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HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 25

Goas Lokayukta Bill, which hasbeen sent for President of Indiasassent, still requires certainmodifications and changes tomake it up to date in todayscontext, former Justice SantoshHegde, member on joint draft-ing committee of Lokpal Bill saidon Monday.

Hegde said that Goa Billneeds to have policing powers,which are required to prosecutecorruption cases.

I have studied Goa Bill withprovisions made and I foundthat this is one of the best Billdrafted in the entire countrybut it too has certain deficien-cies, Hegde said adding it still

requires modifications andchanges which will make it upto date in todays context so

that the State will get good ad-ministration and degree of cor-ruption will substantially be

reduced.Elaborating the lacunaes in

the Goa Bill, Hegde said thatunder Prevention of CorruptionAct the investigation of a cor-ruption case cannot be done byanybody other then police andthat to a police not below therank of a Deputy Commissionerof Police or somebody autho-rised by notification of Stategovernment.

I dont think while draftingthis (Goa) act, it has been takennote of and power to investigatecorruption cases has beenvested with Lokayukta of Goa,Hegde said adding that givingpolicing power to Lokayukta willcertainly help.

Goa Lokayukta Bill needspolicing powers: Hegde

I have studied GoaLokayukta Bill withprovisions made and Ifound that this is one ofthe best Bill drafted in theentire country but it toohas certain deficiencies. Itstill requires modificationsand changes which willmake it up to date intodays context.- Justice (Retd) Santosh Hegde

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

SANGUEM, APRIL 25

Miscreants set ablaze 12 trucksparked around the TimbloMines at Tolem-Sanguem in thewee hours of Monday, causingan estimated loss of over Rs 1crore.

According to the affectedtruck owners, over 70 truckswere parked in the open spaceat the mines for loading on theprevious night.

The practice of overnightparking of trucks at the minesis being followed since thecommencement of the miningoperations several decadesago, but there had been no re-ports of damages to trucksbeing caused by the miscreantsover all these years, claimedthe truck owners, who claimedestimated loss of over Rs 1crore.

This is the first time thatsuch an incident has been re-ported at the mines which has

literally sent shockwaves toother truck owners in the lo-cality.

All the 12 trucks were totallydamaged with cabin beingburnt into flames. The engineof all the 12 trucks and wiringwas also burnt as the miscre-ants reportedly used sacksclogged with kerosene to set

the trucks ablaze.However, no damages were

caused to the other truckswhich were parked barely a feetaway from the damaged trucks.

Sources said that the cow-ardly act of the miscreantsseems to be pre-planned as be-fore setting the trucks on fire,the miscreants chose the trucks

which they wanted to damageallegedly out of jealousy orvengeance.

Immediately after the inci-dent, the team of policemenled by Sanguem Police Inspec-tor Sagar Ekoskar visited thesite to take stock of the situa-t ion and conducted pan-chanama.

A team of finger print expertwas also pressed into servicealong with the dog squad.While the dog squad failed toprove any light in the incident,the finger print experts gotsome finger prints on the bon-net and other parts of the dam-aged trucks.

The president and membersof South Goa Truck Owners As-sociation also visited the siteand condemned the cowardlyact resorted to by miscreants.

Sanguem Police have begunthe investigation in rightearnest and are likely to get abreakthrough in the next fewdays, Sanguem PI Ekoskar toldthe affected truck owners.

Director of Timblo MinesChetan Timblo, Mines Man-agers Upadhye and Patil andGeneral Manager Kanekar alsoinspected the damaged vehi-cles and assured all possiblehelp and support to the truckowners.

12 mining trucks set ablaze in Sanguem

Two of the trucks that were set on fire at Tolem Mines in Sanguem. Photo by Alfred Fernandes

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 25

Taking a firm stand on illegalmining and illegal and excesstransport of ore, the Parliamen-tary Accounts Committee (PAC)on Monday recommended thesetting up of two check postsalong the volatile Cavrem-Quepem route to keep a checkon mining trucks.

Taking the issue head-on,Chairman of the committee andleader of Opposition ManoharParrikar demanded to know whythe officials were not actingagainst erring mining as well astransport companies, who wereclearly violating the High Courtdirectives.

Sources present for themeeting said that the chairmanquestioned officials of theMines Department for not act-ing against mines extractingmore than the permittedamount of ore.

He asked them to issue ashow-cause notice and subse-quently revoke their licences.

In response, Deputy Director

PAC for 2 mining check posts

wants SouthCollector, CS for next meet

The Parliamentary AccountsCommittee, has requestedthe presence of South GoaCollector as well as theChief Secretary for the nextPAC meeting to be held onMay 2.

The PAC is reported tohave demanded the pres-ence of both the South GoaCollector as well as the CSto help in the better coor-dination between the vari-ous departments in tacklingwith the issue.

Karunas daughter

in 2G chargesheet,

wife left outPTI

NEW DELHI, APRIL 25

The CBI Monday filed its secondchargesheet in the 2G spectrumcase naming Tamil Nadu ChiefMinister M Karunanidhis daugh-ter and MP Kanimozhi and fourothers as accused.

However, the CBI has notnamed Karunanidhis wife Day-aluammal, whose name had fig-ured in the 2G probe, as theaccused in the supplementarychargesheet filed before Specialjudge O P Saini.

Others who have beenchargesheeted along with Kan-imozhi are Kalaignar TV Manag-ing Director Sharad Kumar, SwanTelecom promoter ShahidUsman Balwas cousin Asif Balwa,Rajeev Agarwal Directors ofKusegaon Fruits and VegetablesPvt Ltd, and Karim Murani ofCineyug Films (Pvt) Ltd.

Kanimozhi has been chargedwith section 7 and 11 of the Pre-vention of Corruption Act. Thesections deal with acceptanceof alleged gratification.

Kanimozhi, Sharad Kumar andMurani have not been arrestedby the CBI but Asif Balwa andAgarwal are in judicial custody.

The chargesheet said the in-vestigation into the case dis-closed that money had travelledfrom DB Realty to Kalaignar TV.

Kanimozhi, Dayaluammal andSharad Kumar, Managing Direc-tor of Kalaignar TV, have 20, 60and 20 per cent shares in thechannel respectively.

PTI

NEW DELHI, APRIL 25

Sacked CWG Organising Com-mittee Chief Suresh Kalmadi wasMonday arrested by CBI oncharges of cheating, conspiracyand corruption in connectionwith awarding some Games con-tracts and the ruling Congresswasted no time in suspendingthe Lok Sabha MP.

Six months after the end ofthe New Delhi CommonwealthGames that was mired in con-troversies and scams, the CBIfinally closed in on 66-year-oldKalmadi, the CWGs public face,arresting him for allegedlyawarding illegal contracts to aSwiss firm for Timing-Scoring-Result (TSR) system for theGames causing a loss of Rs 95crore to the exchequer.

A beleaguered Kalmadis ar-rest was announced after hismore than four hours question-ing at the CBI headquarters, hisfourth since December last, overthe alleged irregularities related

to the award of contract to SwissTimekeeping and the QueensBaton Relay (QBR).

