per the com-plaint letter, clandestinely setup the operations of providingservices of International LongDistance calls by-passing the au-thorised channels of Interna-tional Long Distance Operations.

Police Inspector RameshGaonkar said that the entire op-erations were found to be illegal.

The firm was linked to a USbased company phoneweb.netthat would outsource work tothis local firm and data opera-tors here would transcript thevoice calls and upload it on thewebsite.

Retired teachers house burgled

at CorlimHERALD CORRESPONDENT

OLD GOA, APRIL 19

Jewellery was stolen from the house of a retired teacher at Cavaddo-Corlim.

According to reports, the incident came to light on Mondaynight, after a worker had come to Zena Sequieras house to putfood for the house owners dogs. The worker noticed the frontdoor latch broke.

The worker immediately informed Zenas neighbours, who inturn informed the house owner and Old Goa Police, who rushedto the site and conducted the investigation.

Sources informed that the burglars have worked out a well-planned theft, as Zena was in the hospital looking after her husbandJohn.

When I came to know about the theft, I rushed to my residenceand found five rooms ransacked, Zena told Herald.

Gold belonging to me and my daughter was stolen. I dontknow what could be the total worth of the gold that was stolenfrom my house, she added.

The house was locked since April 5. I went to my house lastFriday and found it intact. I had one gold earring set, which isvery unique, she said.

A dog squad was pressed into service late Monday night to pro-vide clue.

Old Goa Police said that the stolen jewellery included wristwatches, gold chains, gold rings, gold bracelet and earrings,bangles, necklaces, etc and some cash.

Old Goa Police have registered a case of theft and is investigatingthe case.

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MORJIM: From 9 am to 2 pm at Vidonger in VP Parcem. ASSONORA: From 9 am to 2 pm at Mulgao, Assonora, Parwada

and surrounding areas.PONDA: From 7 am to 11 pm at Department colony, Nagamasjid

and Varkhandem.

APRIL 21 ASSONORA: From 9 am to 2 pm at Assonora bus stand, Ganesh-

nagar, St Clara and surrounding areas.PONDA: From 7 am to 11 pm at Tyresoles, Ganganagar, 6TTR,

Khadapandh, Angarki, Ghapur, Ambegal, Pattantaly, Khadapabandh,Almeida High School area and Rani Construction.

APRIL 23

ASSONORA: From 9 am to 2 pm at Kailasnagar, Moitem.PONDA: From 9 am to 2 pm at Tisk, Pansule, Dhushire, Sainagar,

Pilyem and surrounding areas.

HERALD NEWS DESKPANJIM, APRIL 19

Raj Sabha MP Shantaram Naik has said thatthe decision of the producers/exhibitors ofHindi feature film, Dum Maro Dum to retainthe objectionable dialogues in the film tobe exhibited in foreign countries, is an anti-national act.

In a letter faxed by him, on Tuesday, toUnion Minister for Information and Broad-casting Ambica Soni, Naik said the pro-ducers/exhibitors are fooling the people ofGoa and the State government, by indirectlysaying that they would now defame anddenigrate Goa and Goan women only onforeign soil.

The producers/exhibitors, it appears, haveno regard for the people of the countryand their dignity. Money is the only criteriain their mind, Naik said in his letter to MrsSoni and copy of which was e-mailed toHerald.

It may be recalled that Mrs Soni had gotthe objectionable dialogues deleted afterreceiving the letter from Naik on April 9.The Joint Secretary of the Union Ministryof Information and Broadcasting, DevaReddy had telephonically informed Naik ofthe same.

In his fresh letter to Mrs Soni, Naik statedthat although the dialogues have beenmodified, the producers/exhibitors are goingto retain the dialogues in the film printswhich are going to be distributed overseas,which is unacceptable to the people ofGoa.

Naik said the Central government shouldrevise the decision of the Central Board ofFilm Certification with respect to Dum MaroDum and, pending the decision of the Cen-tral government in revision proceedings,to declare the film as uncertified and sus-pend its exhibition as per the clear provi-sions contained in section 6 of the

Cinematograph Act, 1952.It appears that persuasive methods do

not work with these people, Naik said.The MP in his letter said that as per the

guidelines issued under section 5(B) (2) ofthe Cinematograph Act, 1952, visuals orwords involving defamation of an individualor a body of individuals, or scenes that mayendanger public order are not to be al-lowed.