The agency also arrested twoother OC officials Surjeet Lal,Deputy Director General (Pro-curement) and A S V Prasad,Joint Director General (Sports)in the same case.

Kalmadi, who came to theheadquarters of the agency herein the morning, was arrested at1530 hours, a CBI official said.

Kalmadi, an MP from Pune,and the two other officials willbe in CBI custody and will beproduced in a court tomorrow.

The CBI registered a caseunder section 120B (conspiracy)read with Section 420 (cheating)IPC and other relevant sectionsof Prevention of Corruption Actin the case, an official said.

The CBI has today arrestedthe then Chairman of OC ofCommonwealth Games-2010 forconspiracy to cause favour to aprivate firm based in Switzer-land in awarding the contract

GAME OVER: CBI PULLS THE PLUG, FINALLY

l Charged of cheating, conspiracy and corruption

l Cong slaps suspension

Justice (Retd) Santosh Hegde atInternational Centre Goa on Mon-day. Photo by Sachin Ambadoskar

Pressure on IOA to elect new chief

Pressure mounted on the In-dian Olympic Association toelect a new president follow-ing the arrest of SureshKalmadi even as the sportsapex body planned to meetin a couple of days to takestock of the situation.

Sports Ministry fired thefirst salvo by asking the IOAto elect a new presidentwhile an organisation fight-ing to clean up sports saidthe arrest would help in kick-starting reforms in sports.

Suresh Kalmadi, former Chairman of CWG Organ-ising Committee at CBI headquarters on Monday.

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for Timing, Scoring and Resultsystem at an inflated cost of Rs141 crore, CBI spokespersonDharni Mishra told reporters.

Kalmadis arrest came weeksafter his close aide and OCs

Secretary General Lalit Bhanotand Director General V K Vermawere arrested in the same case.

Shortly after Kalmadis arrestwas announced, AICC generalsecretary Janardhan Dwivedi

said the Congress has sus-pended Kalmadi.

The Disciplinary Committeeof the Congress has suspendedKalmadi from the membershipof the party, Dwivedi said.

Problems also mounted forKalmadi in sports administrationafter his arrest with the UnionSports ministry writing a letterto the IOA asking it to considerappointing a new president.

Report on page 16

Action will betaken: Cong

Congress, having suspendedKalmadi, did not rule out fur-ther disciplinary action inthe wake of his arrest by CBI.

Report on page 9

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HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 25

For the first time, Goa gov-ernment has come on record re-vea l ing i t s in tent ions towithdraw the Lokayukta Billtabled in 2003 contending thatthe Bill is suffering from legalinfirmity.

State Law Secretary PramodKamat said that the governmentintended to withdraw GoaLokayukta Bill on the floor ofthe House during recently heldbudget session but the businesscould not be taken due to noisyscenes created by oppositionbenches.

On account of boycott ofbusiness proceedings by BJP andpandonieum in the House, thewithdrawal of the bill could notbe taken during just concludedAssembly session, Kamat saidwhile presenting the status of

Goa Lokayukta Bill 2003.He said that several central

government departments havecited irregularities in the Billsince it was referred for the con-sideration of President of India.

The Ministry of Law and Jus-tice had raised certain observa-tions relating to clause 19 oft h e b i l l , t h e s e c r e t a r ycleared.

Kamat was addressing aBrainstorming Session onLokayukta: Goas Concerns or-ganized by International CentreGoa (ICG) at Dona Paula. Thesession was attended by GoaState Legislative AssemblySpeaker Pratapsingh Rane, MPShantaram Naik, Chairman ofLaw Commission Ramakant Kha-lap and Present Lokayukta ofKarnataka and member of JanLokpal Bill Drafting CommitteeJustice (Retd) Santosh Hegde.

Kamat stated that the Min-istry of Personnel and Grievanceand Pensions, department ofpersonnel and training has madecertain observations that Provi-sions of Goa Lokayukta Act arenot repugnant to the Provisionsof Public Corruption Act andDelhi Special police establish-ment.

There is overlapping juris-diction of Goa Lokayukta Billand Model State Vigilance Com-mission Bill. Department of legalaffairs also stated that clause18 of the Lokayukta Bill, 2003appears to be contrary to theprovisions of section 22 of Rightto Information (RTI) Act and in-structed to reconsider, headded.

The Law Secretary said thatin the light of observationsmade by Ministry of Home Af-fairs and as the Bill suffers from

legal infirmity it was decided towithdraw it.

And accordingly, the proposalfor withdrawal of bill was ap-proved by the cabinet, in itsmeeting held on March 9, 2011.

The notice of intension tomove the motion for withdrawalof the bill was given to secretary(legislature) by letter datedMarch 29.

However, query were raisedfor furnishing the reason forwithdrawal and the same werefurnished on April 1, Kamattold the gathering.

Earlier, Kamat said that theBill introduced by the state Leg-islative Assembly in 2003, wasmodified after referring to theSelect Committee.

The bill was again approvedby Goa Assembly in 2007 andwas sent to Governor of Goa forhis assent.

Govt wanted to withdraw Lokayukta Bill during Budget session: Kamat

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 25

Goa Law Commission ChairmanRamakant Khalap has said thatthe state can revive its Goa Pub-lic Mens Corruption Commis-s ion pend ing theimplementation of LokayuktaBill in the state.

Khalap, former union ministerfor law, said that the commissionwas rescinded, which can bebrought to life to cater the ram-pant corruption.

The scope of the commis-sion was wide. It had power tobook cases against people likePresident and vice presidents ofpolitical parties at state as wellas district level for indulging incorruption, he said. Khalap saidthat the Law Commission canpropose to rejuvenate the com-mission, which is a weapon tofight against corruption.

The Congress leader said thatthe corruption in Goa has gonedown to the grass root level.

Khalap informed that thebasic idea of doing away withhigh denomination note hasemerged from a Pune basedgroup called Arth Shastra.

He said that the idea can helpto do away with corruption asthese notes are the main reasonfor it.

Revive GoaPublic Mens Corruption

CommissionHERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 25

Karnatakas Lokayukta Jus-tice (Retd) Santosh Hegde onMonday said that he is notwilling to continue in thechair even if he is grantedextension after expiry of histerm, this year.

I am not dreaming about anyextension nor will I accept if anyextension is granted to me. Ihave worked enough. I cantkeep the same tempo, Hegdetold reporters responding to aquestion.

Hegde believes that he wontbe able to handle and cope upwith the situation in near future.

Even government wont behappy to see me on chair again,he said.

Hegde, who is also the mem-ber of the joint drafting com-mittee of the Lokpal Bill, hasbeen making headlines over thepast week. On his way defendinga need to have a strong LokpalBill, Hegde has been also founddefending his own integrity.

Hegde said that all the fivemembers of Lokpal bill be writ-ing to the Prime Minister andSupreme Court to investigateall the charges leveled againstthem.

Lets be very clear that there

was a concerted effort by certainpeople to disrupt the processof Lokpal bill, he said citingvarious points on how the mem-bers were being targeted fromout of blue.