Scenes degrading or denigrating womenin any manner are specifically prohibitedas per the guideline and that, the producerhas to ensure that human sensibilities arenot offended by vulgarity, obscenity or de-pravity, Naik said.

These guidelines are not merely Indiaspecific. Indian producer of film shouldnot be so anti-national in their ap-proach, as to disregard law of the landand embrace law of the foreign land,Naik said.

Dum producers adamant on retaining offensive dialogues in foreign prints: Shantaram

HERALD NEWS DESKPANJIM, APRIL 19

Marking the beginning of theHoly Week, V ijai Sardesaithrough his charity foundationWe for Fatorda announced a

Sardesai announcessops for Fatorda

Jhonny Crasto, Jacinto Fernandes, Diego Fernandes, Vijai Sardesai, Baptist Fernandes, Joaquim Fer-nandes and Lucas Fernandes at the holy week tiatr.

series of sops for the people ofFatorda.

Speaking as the chief guestat Simon Gonsalves Lententeatro Challis Dis ani ChallisRati at Dovandem in Fatorda,the Goa Pradesh Congress Com-mittee General Secretary saidthat charity, in Christian thoughtrepresented the highest formof unselfish love to ones fellowmen.

Describing charity as thefoundation of all Christian val-ues, Sardesai said that his charityfoundation will undertake vari-ous activities in this directionduring the Holy Week.

On the occasion of Palm Sun-day, Sardesai handed over acheque of Rs 3,57,850 to the StCruz Chapel Association, Dovan-dem towards the constructionof the new chapel a Dovandem.

Sardesai also had donated Rs1 Lakh earlier for the mainte-nance of the same chapel bring-ing the total contribution of hischar i ty to the tune of Rs4,57,850 towards the St Cruz,Chapel.

Sardesai also announced thatWe for Fatorda would donatea free hearse van and portablemorgue for free use to any citi-zen of Fatorda and the same willbe blessed on Easter Sunday byFr Boulias Da Costa at RosaryChurch, Fatorda.

In keeping with his commit-ment to support agriculture andfarming, Sardesai also an-

nounced that We for Fatordawould donate free seeds for allpaddy farmers from entire Fa-torda constituency.

Speaking on the occasion theDirector of the tiatro SimonGonsalves elaborated on hisplans to come out with a newtiatro Government of God nextyear.

Outlining the importance ofinculcating moral values throughthe medium of drama, Gonsalvesthanked Sardesai for sponsoringtwo shows of his Holy Week tia-tro in Fatorda this year.

Complimenting Sardesai forbeing truly secular, Gonsalvessaid that Sardesai although aHindu was actually followingthe good teachings of Christ andobserving the Lenten periodwith fasting and penance.

Calling upon people to electsuch progressive and secularleaders, Simon Gonsalves saidthat progress could only beachieved with unity and only asecular and tolerant belief andapproach could foster unityamong all communities espe-cially in Fatorda

Former MMC Council lorJohnny Crasto, social workerBaptist Fernandes, President ofSanta Cruz Chapel AssociationJoaquim Rosario Fernandes,Treasurer Lucas Roy Fernandes,Joint Treasurer Jacinto Fernandesand Secretary Diogo Rosario Fer-nandes were present on the oc-casion.

Jewellery exhibition at MargaoPANJIM (HND): Tara Jewellers will showcase their collectionsat a jewellery exhibition on April 20 and 21 from 10 am to 8pm at the Hotel Nanutel in Margao. Tara Jewellers are offeringattractive rebates, free cleaning and polishing of jewelleryand 100% buy-back guarantee.

Chimbel Gram SabhaPANJIM (HND): Gram Sabha of Village Panchayat Chimbel willbe held April 24 at 10 am in Village Panchayat hall. Proposalsmay be submitted in writing to this by noon of April 21.

11th Kala Rang festivalPANJIM (HND): 11th Kala Rang festival of dance, music andtheatre starting on April 21 at the Ravindra bhavan, Margao,will host a performance by Padma Vibhushan Kishori Amonkaron April 22 at 6.30 pm, while Anandi Ramachandran and hergroup will perform on April 23 at 7.15 pm. The five-dayfestival will begin with a program Mile Su Mera Tumhara byRavindra Sathe, Devaki Pandit and Poornima to pay tributesto Bharat Ratna late Pt Bhimsen Joshi.