He said that the allegationsagainst him were leveled (byCongress leader Digvijay Singh)that he is not a capable personto control corruption in Kar-nataka.

The former justice said that,three days before the statement,Singh in his interview to KaranThapar had said that he doesnot know Hegde.

However, three days laterthe version I heard was allega-tion against me that I was pro-tecting Karnataka chief minister.If someone who is fighting

against Karantaka Chief Ministeris not the Congress but itsLokayukta of Karnataka, Hegdecommented.

The anti corruption cru-sader said that he had re-cently submitted his f irstpart of the report which istotal ly damming the Kar-nataka government

Responding to a question,the former Supreme Courtjustice said that Lokayuktainstitution under him hasdone much more than pred-ecessors. In last four yearsand seven months, we havecharge-sheeted 1,400 police,IAS and IPS officers and evenMLAs, he said.

He said that prevention ofcorruption was just 10 per centof the job handled by the insti-tution while 90 percent was totackle mal administration.

He strongly feels that oneLokpal will not be in positionto clean up entire system, asthe corruption and mal admin-istration are two such diseases,which grow up every hour-sec-ond.

When asked, Hegde said notjust those who take bribe butall those who give bribe wouldcome under the scanner of Lok-pal bill.

Justice Hegde not interested in Lokayukta post after retirement

Joe Boysbail plea

today HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 25

North Goa Sessions Judge willpronounce on Tuesday its orderon the anticipatory bail filed byJose Lopes alias Joe Boy, whoallegedly offered supari to acontract killer to eliminateHome Minister Ravi Naiks sonRoy.

Joe had gone underground afterMichael Fernandes confession thathe was offered Rs 2 crore to kill Naikfamily but surfaced last week whenhe filed for anticipatory bail beforethe Court.

Goa police have sought cus-todial interrogation of the no-torious history-sheeter in orderto know the motive behindharming Naik family.

Reeling out a list of his in-volvement in various offencesincluding theft, robbery, threat-ening and other similar offences,Goa police has sought the Courtto order Joe to surrender beforethe police for custodial interro-gation. Interestingly, Michael,who managed to give the copsa slip for the fifth time, last Fri-day is still untraceable.

Collector peeved over failureto control vector diseasesHERALD REPORETER

MARGAO, APRIL 25

Village panchayats once againcame in the firing line of thedistrict authorities this timeover complaint over their non-cooperating in combating vectorborne diseases.

An agitated district Collector,South G P Naik warned that theadministration will be forced toseriously take up the issue withthe government over Pan-chayats indifferent attitude intackling malaria and other vec-tor borne diseases.

This became evident at ameeting called by the districtcollector to review monsoonpreparedness of various agen-cies in the prevention of vectorborne diseases. The meetingwas attended by Deputy Direc-tor of Health Services, DrKabadi, representatives of NGOs,besides health officials fromSouth Goa district and other de-partments such as the PWD,Labour and Municipalities.

The district Collector toldHerald that complaints were ga-lore against the panchayat bod-ies for their indifferent approachto the problem, even as he ex-pressed satisfaction over the re-sponse received from theMunicipal bodies.

The meeting also reviewedthe decision taken by the gov-ernment to issue health cardsto workers employed on beachshacks.

The Collector also admittedto the fact that health cardsshould be issued to industrial

workers employed in the Indus-trial estates.

Meanwhile, Margao UrbanHealth Centre on Monday cele-brated World Malaria day withthe district Collector G P Naikflagging a rally in the city thismorning.

Margao Urban Health OfficerDr Geeta Kakodkar informedthat the city has registered asignificant decline in the numberof malaria cases from 2007.

Crediting the improvementin the Malaria situation to thecontinuous drives undertakenby the Urban Health Centre, DrKakodkar said the Centre hasthis year conducted drives in 14of the Municipal wards with theactive participation of the Coun-cilors and locals NGOs. Ourteam comprising of EusebioSilva and Krishna Panchwadkarbesides staff explained to thepublic on controlling sources ofbreeding, early detection andprompt treatment, Dr Kakodkaradded.

nCollector, South G PNaik warned that theadministration will beforced to seriouslytake up the issue withthe government overPanchayats indifferentattitude in tacklingmalaria and othervector borne diseases.

Workercrushed to death

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, APRIL 25

A 24 year old constructionworker was crushed to death ata construction site at Mollan-guinim-Cuncolim on Mondaymorning.

The incident occurred whendeceased Shaifullah Sheikh, anative of Haveri-Karnataka, wasengaged in the constructionwork of the Perpetual SuccourChapel when the beam support-ing the arch came crashing downon him, killing him instantly.

Cuncolim police said the de-ceased was at work at the siteremoving the centering platesof the arch when the incidentoccurred.

The police had initially regis-tered a case of unnatural deathfollowing the death of theworker. However, later thisevening, Cuncolim PI Nelson Al-buquerque said the police hasregistered an offense againstthe contractor Hussain Saab Do-damini under section 304-A ofthe IPC. The police are investi-gating.

The site of the Chapel under construction which killed a 24-year old worker in Cuncolim. Photo by Santosh Mirajkar

Chargesheetagainst

ex-Loutolimsarpanch

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, APRIL 25

The Maina Curtorim police onMonday filed a chargesheetaga ins t fo rmer Louto l imSarpanch Jose Fernandes for al-legedly submitting a forged draftRP 2011 to the Senior TownPlanner.

In the chargesheet, the policestated that the government viaa notification had constitutedVillage Level Committees todraft the Regional Plan 2011.However, the police alleged thatthe former Sarpanch bypassedthe Village Level Committeeformed for the purpose inLoutolim prior to July 14, 2009drafted a forged draft RegionalPlan and forwarded the sameto the Senior Town Planner byusing the letter heads of the vil-lage Panchayat and a false out-ward number.

The police stated in thechargesheet that the formersarpanch committed the act forthe alleged purpose of cheating.The former sarpanch has beencharged under section 464, 465,466, 471 and 420 of the IPC.

The Maina Curtorim policehad investigated the case fol-lowing a complaint lodged by avillager Franky Monteiro. In fact,the issue had repeatedly figuredin the successive gram sabhameetings with the gram sabhamembers demanding that thepanchayat lodge a FIR againstthe former Sarpanch and othersin connection with the forgedRegional Plan 2011.

12 companies shortlisted for developing iron ore terminalHERALD REPORTER

VASCO, APRIL 25

Twelve companies have beenshort-listed for the final bid fordevelopment of the Rs 1,012crore iron ore export terminalat West of Breakwater (WOB) ofMormugao Port Trust (MPT).

According to daily stock re-port portal, major companieshave been short-listed for de-veloping the iron ore export ter-minal.

However, MPT had signed aconcession agreement with thefinally selected bidder in Augustlast year.

The WOB project will be setup on a public-private partner-ship (PPP) model, which is con-sidered as the single biggest PPPproject initiated by MPT as partof its expansion plans, which isin the eye of storm among local MPTs major project proposed for development of iron ore terminal at West of Breakwater.

politicians and Goa State Pollu-tion Control Board has refusedto hold public hearing on theprojects.

WOB will be the second ded-icated iron ore terminal withmain berth 300 mtrs and bargeberth 300 mtrs with backup areaof about 1,50,000 sq mtrs andstockpile area of 70,000 sq mtrs,breakwater of 620 mtrs andmole of 230 mtrs, as large por-tion of the area would be re-claimed.

Speaking to Herald, MPTChief Engineer Lokhande admit-ted that 12 companies havebeen short-listed for develop-ment of iron ore terminal andthe bid would be finalized oncesecurity clearance from Ministerof Home and Affairs is obtained.

He further said that WOBproject has got approval

from Planning Commissionof India and Central CabinetCommittee on Infrastruc-tures, as the bid is expectedto be finalized once securityclearance is obtained.

As per the port expansionplans, the terminal is expectedto become operational by March2014 and will provide the much-needed mechanised facilities fordirect export of the Karnatakairon ore through MPT, the lead-ing iron ore exporting port inthe country.

The design of the terminalincorporated mechanisedequipment for smooth andsafe handling of the ore, andalso had the most modernpollution control and dustsuppression systems, whichwould ensure zero pollutionand spillage.

3 held for accepting

matka bets HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 25

The Panjim police on Mondayarrested three persons fromthree different places for al-legedly running matka gam-bling and seized total cashestimated at Rs 1205.

The police team on a tip-offraided places near a Miramarcollege, Shankarwadi in Taleigaoand KTC Bus Stand. The accusedidentified as Ashok Chodhary,Shankar Gawas and JaywantVishi have been arrested underthe Goa Gambling Act.

Counterfeit notes found

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 25

In all, 55 counterfeit currencynotes of Rs 1000, Rs 500 andRs 100 face value were foundin the ICICI Bank at Panjimbranch, after which a policecomplaint has been filed.

ICICI Bank Manager SurekhaSequeira has complained thatthe counterfeit currency wasfound during their regularchecking.

Single judgeto hear

Raj Bhavansplea on RTI

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 25

The High Court of Bombay atGoa on Monday declined to hearthe petition filed by Raj Bhavanchallenging the order of the GoaState Information Commission(GSIC) directing it to furnish in-formation under the Right toInformation Act.

A Division Bench comprisingof Justices S C Dharmadhikariand F M Reis directed that thematter be heard by a singlejudge.

The matter has been ad-journed to April 28.

The petition filed by GovernorS S Sidhus Special Secretary NRadhakrishnan challenged theMarch 31 order of the GSICwhich had directed the Raj Bhavanto furnish information sought bylawyer activist Aires Rodrigues underthe RTI, by April 30.

GSI Commissioner MotilalKeny in his order had ruled thatthe Goa Governor was a PublicAuthority and does comewithin the ambit of RTI.

Rodrigues had sought fromthe government details of actiontaken on the complaints madeby him against Advocate GeneralSubodh Kantak. But he was re-fused the information with RajBhavan officials claiming that Gov-ernor is not the Public Authority.Rodrigues had then moved GSIC.

Margao council buys four more

garbage compactorsHERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, APRIL 25

The Margao Municipal Councilon Monday added four morebrand new garbage compactorsto its fleet of garbage collectionvehicles at a cost of Rs 88 lakh.

With the induction of the fourcompactors, the number of thegarbage compactors with the Mar-gao Civic body has risen to seven.

Margao Municipal Chairper-son Sushila Naik said that theaddition of the new compactorsto the existing fleet will greatlyhelp in the collection and dis-posal of garbage from the city.The absence of the sufficientnumber of compactors had af-fected work on garbage collec-tion in the city. But, things maysoon see a turn around in viewof the induction of the four com-pactors, she said.

The Chairperson disclosedplans to purchase two goodsrickshaws to add to the fleet ofvehicles collecting garbage.The three wheelers, once pro-cured, will help in the collectionof waste from the narrow lanesin the market, especially the

sadekar lane, she added.Replying to a question, the

Civic Chief said that the Munic-ipality has adequate number ofmanpower to operate the vehi-cles and waste collection.

Municipal Engineer, Parsekarsaid with the induction of thefour compactors, municipalgarbage vehicles would now bein a position to make their pres-ence felt in all the wards.

He said that each of the fourmechanical hydraulic com-pactors have a capacity to carryseven tones of garbage, addingthat the compactors would goa long way in garbage collec-tion.

nMargao MunicipalChairperson SushilaNaik said that theaddition of the newcompactors to theexisting fleet willgreatly help in thecollection anddisposal of garbagefrom the city.

Bicholim town to get new police station

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 25

A new police station buildingwill be a reality for Bicholimtown after 18 months almostafter a delay of seven years.

The building which traces itsroot to Portuguese era will fi-nally get a make over, which wasmuch needed in the terms offacilities.

The structure had feared tocrumble at any time and shabbyconditions within had stunnedeven Goa State Commission forWomens team.

There was another shockerfor the commission.

Womens lock up was con-verted into store room. Thec o m m i s s i o n w a s q u i c kenough to order the policeto restore the lock up to itsearlier stage.

The State government whichhad planned the refurbishmentof this station in the year 2005had almost forgotten about theproposal.

Various agencies, PublicWorks Department (PWD) lead-ing them, kept on dragging theirfeet over the project, which wasthe dire necessity of Bicholimtown and villages around, who

are dependent on this policestation.

But the fate took turn forbetterment in November2010 when Chief MinisterDigambar Kamat and HomeMinister Ravi Naik arrivedhere on a visit. Kamat, aftergoing through the plans andestimates, was apparentlysurprised himself.

Chief Ministers surpriseworked well for this building,who saw government agenciesliterally rushing over the projectand files which were at snailsplace literally flying.

Goa State Infrastructure De-velopment Corporation (GSIDC)officials visited the premise onceagain (earlier visit was when theproposal was put up).

When this old building willmake transition into a new struc-ture it will have everything in-cluding: Reporting room,lock-ups, armoury, interrogationrooms, malkhana, receptionroom for visitors, rest room,barracks, gymnasium, paradeground and office of the SDPO,CID/Traffic office.

GSIDC which rejected PWDplan will now work on freshplans.

The officials of the GSIDChave informed that they will ten-tatively take around 18 monthsto complete the construction ofthe police station premises,said an officer.

The Home Minister had an-nounced sufficient budget dur-ing the budget session of theState Legislative Assembly, con-struction of which will be takenphase manner.

The construction has to betaken up in stage manner be-cause there is no replacementfor the entire staff of the policestation. The western portion in-cluding the canteen, SDPO of-fice, ladies barrack, meetingroom and derelict portion in theNorth West will be taken upfirst, said the officer.

nChief Ministerssurprise worked wellfor this building, whosaw governmentagencies literallyrushing over theproject and files whichwere at snails placeliterally flying.

KTC driverwants

chargesheets withdrawn

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, APRIL 25

Maintaining that he has beenmade a scapegoat by the KTCLManagement following the ag-itation by the workman in theper kilometer scheduling duty,KTC driver Kamlakar S Gadkarhas asked the KTC Managing Di-rector to withdraw the chargesheets filed against him by thedepartment.