Sangeet Samaroha at KA PANJIM (HND):Yoga Prabha Bharati (Seva Sanstha) Trust willorganise First Satguru Shree Shivkrupanand Swarm SangeetSmaroha on April 17 at 6.30 pm at Kala Academy Open AirAuditorium, Panjim. Classical Vocalist Jayateerth Mevundi,torch bearer of Kriana Gharana style will be the performingartiste.

Three-day trek in Coorg PANJIM (HND): Wildtreks will organise three-day trek inCoorg from April 28 with departure from Mapusa at 8 pm,from Panjin at 9 pm and from Margao at 10 pm. There will bechoices of sleeper and sitting luxury coach. The cost towardstravel and stay is Rs 4000 per person. For details call9822123458 or 8796418565 by April 20.

Spanish course at Dona PaulaPANJIM (HND): Communicare, the centre for languages,will shortly start one-month course in Spanish for beginnersat Dona Paula. The centre will also hold classes of two-month duration for Hindi and Konkani and classes in San-skrit for three weeks. For enrolment e-mail communicamundus@yahoo.co.in or visit Cultural centre Communicare,Row House No 2, Vivendas Goesas, La Citadel colony, OppResort Cidade de Goa, Dona Paula. Ph 2456156/9561715525.

Tally-ERP 9 course at Zantye PANJIM (HND): Narayan Zantye College of Commerce willconduct a certificate course in accounting package usingTally-ERP 9 software, from April 26. The programme aims atproviding complete training in handling financial accounts ina computerised set-up using latest version of Tally softwarei.e. ERP 9. Various aspects of accounting for small and largeorganizations including VAT, TDS, Service Tax, etc., are coveredin this programme. The college offers excellent teaching andlearning facilities and Network Lab.

Number of seats are limited. For details contact the collegeOffice on phone 2361377/2363769.

Vrundavan holds ECG workshop PANJIM (HND): Vrundavan Hospital and Research Centre inassociation with the Red Cross Society of India-Bardez re-cently conducted a one-day workshop on Electrocardiography(ECG) for family physicians. 50 doctors attended the work-shop which was intended for physicians and practitionerswho had some working knowledge of ECGs and wanted toimprove their skills on ECG interpretation. The workshopwas conducted at Vrundavan Hospital premises under guid-ance of Dr Digambar Naik Managing Director and prominentcardiologist and physician.

Contouring surgery performedPANJIM (HND): RG Stone Urology and Laparoscopy Hospital,Goas Cosmetic Surgery Centre, for the first time in Goa,operated a 68 yr old woman with body contouring surgeryby performing liposuction and tummy tuck. Cosmetic Sur-geon at R G Cosmetic Surgery Centre, Dr Navdeep Chavansaid, 68 y/o Maria approached RG Cosmetic Surgery Centrefor consultation. On examination she was found to be aknown case of hypothyroidism and had history of two ab-dominal operation in past.

Despite the age and other complications the operationwas performed successfully and the patient was dischargedfrom hospital with no stitch removal afterwards. Patienthad resumed her daily duties from 2nd day and she has towear pressure garment for six month. Scar line were givenin natural crease and hidden under her inner ware.

Report on parity in pay scale PANJIM (HND): The Coordination committee of Goa Gov-ernment Employees represented by Saturninio Mesquitacalled on the Law Secretary, Chairman of the Committeeconstituted by the Government for parity in pay scales forall left out categories/Cadres of Govt Employees with a re-quest to immediately submit the report to the Chief Minister.The Law Secretary promised to submit the report by April21. The co-ordination committee of Goa Government Em-ployees has appealed to the Chief Minister to finalise theimplementation of parity in pay scales for all left outcadres/categories of government employees as assured re-cently concluded Assembly session.

Stage built for Bicholim schoolMAYEM (HC): ZP member Fondu Sawant on Saturday inau-gurated the stage constructed for Government PrimarySchool, Vathadev-Bicholim.

Sarvan-Karapur Sarpanch Santosh Talkar, School Head-mistress Shymal Sawant, Chitra Kulkarni, PTA President Ra-makant Matonkar, Deepti Matonkar and Vanita Umarye werepresent on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion, Fondu Sawant said that theZP fund will be utilized depending on the need of the villagefor all-round development.