In his petition, Gadkar furtherdemanded that he be re-instatedin the Margao depot and givenregular duty assignments as adriver. He called for actionagainst the officers involved inmeting out harassment to meby initiating strong departmentinquiry against the officers.

The petition asked the Man-aging Director to issue punchcard facility to the employeesdeployed at the Porvorim depotto mark their presence, whiledemanding maintenance of san-itary conditions in the latrinesat the depot.

On the question of demandsraised by agitating workmen, Gadkarurged the KTCL Managing Directorto set up a committee to look intothe grievances of the agitating work-men.

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Cavrem panel hits out atverbal assurances of PAC

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 25

A four-member delegation ofvillagers from Cavrem led byNilesh Gaonkar the president ofthe Cavrem Adivasi BachaoSamiti attended the Public Ac-counts Committee (PAC) meet-ing to put for the i r v iewdemanding that action be takenagainst the defaulters.

However, faced with not evenan assurance from the PAC thevillagers hit out at the verbalassurances they were given.

All we are demanding is thatthe law be followed. Is the lawapplicable only to us when weare protesting? Besides the var-ious laws regulating mining,there is the tribal Act 2003[Tribal Forest Protection Act2004]. Why cant these be im-plemented? All the chairman ofthe PAC has assured is that hewill talk to the respective de-partments saying there is verylittle power in his hands, NileshGaonkar said.

The area of Cavrem is inhab-ited by 99% tribals who claimthat their fields are being de-stroyed.

We cannot stand by andwatch as our sources of waterand fields are being wiped outbefore our eyes. If they want toarrest us they can do so. But

once released we will continueour agitation, Goankar warned.

The delegation present dur-ing the meeting had vociferouslyraised the issue of police atroc-ities committed against themand demanded that the minesbe closed.

Parrikar however, turneddown their request saying thatthe PAC has only taken up theissue of illegal mining and illegaltransportation and isnt empow-ered to shut down mines.

The villagers claimed that theone lady was de-robed of hersaree and had to face the em-barrassment of returning homehalf naked.

During the scuffle with thepolice, one male policeman de-robed a lady of her saree, shehad to face the ignominy of re-

turning home only in her blouseand gagra. Another lady lost hermangalsutra during the scuffle,a lady Anishivell told reportersafter the meeting.

The police representativespresent for the meeting how-ever assured that if such an in-cident was found to be trueimmediate action would be ini-tiated against the concerned of-ficial/constable.

Police representatives presentat the meeting also informedthat all the women were sentfor medical examination afterthe incident and barring one,lady who injured her fingers noinjuries were found on any ofthe protestors.

The villagers of Cavrem hadin the past laid siege on the of-fice of the director of mines anddemanded that a mine lease be-longing to Xec Salim be revoked.The director of mines had thenissued an order, but subse-quently no action was forthcom-ing from the department.

The villagers now feel thatthis meeting was just anotherbout of verbal assurances.

I dont think anything willcome out of it. We havent gotanything concrete from this,Gaonkar told reporters as heproceeded home all the way toCavrem from Porvorim.

nWe cannot stand byand watch as oursources of water andfields are being wipedout before our eyes. Ifthey want to arrest usthey can do so. Butonce released we willcontinue ouragitation, Goankarwarned.

Govt, Arihant ink pact on Princess, finally HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 25

The Tour ism Departmenttoday finally signed an agree-ment with a Mumbai basedship breaking company M/sArihant Ship breakers forbreaking and removal of MV River Princess that hasbeen grounded off Candolimbeach for over a decade now.

The agreement has beensigned almost a month after theShip breaking company startedbreaking the grounded vesselon March 14 and as per the ten-der conditions work has to befinished within 180 fair workingdays.

Director of Tourism SwapnilNaik when contacted confirmedthat they have signed an agree-ment with M/s Arihant ShipBreakers and it will on cure nopay basis.

This means no paymentwill be made to the companyuntil whole work of breakingand removing the vessel iscompleted.

The company has quoted Rs99 crore for breaking and re-moving the vessel and upon ap-prova l o f the monitor ingcommittee appointed by thegovernment.

The payment to the com-pany will be made upon cer-tification by the MonitoringCommittee that work hasbeen carried out as per their

satisfaction, stated tourismdirector.

The tourism director also clar-ified that the company will notget any extension in workingdays and if it fails to completethe work within stipulated pe-riod, the agreement stands ter-minated.

The ship breaking com-pany has paid the govern-ment bank a bank guaranteeof Rs 10 crore.

Meanwhile, it has been ten-tatively decided not to useBritona Jetty which was identi-fied as Customs Point to beused for temporary storing andweighing of scrap ferried fromCandolim beach.

The department was howevercompelled to scrap Britona Jettyas locals of Britona supportedby Aldona ML A DayanandNarvekar protested against theplans saying it will pose envi-ronmental damage even as thegovernment had assured thatarea would be used only for tem-porary storing and weighingscrap before it is moved else-where.

However, Britona people con-tinued their opposition whileTourism Department decided touse a private jetty located be-tween Ribandar and Old Goaand has got permission to un-load it.

The company doesnt wantto take any chances and will not

use Britona Jetty, said tourismdirector while explaining thereason for going for anotherjetty.

The jetty has been hired bythe ship breaking company andthe government will not bear

any hiring cost and any addi-tional expenditure, pointed outTourism director.

Meanwhile, the companyhas completed 35-40 percent of the work and it in-tends to break remove top

portion of the ship beforeonset of monsoon while bal-ance work will be done postmonsoon.

Timblos: trucksburning unwarranted

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

SANGUEM, APRIL 25

Director of Timblo Mines PvtLtd, Tolem-Sanguem, ChetanTimblo has termed Mondaysincident of 12 trucks being setablaze by miscreants to be de-void of any logic and to havebeen done by people having noreasoning power.

What has happened is badand will not be tolerated,claimed Timblo while assuringall support and co-operation tothe affected truck owners.

In a meeting with the affectedtruck owners, Timblo urged thetruck owners to come out inopen if they have any idea ordoubts of people involved inthe incident.

We shall provide all cooper-ation to the investigating officerinvestigating the incident fromour end, said Timblo while si-multaneously requesting thetruck owners to come forwardwith any clues to their knowl-edge which will help in nabbingthe culprits.

Mines Manager Patil claimedthe act to be highly disturbingand unwarranted.

Sanguem PI Sagar Ekoskarlamented the cowardly act andassured of probing the incident

from all angles and bring theculprits to book at the earliest.

Affected truck owners JosinhoFernandes, Relvis Gomes, JamesFernandes and Diago Fernandeshad no words for the hugelosses they suffered in the cow-ardly act.

We never anticipated forsuch an incident to place as thepractice of parking trucksovernight in the open spacearound the mines is followedsince past several decades, theysaid.

Earlier we had heard ofdiesel or Jacks being stolen butthat too had stopped since lastcouple of years, claimed RelvisGomes.