Rane attends Hanuman Jayanti PANJIM (HND): Speaker of Goa State Legislative Assembly,Pratapsingh Raoji Rane has said that the democracy haspaved path for the development and welfare of the peopleand at the same time it compels us to discharge our dutiesin a more responsible manner.

Rane was speaking at a cultural function organised byHanuman Devasthan Committee Baherilwada, Keri, on theoccasion of Hanuman Jayanti on Monday.

Speaking further Rane said that customs and traditionshave vital importance in our lives as they fosters brotherhoodand communal harmony in the society.

He complimented the stakeholders of Hanuman Dev-asthan Committee for their zeal and enthusiasm to organisethe function. He released a souvenir entitled Bharariwhich highlights the achievements of the Devasthan Com-mittee.

Ration quota for April PANJIM (HND): During the month of April, 10 kgs of riceand 5 kgs of wheat per card will be distributed to AbovePoverty Line cardholders (APL); 60 kgs of rice will be dis-tributed to the families of Below Poverty Line (BPL) and 35kgs to Antyodaya (AAY) categories families per card.

10 kgs of rice per card per month will be supplied freeto the beneficiaries of Annapurna (ANP) schemes. Sugarwill be distributed @500 grams per person per month tothe families in all categories. Those cardholders who couldnot collect their ration quota for month of March maycollect the same alongwith the quota of April.

The Fair Price Shop owners have been directed to lift thestock of the commodities at the earliest and release thequota of April. They are also required to display the sampleof the quality of commodities. Complaints related to nonsupply, quantity or quality of commodities supplied maybe made to the Directorate of Civil Supplies and ConsumerAffairs, Panjim.

Sardinha for trained coachesMAYEM (HC): South Goa MP Francisco Sardinha has stressedthe need to create better sports coaches with well-equippedsports knowledge who can create ideal sportsmen andwomen in the State.

He was recently addressing the gathering during the vale-dictory function of ground sports and group sports coachingcamp for PT teachers organized by Bicholim Taluka PhysicalTraining Teachers Association at BMC Hall, Bicholim.

Goa has become part and parcel of our day-to-day livingin financial and other terms, said Sardinha.

Bicholim MLA Rajesh Patnekar, BMC Deputy ChairpersonShashikant Halarnkar, President Ramchandra Garde, SecretaryMario Morius and Bicholim Taluka Association PresidentRaufkhan Pathan were present on the occasion.

On the occasion, teachers and students Nirupa Gawade,Suman Mulgaonkar, Rohini Mashelkar, Shubham Naik, BharatParab, Aishwarya Gadekar, Pratima Naik, Sunil Naik, SushantMayekar, Sujata Chapalkar, Akash Gawas, Sonali Gaonkar,Immanuel DSouza, Sandesh Barazankar, Paresh Govekar,Vijay Kavlekar, Ashok Khanolkar, Eanklin Braganza NarayanDesai and others were felicitated.

Nitin Naik compered the function, while Shafi Jamadarproposed the vote of thanks.

HERALD NEWS DESKPANJIM, APRIL 19

BITS-Pilani, KK Birla Goa Cam-pus recently hosted an inter-active session SharingDiverse Writing Experiences featuring eminent writers fromGoa. The writers, who includedDamodar Bha i Mauzo,Aniruddha Sen Gupta, Freder-ick Noronha, Isabel Santa RitaVas and Jose Lourenco dis-cussed a wide range of issuespertaining to literature, theatreand contemporary trends inwriting.

Damodar Bhai Mauzo,Sahitya Akademi award winnerand most-translated Konkaniwriter, began the proceedingsby examining the past and pres-ent of Konkani as a literary lan-gauage, bemoaning that asingle language cannot survivemultiple scripts, giving an ex-ample of how the rich heritageof Konkani was slowly beingcorrupted by its usage in otherscripts.

Veteran writer Isabel SantaRita Vas, HOD of English atDhempe College, Miramar,and founder of Mustard SeedArt Company spoke at length

about the neglected art ofwriting for theatre, describingalso the many community-building measures that theatrecan undertake in its variousforms.

Jose Lourenco, a civil engi-neer and co-editor of the an-thology Inside Out, talkedabout the importance of lan-guage and its many implica-tions in todays world. Hedescribed the various sourcesof inspiration possible for writ-ing stories, citing each of hisown short stories as an exam-ple. stage was FrederickNoronha, a writer, cyber-jour-nalist and an enthusiastic blog-ger, who discussed the impactof technology on writing andpublishing.