But the Monday incident issomething new and unheard of,he added and demanded im-mediate and strict action bythe police in nabbing the cul-prits.

Businessman Josico Pereiraalso demanded thorough inves-tigation in the matter to avoidfurther incidents from takingplace in the locality.

PI Ekoskar has begun the in-vestigation in full swing and hasdeployed his team to work inthe matter to bring the investi-gation to a logical end.

11 chargesheeted in headless murder case

A Maina-Curtorim police personnel load documents of chargesheetin a trunk before ferrying the same to the South Goa Sessions courtin the headless body murder case. Photo by Santosh Mirajkar

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, APRIL 25

Nearly two months and half afterthe cold blooded Nessai head-less body murder case sentshock waves across the State,the Goa Police on Mondaychargesheeted a total of 11 ac-cused in the sensational case,including two accused still atlarge.

A team of Maina-Curtorim po-lice headed by PI Sidhant Shi-rodkar ferried a trunk load ofdocuments, numbering approx-imated 600 pages, to the Courtof Sessions, South on Mondaymorn ing a s pa r t o f thechargesheet against the 11 ac-cused persons.

The 11 accused named in thechargesheet are Govind Naik,Vivek Dhamakle, Nitin Dicholkar,Jayesh Naik, Rajesh Naik,Rishikant Gauns, SandeepKalangutkar, Nitin Bhosle, Kr-ishna Hanchute, Vinod KumarYadav and an unknown person. Ac-cused Vinod Kumar Yadav and theunknown person are absconding.

In the chargesheet, the policestated that the 11 accused per-sons criminally conspired andabducted deceased P Sultan,aged 36 years, a native of Bel-lary-Karnataka, by tying hishands. The chargesheet statesthat the deceased was taken ina Swift Dzire car (GA 08F 5056)from Pedda-Benaulim, near Nanuconstruction site on the inter-vening night of January 9-10,between 22.30 hours to 2.30am, and was thereafter wrong-fully confined in a gymnasiumroom and at the adjacent roomoccupied by accused by accusedVinod Kumar Yadav in the prem-

ises of Swami Samarth Templeat Davorlim and committed hismurder with weapons by caus-ing multiple stab injuries.

The police further said thebeheaded body of deceased PSultan was found at an isolatedplace around 150 meters awayfrom the road at Mugali-Ram-nagari.

The chargesheet stated thatall the 11 accused as part of thecriminal conspiracy burnt the

chopped head of deceased PSultan on the roadside ofXelvona-Quepem in order to de-stroy the evidence.

The police said all the accusedhave committed an offense formurder, abduction, destructionof evidence and for criminal con-spiracy. In support of its case,the police has cited a total of131 witnesses and has attached46 documents running intoaround 600-odd pages.

HERLAD REPORTER

MARGAO, APRIL 25

Officials of the Directorate ofFactories and Boilers, labour de-partment, besides talathi at-tached to the Salcete Mamlatdaroffice descended at the Cun-colim Industrial Estate followingleakage of Amonia from a foodprocessing unit in the wee hoursof Sunday.

A couple of workers had tobe admitted in hospital afterthey complained of nausea andvomiting following the leakage.

Managing Director and Part-ner of Quality Foods, M Ibrahimtold newsmen at the factorypremises that the minor leakageoccurred at the plant at around1.30 am on Sunday. He, however,maintained that not a singleworker from the food processingunit was affected by the leakage,adding that workers from aneighbouring plant who wereputting up outside the premiseswere affected by the leakage.

Ibrahim said that the leakage

occurred after the high tensionbolt was cut out, but hastenedto add that personnel manningthe unit managed to plug theleakage within minutes. Thisis the first time in the 7-year oldhistory of the unit that such aincident has occurred, he said,adding barring one or two, mostof the workers stands dis-charged from the hospitals.

Salcete Mamlatdar PareshFaldesai informed that the Ta-lathi has submitted his reporton the Amonia leakage, sayingthat the leakage was pluggedmoments after the incident.

Meanwhile, District Collector,G P Naik informed that he hascalled for a report on the inci-dent from both the police andthe Salcete Mamlatdar. I havebeen given to understand thatthe Amonia leakage was pluggedimmediately after the incident.I have called for a report fromthe police and the Mamlatdaron the status at the factory site,Naik added.

Ammonia leakage:officials visit

Cuncolim estate

CBI probe into Dudus case: Govt seeks time

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 25

Goa government on Mondaysought time to decide whetherIsraeli drug dealer David (Dudu)Drihams case be handed overto the CBI, after which HighCourt of Bombay at Goa ad-journed the matter to Thursday,April 28.

A Division Bench of JusticesS C Dharmadhikari and F M Reiswas informed so while hearingthe PIL filed by National Stu-dents Union of India (NSUI) de-manding enquiry by the CBI intothe police-drug mafia nexus casein the State.

Advocate General SubodhKantak, appearing on behalf ofthe State told the Bench that hewould discuss the matter withthe government to make an ap-

propriate statement on theirstand as far as transfer of Duducase to the CBI is concerned.

He said that a notification willbe issued once the governmentgives it a nod. The matter wasthereafter adjourned till Thurs-day.

NSUI last week filed a freshaffidavit, which was a part ofthe PIL filed earlier, demandinga CBI probe into links of the Is-raeli drug dealer Dudu.

NSUI counsel Surendra Desaihad argued that the very con-duct of investigating officer (po-lice sub inspector) Sunil Gudlar,who probed drug seizure fromDudu, has been suspicious, sincehe was caught on camera nego-tiating with the relatives of theaccused over the sale of drugs.

CBI has already accepted

probing the two cases, whichincludes suspension, arrest andrelease of seven policemen forhaving close links with Israelidrug lord Yaniv Benaim aliasAtala, and the sting operationwherein Dudus kin caught oncamera PSI Gudlar trying to pushdrugs to them.

The drug nexus was exposedlast year after Swedish modeland Atalas jilted girlfriend LuckyFarmhouse caught on cameraher boyfriend bragging abouthis links with policemen andsmoking charas.

Atala mysteriously fled Indiafew weeks after he was releasedon conditional bail earlier thisyear but was caught by Peruvianpolice and still remains in de-tention pending extraditionprocess to India.

Around 2000 delegates to attend Konkani SammelanHERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 25

The All India Konkani Parishadwill organise its 20th All IndiaKonkani Sahitya Sammelan (lit-erary gathering) beginning April29 at Sadashivgad in Karwarwhich will for the first time fea-ture presence of a delegationof Konkani speakers from Gu-jarat.

Chief Minister of Goa Digam-bar Kamat is expected to grace

the inaugural function of theSammelan as a chief guest.

The Parishad, which claims itis the oldest institution workingfor the all round developmentof the Konkani language will or-ganise the three-day gathering,which will feature four seminars,two sessions for poets besidesa special session for upcomingwriters.

Announcing this at a pressconference, today, Gokuldas

Prabhu, the executive presidentof the All India Konkani Parishadsaid he hopes that this will bethe biggest all India gatheringever.

We expect a total of 2000delegates from the states of Ma-harashtra, Goa, Karnataka andKerala to take part in the delib-erations, besides also for thefirst time, we expect a team of13 delegates from Gujarat to bepresent. There are about one-

lakh Konkani speakers in Gu-jarat. We have only just beenable to get in touch with themand call them over. So this willbe an historic event, Prabhusaid. Since its inception, theParishad has so far organised27 sessions, and 19 KonkaniSahitya Sammelans at the Na-tional level.

These conferences have of-fered valuable opportunities tothe fragmented community to

discuss the linguistic, literary,educational, social and culturalissues which confronted it dur-ing the past seven decades,Prabhu said.

The Parishad has claimedcredit for the recognition ofKonkani as an independent lan-guage by the Sahitya Academy,New Delhi its acquisition of thestatus of official language andits inclusion in the 8th scheduleof the constitution.

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SHORT TAKESUPCOMING EVENTS

POWER SHUTDOWN

Science today has no con-clusive answers or explana-tions for how the world wascreated; however mythologyabounds explanations. Theymay not be scientific, but theyare certainly quite creative.

Mythology is usually ab-struse, and is intended tohave deeper meaning embed-ded in seemingly fanciful sto-ries. Philosophers have spentmany years trying to decodethe hidden mysteries cleverlywoven in myths and legend.The stories themselves varygreatly from culture to cul-ture, and below you will readsome of the more accounts ofhow the world was created.

In the beginning, there wasa big, shapeless void calledChaos. It was surrounded byan infinite stream of waterruled by the god Oceanus,while Chaos was the domainof the Goddess Eurynome.

Eurynome wanted to createorder out of Chaos, so she cou-pled the Giant and powerfulsnake, Ophion. From thisunion Eros, the God of love,was born. Eurynome then sep-arated the skies from the seasby dancing on the waves ofthe God Oceanus. She createdlandscapes, and a whole uni-verse which she populatedwith various creatures such assuch as the Nymphs, Furies,and Charites. She created alsoa myriad of beasts and mon-sters. Out of the Chaos wasborn also Gaia (the earth) andUranus, the personification ofheavens and skies, (not theplanet!).

There are a few variationsto this myth, as differentscholars tell it differently.

Before it all began, therewere no skies, no earth and nospace. There was simply avast, dark ocean surroundedby nothingness. A giant cobrafloated on the oceans watersand, on its endless coils, layasleep Lord Vishnu. Suddenly,from the depths, a hummingsound was heard. It grewmore and more intense, andslowly spread everywhere, fill-ing the nothingness. Lord

Vishnu awoke and, as thedawn began to break, A beau-tiful lotus flower grew fromVishnus navel. In the middleof the lotus flower sat LordBrahma, the Creator of theWorld.

A wind swept up the wa-ters, and Vishnu and theCobra vanished, while Brahmaremained in the lotus flower.He lifted up his arms andcalmed the wind of the ocean.The he split the lotus flower inthree pieces. And from thethree pieces he created theheavens, the earth and theskies. Thus the world wasborn.

According to the Egyptians,in the beginning there wasnothing but water. It waschaotic, with tossing and bub-bling waves of water called Nuor Nun. The Egyptians believethat everything began fromthese waters.

When the floods receded,out of the chaos of wateremerged a hill of dry land;first one and then another andthen another. On this first dryhilltop, on the first day therecame the first sunrise. Andthat was how all started.

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GOA, TUESDAY, 26 APRIL, 2011

APRIL 26

FARMAGUDI: Dhonshi, Mahalaxmi, Bandora, Perigol, Dhumreand surrounding areas.

SIOLIM: From 9 am to 4 pm at Siolim PHC, Ingrezwado, Oxel,Madhlabhat, Marna, Gudem, Dando, Vagali, Tarachi Bhat, Partawada,Bamanwada, Waddi Siolim, Oxel, Sodiem, Gaunsawada and sur-rounding areas.

CANDOLIM: From 9 am to 5 pm at Candolim-Orda, Saipem andsurrounding areas.

BAMBOLIM: From 9 am to 2 pm at State Bank, CBI office, IPHBHospital, Gomeco Colony, Gaunkarwaddo, BSNL Quarters, HolyCross, Arkar waddo and Azad Colony.

ASSONORA: From 9 am to 12 pm. Areas affected are Assonora,Sirgao, Ganeshnagar, Bandirwada, Gaonkarwada, St Clara,Madalawada and Sirsas area.

ASSAGAO: From 9 am to 5 pm. Areas affected are Anjuna beach,Priazwaddo, Dando flee market, Goikarwada, Pedem, Tembi, So-rantto, Monterwado, Mazalwado, Ximwado and surrounding areas.

Rupali awarded gold medal

Rupali Chandrakant Palyekar receives certificate from Maha-rashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chauhan during the 47th Con-vocation ceremony at Shivaji University, Kolhapur.

VASCO(HR): Rupali Chandrakant Palyekar of Orulem-Vascowas awarded gold medal for securing first place at the uni-versity level in the degree examination of bachelor of libraryand information science conducted by Shivaji University, Kol-hapur. She was awarded gold medal by Maharashtra ChiefMinister Prithviraj Chauhan in the recently held 47th convo-cation ceremony.

Vice-chancellor of Kolhapur University, Dr A G Pawar, Reg-istrar, Dr D B Mule, freedom fighter of Satara district, DagiBapu Lad and B M Hirdekar were present on the occasion.

Palyekar completed her school education from St AndrewsInstitute Vasco and higher secondary education in Commerceand BCom graduation from MES College of Art and Commerce,Zuarinagar. Presently, she is working as a librarian at MESHigher Secondary School, Zuarinagar.

Mass at SancoalePANJIM(HND): The Bishop of Belgaum Rt Rev Peter Machado

along with sixty priests of his diocese will celebrate Holy Massat the Sanctuary of Bl Joseph Vaz, Sancoale on April 26 at 11am. Devotees of Bl Joseph Vaz are welcome to participate inthe Eucharistic Celebration, says a press release.

Anti-rabies drive vaccinationCURCHOREM(HC): A free anti-rabies vaccination and free

sterilization programme will be conducted at the Animal CareCentre in Curchorem. Dr Jayram Dessai of the Goa AnimalWelfare Trust, Bansai-Curchorem branch, told Herald thathealthy male and female puppies would also be available foradoption at the Animal Care Centre in Curchorem.

Further details of the programme are available with DrDessai on Ph: 2653677 from 10 am to 6 pm.

Shopathon at Mandovi HotelPANJIM (HND): The Summer Shopathon will be held at The

Mandovi Hotel, Panjim from on April 30 from 10 am to 8 pm,with a wide range of apparels like trendy Indo-western designertops, tunics, summer dresses, kaftans, products related todcor and more, says a press release.