Aniruddha Sen Gupta, engi-neer and professional writer,explained his transition froman engineer to an author, in-spiring the students to choosetheir favoured vocations irre-spective of their current fieldof learning. The symposiumwas greatly appreciated by theaudience, ending with an in-formal interaction with theguest speakers.

Erudite evening held at BITS Goa campus

HERALD NEWS DESKPANJIM, APRIL 19

Chief Minister DigamberKamat handed over a chequeof Rs 9.02 crores to GeneralManager of Chowgule Indus-tries N B Khandeparkar forsupply of 84 minibuses, inpresence of Minister for SocialWelfare and Transport, SudinDhavaikar, under the GomantBal Rath Yojana a scheme ofGovt of Goa implementedthrough the social welfare de-partment. The scheme is for the studentsresiding in the rural parts ofthe state. The school buses aredesigned and manufactured bySML Isuzu Ltd, at their factoryin Punjab.

After fulfilling the latestorder, Chowgule Industrieswould have supplied a totalof 246 buses to Social WelfareDept. The School buses area boon for the students astheir travel time from and toschool will be significantlyreduced.

Govt buys

minibuses

for schools

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Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and Calangute MLA Agnelo Fernan-des lights the traditional lamp at NG Taxi meet at Calangute.

Photo by Thomas Fernandes

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

POINGUINIM, APRIL 19

Chief Minister Digambar Kamaton Monday inaugurated the hotmixing of the road works inLoliem-Polem.

Kamat along with PWD Min-i s t e r Church i l l A l emao ,Poinguinim MLA Ramesh Tawad-kar, Canacona MLA Vijay PaiKhot, former minister IsidoreFernandes, Loliem Parish PriestFr Alyousis Gonsalves and otherdignitaries inaugurated the hotmixing works.

The hot mixing of the roadworks is taken in three parts Maxem to Loliem, Loliem churchto Peddem and NH-17 to Out-raband and the estimated costof these works is expected tocost over Rs 3.25 crore.

Sources in PWD speaking tothe villagers informed that theywould take up further extensionand widening of the road workin a phased manner.

On the occasion, two localsraised the question of the pend-

ing development works to thePWD minister during his ques-tion and answer session.

R F John of Shelli requestedthe minister to take up the hotmixing of the link road from NH-17 at Shelli to Kazalker and theminister gave instructions tothe PWD engineers to put upthe file immediately.

The PWD engineers presentwhen further quizzed by thePWD minister said that the filewas sent to the Union Ministryat New Delhi and that the proj-ect will be undertaken underthe Pradan Mantri Gram SadakYogna. To this, the minister di-rected the PWD officials to takeup this work under Goa Statefunding.

Julio Fernandes of Peddembrought to notice of PWD min-ister that despite spendingcrores of rupees towards thewater supply scheme, the peo-ple are yet to get potable drink-ing water.

Executive engineer S M

Dhond stated that the clearancefrom the forest department wasawaited and was pending.

Former minister Isidore Fer-nandes lauded the effortstaken by Digambar Kamat intaking up various develop-ment schemes for the down-trodden.

Kamat in his speech apartfrom the various developmentschemes undertaken by his gov-ernment said that discriminationagainst should not take placeand said that any girl child thatis born, the government will im-mediately deposit Rs 25,000 onher name and the lactatingmother will be given Rs 5000.

He also said that Anganwadiworkers honorarium has beendoubled.

Over 300 people attended thefunction and that includedPrashant Naik, Mohandas Lo-layekar, Bahu Chandrakant Prab-hudesa i and other soc ia lworkers from all over Canaconataluka.

CM launches hot-mixing of roads at Loliem

Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, PWD Minister Churchill Alemao, former minister Isidore Fernandes andothers during the launch of hot-mixing of roads in Loliem-Polem. Photo by Freddy Rebello

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

CALANGUTE, APRIL 19

The North Goa Tourist TaxiOwners Association on Sundayexpressed gratitude to ChiefMinister Digambar Kamat andCalangute MLA Agnelo Fernan-des for fulfilling their demands.

At the largely attended meet-ing of North Goa Tourist TaxiOwners Association, the mem-bers led by its President VasudevArlekar and other executivemembers thanked the chief min-ister and the Calangute MLA forgiving into their just demands.

Elaborating on their demandsmet by the chief minister, Asso-ciation General Secretar yVinayak Nanoskar said: Thechief minister and CalanguteMLA were kind enough to bringdown the permit fee from Rs5,000 to Rs 900, while scrappingthe decision of Transport De-partment not to issue permitsin the future to vehicles Maruti800 cars.

Addressing the taxi owners,Kamat said: I feel proud andprivileged to be thanked at anopen forum, and congratulatedthe taxi owners for the gesture.

Our government sees thatthe Aam Admi benefits throughvarious schemes launched, aswe are not able to provide jobsto each and every Goan, saidKamat.

The chief minister assured to

Taxi operators thank CM for slashing permit fee

look into their genuine difficul-ties and come to their aid oneway or the other. He also saidthat he buys time to settle theproblems as he goes deep intothe same and try to resolve itto the best of his ability.

Kamat called upon the taxiowners and drivers to believein credibility of their own selfas they become the first ambas-sadors of the tourists.

MLA Fernandes thanked thetaxi owners for their kind ges-ture and also called upon thetaxi owners and drivers to be

the brand ambassadors as theyare the ones who get the firstfeel of the international touristsand promised all his help andsupport to the Association.

Earlier, North Goa Tourist TaxiOwners Association PresidentVasudev Arlekar welcomed ChiefMinister Kamat and CalanguteMLA Fernandes, while VinayakNanoskar proposed the vote ofthanks.

Others present included As-sociation Vice President Ravin-dra Vengurlekar and Dr JenniferLewis e Kamat.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

CANACONA, APRIL 19

Chief Minister Digambar Kamatvirtually rejected the idea ofdec l a r ing P t An j an iba iLolienkars ancestral home atLoliem as a heritage site, evenas Canacona Kalakar Sangh(CKS) submitted a memoran-dum to that effect to the chiefminister.

Chief Minister Kamat andPWD Minister Churchill Alemaoon the sidelines of their visitto launch hot-mixing of Loliemsinternal roads, inspected theancestral house of late Pt An-janibai Lolienkar.

CKS had earlier submitted amemorandum to Kamat re-questing to declare the nowunoccupied house of Lolienkaras a heritage site and/or repairand open an art gallery or holdsinging classes.

Former Loliem sarpanch Mo-handas Lolienkar (also a care-taker of the house), KonkaniBhasha Mandal PresidentPrashant Naik and CKS officebearer Ajit Painginkar submit-ted the memorandum to thechief minister on behalf of Can-concars demand.

The chief minister after in-specting the spacious two-storey house, having over 12rooms all having bath rooms,after inquires reportedly re-marked saying there is no suchprovision with the government

to declare the house as heritagedestination.

However, Kamat reportedlyasked the concerned citizensto make over the house of PtAnjanibai to the governmenteither on lease or rent for cer-tain period of time and onlyafter that action could be un-dertaken to convert it into anart gallery or commence singingclasses in it.

It is reportedly learnt thatancient sites are already listedwi th the Depar tment o fArchives and the house of PtAnjanibai reportedly is justabout 70 years old and hencedoesnt fit into the ancient cri-teria.

And this is the point, whileapparently compelled the chiefminister not to assure anythingso as showing governments in-clination to declare the houseas a heritage site, even thoughit has all other aspects to themagnificently built house.

The house, maternal homeof Pt Anjanibai Lolayekar, a vocalmusician, lies unoccupied andnon-maintained since her deathin 1992.

CKS, which is annually or-ganising Sangeet Samelans inher memory, claimed the hugeancestral house in on verge ofcollapse and need govern-ments immediate attention.

Pt Lolayekar during her primetime had earned fame and

Pt Lolienkars ancestral home unlikely to be named heritage site

name not only in Goa, but pre-sented her classical songs inMaharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthanand few more other states.

Her contribution in classi-cal singing has been duly rec-ognized by Goas first chiefM in i s te r BhausahebDayanand Bandodkar by fe-licitating her.

HERALD NEWS DESK

PANJIM, APRIL 19

Union Minister for Culture,Housing and Urban Poverty Al-leviation, Kumari Selja releaseda book Triumph of Secularismbased on the historic OpinionPoll in Goa, co-authored by Jour-nalists Rajan Narayan and Pro-fessor of History, Dr SharonDCruz,. Chief Minister, Digam-bar Kamat, former Chief Minis-ter, Luizinho Faleiro, Ex-MLA,Uday Bhembre and Chairman ofGoa Publications Private Limitedand Industrialist, Dattaraj V Sal-gaonkar were present at thefunction held at Miramar in Pan-jim on Monday.

Speaking on the occasion Ku-mari Selja showered praises onGoans for maintaining separate

identity of Goa and also for pre-serving secular values duringthe Opinion Poll. Chief Min-ister, Digambar Kamat in his ad-dress hoped that the bookTriumph of Secularism will getwide readership. The readers ofthis book will come to knowwhat they have gained afterOpinion Poll, he added.

Former Chief Minister, Luiz-inho Faleiro and Adv UdayBhembre also expressed theirviews and complimented Dat-taraj Salgaonkar for gettingOpinion Poll history recorded.

Rajan Narayan urged theUnion Minister to look into theproblems faced by the re-searches.

Earlier, Dattaraj Salgaonkarwelcomed the guests.

Book on secularismreleased

Kumari Selja releasing Triumph of Secularism in the presence ofUday Bhembre, Luizinho Faleiro, Dattaraj V Salgaonkar, DigambarKamat and Rajan Narayan, on Monday. Photo by Sachin Ambdoskar

Meditative Experience from today

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 19

The Goa Diocesan Centres an-nual meditative experiencefor youth held every year dur-ing Holy Week ahead of ofEaster begins tomorrow witharound 40 youth from all overthe state.

The experience, which is ameditative experience on thelife death and suffering of JesusChrist, is jointly organised bythe Diocesan Catechetical Cen-tre and the Diocesan YouthCentre at Old Goa.

It is a once in a lifetime ex-perience for youth who takepart. It involves a series of ses-sions and prayerful experienceson the suffering of Christ. Theycan take part only once in alifetime, which makes it all themore special, Fr Olavo Caiadothe director of the DiocesanYouth Centre said.

The four day experience willbegin on Wednesday eveningand culminate on Easter Sun-day April 24.

The programmes include aspecial meal on Maundy Thurs-day, Way of the Cross on GoodFriday an Easter night vigil be-sides other sessions.

Vegetable,flowers

vendors givenmonetary aid

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

CORTALIM, APRIL 19

Deputy Speaker and CortalimMLA Mauvin Godinho distrib-uted cheques to 42 benefici-aries under the assistance toflowers and vegetable vendorsschemes at his Upas Nagar of-fice on Tuesday.

We had earlier distributed32 cheques under the schemeand hundreds of people havealready availed various govern-ment welfare schemes for freegas connections, house repairs,marriage assistance, etc, saidGodinho.

Earlier, Godinho launchedroad works at Satrant in Issor-cim and near Fatima Colony inDabolim.

Godinho also said the workon the remaining roads will belaunched shortly so that mostof the roads are ready beforemonsoons.

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, APRIL 19

Vice President of the GoaKonkan i Akademi V incyQuadros has said the burningissue of medium of instructionshould be handled sensitivelyby the writers and experts inthe field of education.

Otherwise, a day will comewhen there will be a verticaldivide between Hindus andChristians. We need to sustainthe long standing unity andharmony amongst the twomajor communities, he said,while speaking at the book re-lease function of Konkani writerand journalist Marcos Gon-salves titled TORNNI XIM.

The function was organizedby Sandcos Publication at Mar-gao Municipal Hall. CurtorimM.L.A Alexixo ReginaldoLourenco was the Chief Guestwho later released the bookTORNNI XIM and presentedGonsalves-Sparsh Award to theSocial worker of Raia RomaldoGonsalves on this occasion.

Quadros fu r the r s a idThough we are writers, wecannot play with the future ofour children because of ouremotions. We want their brightfuture. Otherwise these chil-dren will question as what hadwe done? If we make mistakeat this juncture, if we are mis-guided over the issue, then

there is danger to the futureof our children.

In his address, the CurtorimMLA Reginaldo Lourenco calledupon everyone just not to readthe books but to take goodfrom it and apply to ones life.By reading good books, webecome the good citizens andgood leaders of the society,he added.

Romaldo Gonsalves and Mar-cos Gonsalves(writer of thebook) also spoke on the occa-sion.

Sandra Gonsalves welcomedthe gathering while MarcosGonsalves proposed vote ofthanks. Armando Fernandescompered.

Handle language issuecautiously, writers urged

Curtorim MLA Reginaldo Lourenco releasing Tornni Xim book authored by Marcos Gonsalves.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

PORVORIM, APRIL 19

Chief Minister Digambar Kamathanded over a cheque of Rs 30lakh to the Hanuman Theatrecommittee president towardsrenovation of the theatre.

The chief minister was on avisit to Mapusa on Monday af-ternoon to offer prayers to LordHanuman on Hanuman Jayanti.After offering prayers, he deliv-ered the cheque to HanumanTheatre committee PresidentMahadev Natekar for renovationof Hanuman Theatre.

Speaking to press, Kamat saidsince the dispute on the site se-lected for the construction ofKala Bhavan is going on, theState government has decidedto provide financial assistancefor the renovation of the Hanu-man Theatre.

Kamat further said that theState government is fully aware

that Kala Bhavan for the peopleof Mapusa and surrounding vil-lages is the need of the hour.

The Directorate of Art andCulture had selected the site forthe construction of Kala Bhavan.But since some people haveraised their objection, the gov-ernment could not go aheadwith the project, he informed.

The government would pro-vide additional financial assis-tance for the upgradation ofHanuman Theatre, if needed,Kamat said.

Hanuman Theatregiven Rs 30 lakh

for renovation HERALD NEWS DESKPANJIM, APRIL 19Dr Jennifer Lewis e Kamat andAtrey P Sawant were electedChair and Co-Chair of the YiGoa Council respectively forthe year 2011-12 at the Yi GoaAnnual Day 2011 held recently,

Dr (Ms) Jennifer Lewis eKamat holds a PhD in Civil En-gineering from University ofBirmingham, UK. She com-pleted her BE Civil Engineeringfrom Goa College of Engineer-ing.

She is an Associate memberof Chartered Engineer of Insti-tution of Engineers (India), andpresently on the managing

committee of the Goa StateCenter. She is the Chairpersonof the Advisory Committee tothe Technician Chapter of IEIGoa State Center and was anOfficer-in-charge of AMIE Ex-aminations 2009-2010.

Atrey Sawant is Unit Headfor Mandovi Drydock. Sawanthas been working in shipbuild-ing industry for last six years.He is a graduate from GogteInstitute of Technology with adegree in Mechanical Engineer-ing, and a Post graduatediploma of business manage-ment from NMIMS, Mumbai.He is a member of Rotary Clubof Bicholim and CII.

Yi Goa Council

elects new chiefs

Major disaster avertedNelson Lopes, Chinchinim

The tanks of petroleum, oil etc., are dan-gerous bombs waiting to be ignited in aflash. The road diggers should have beenprovided a map of layouts of such highlyhazardous contents. They should have beenequipped with at least minimum fire controlmaterial in an emergency. That there wasno supervision by any responsible person,is apparent. Mostly, the digging is done byilliterate workers for whom safety and pre-caution is neither a concern, priority or aresponsibility. The contractors cannot beabsolved of their duties.

It was just a miracle that the damagewas limited to vehicles and minor casualtiesto a few men. Otherwise, it could have

been a disaster unprecedented.

This is a let down!Oscar Gomes, Benaulim

I was surprised to read in your esteemedpaper that Dr Hubert Gomes had withdrawnfrom the race for MLAs elections from Be-naulim constituency. This is the same DrGomes who had made several statementsin the past that come what may, he wouldnever withdraw from the race.

It appears that the cold feed that he hasdeveloped, can be attributed to induce-ments offered by his opponents. We, peoplefrom Benaulim, feel very much let downby these people who had assured to makea change to the political scene in Goa.

Rope in youth powerJerry Fernandes, Saligao

Though the Congress party has been rulingfor the past so many years, it has been sell-ing Goa for a price and doing absolutelynothing in terms of development, employ-ment, etc. and improving its image in Goa.The Congress has been the most indisci-plined political party in the history of Goa.Most of their so-called state leaders haveopenly indulged in anti-party activities.This makes the job of the Opposition mucheasier. The reason for this mess is becauseof the arrogant Central leadership. TheCongress should get rid of the anti-Congresselements and rope in youth power.

Good FridayA C Menezes, Chinchinim

According to the Catholic Church, GoodFriday is always observed on a Friday thatfalls after a full moo