Sessions on Rhythmic Breathing PANJIM (HND): Free sessions on Rhythmic Breathing exercises

based on knowledge of Rishi Patanjali which take only aboutten minutes to practice per day but have a powerful effect ofcleaning the body of toxins and restoring natural way ofbreathing, will be held in Vasco and Panjim according to fol-lowing schedule: on May 1 from 11 am to 1 pm at 2nd Floor,Rotary Community Centre (entrance from opp ICICI bank),Tilak Maidan Complex, Vasco; and in Panjim from 6 pm to 8pm at Room No 2, 1st Floor, Vidhyadhiraj Hall (opp HanumanTemple), Mahalaxmi, Temple. On May 6, from 6 pm to 6.45pm, at the Basement of Radhakrishna Temple, Near MahalxmiTemple, Panjim.

For registration contact Venkatesh Betigiri, Coordinator,Rhythmic Breathing Club, Goa on 9422443421 or vee-bee200303@yahoo.co.in.

Sobit Amchem Goem at ChicalimVASCO(HR): The five-day annual cultural events of music,

dance, drama and handicrafts Sobit Amchem Goem will com-mence at Chicalim Church Junction from May 4.

The five-day event is being organised by Chicalim YouthClub. Besides cultural events on May 4, drawing competitionfor sub-juniors, juniors and seniors and salad competition forladies (participants to bring their own requirements) will beheld. Konkani Kantaram competition (18 years and above) willbe held on May 5 and entries will be restricted to the first 15participants only. For entries, contact Francisco Nunes on9822120807.

On May 6, fancy dress competition for sub-juniors, juniorsand seniors will be held and on May 8, wealth from wastecompetition. Interested participants for the competitionsmay report directly at the venue near Chicalim Church Junction,Chicalim, Vasco da Gama at 4.45 pm on the designated days,states Francisco Nunes (general secretary of Chicalim YouthClub) in the press note.

Tailoring classes opened at CalangutePANJIM(HND): The Overseas Employment Agency, in col-

laboration with Goa Panchayat Mahila Shakti Abhiyan recentlyinaugurated their first batch of tailoring classes at St AlexsConvent, Calangute. Chairman of Overseas EmploymentAgency of Goa (OEAG) who was the chief guest lit the tradi-tional lamp in the presence of State President, Nelly Rodriguesand Vice President, Abelina Menezes followed by a culturalprogramme. Nelly Rodrigues urged the participants to makethe best of the tailoring classes and to start their own unitsto be economically independent. She thanked Bardez BlockPresident Carmelina Franco and ZP Abelina Menezes for co-ordinating and starting the classes.

Later, Chairman of OEAG explained the various schemesof his department and syllabus of the course and thankedthe Instructor Sr Carmen Vaz and the Sisters for use of theirpremises. Local ZP Member Abelina Menezes stressed theimportance of being self employed and offered all further as-sistance to start more such courses in her constituencythrough GPMSA.

Sr Carmen Vaz welcomed the gathering, while ManagerChristopher DSouza proposed the vote of Thanks.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

PORVORIM, APRIL 25

Opposition Leader Manohar Par-rikar has stated that today pol-itics has become an immoralactivity because of few corruptand characterless politicians.

He was speaking at the 3rdinstallation ceremony of BharatVikas Parishad (BVP) at Porvorim.

It is sad that virtues and val-ues are getting eroded underthe pressure of politics day-by-day. We require people of goodcharacter in politics, said Par-rikar.

Character is distinctive qual-ity, individuality, identity, per-sonality in its uniqueness. Whatdistinguishes an individual fromothers is his distinctive charac-ter. Unless and until the peopleof good character enter politics,corruption wont reduce, hestated.

No government can functionefficiently with the politicianswithout character, added Par-rikar.

Parrikar further stated thatliterate person need be edu-cated person. Person who ishonest, truthful, earnest and ra-tional can be termed as an ed-ucated person. Education hasto be geared to character de-velopment. If education doesnot develop character, it is noeducation, he said.

Bharat Vikas Parishad shouldstrive to spread this message toone and all through their pro-

Politics has turned into immoral activity: Parrikar

Opposition Leader Manohar Parrikar delivers a speech at Porvorim. Photo by Anil Shankhwalker

grammes. They should take upthis as mission, said Parrikar.

Guest of honour K P Anglestated that Bharat Vikas Parishadis very active in North Indianstates and is doing commend-able service to humanity.

BVK came into existence inGoa in 1963 and since then theyhave done quite appreciable so-cial work, said Angle.

He appealed to all the mem-bers of BVK to work unitedlyand carry out their mission withdedication.

Former BVK president (Por-vorim Branch) B P Natekar wel-comed the gathering and readthe report of activities carriedout by them during 2009-11.

Guruprasad Pawasker intro-

duced chief guest Parrikar andAtul Phadke introduced guestof honour Angle.

Later, Angle gave an oath ofoffice to the members of newexecutive committee, they in-clude Santosh Kamat (presi-dent), Mahesh Nagvekar (vicepresident), Devidas Kudav (sec-retary), Gajendrasing Rajput(joint secretary), Atul Phadke(treasurer) , Mangesh Kor -gaonker (assistant treasurer)and Vijay Shetty, Suraj Prab-hudessai, M Bhatt and AshishSamant (members).

President-elect SantoshKamat assured that he wouldperform his duties sincerely. De-vidas Kudav proposed the voteof thanks.

Aprant Mandencourages

SHGs: SalgaocarHERALD CORRESPONDENT

CURCHOREM, APRIL 25

About 130 stalls are participat-ing in the 10-day Aprant Mand2011 at the parking ground infront of the SUDA market, here.

The Aprant Mand was inau-gu ra ted on Thur sday byGHRSSIDC Chairman SameerSalgaocar.

Speaking at the inauguralfunction, Salgaocar highlightedthe various schemes being im-plemented by the GHRSSIDC.

In his address, CurchoremMLA Shyam Satardekar said thisis the third Aprant Mand in thepast four years.

The Mand encourages Self-Help Groups, Mahila Mandalsand artisans to display and selltheir products, said Satardekarand appealed to the public tovisit the stalls.

He informed that 70 of the130 stalls were allotted togroups from Curchorem con-stituency.

Goa Handicraft DevelopmentManaging Director Nikhil Dessai,Directors Nit in Kakodkar,Deepak Dessai, Hussein Mulla,Digambar Naik and DevendraKenkre, CCMC Chairperson alifaFernandes, Vice-chairpersonBaburao Dessai, CCMC Council-lors Guna Naik, Patricia Fernan-des , P ushka l Sawant andCarmelina Fernandes, SanjayRaikar, Assolda Sarpanch TonyFernandes, Deputy SarpanchDaya Dessa i and Xe ldemSarpanch Benedita Fernandeswere also present at the inau-gural function.

Renowned notary passes awayPANJIM(HND): Advocate and Notary Estevam Godinho

passed away on Monday after completing 90 fruitful years.A well-known personality from Fontainhas, Panjim, he wasProfessor of Portuguese in Goa and Professor of Lyceum atDaman. Later, he was Chef de Stationne Postal and thereafterAdministrador Civil. Post-liberation, the Goa Governmentappointed him as Under Secretary at the Secretariat, wherehe continued till his retirement as Dy Director of Fisheries.

Post-retirement, he worked as an advocate. At 70, he wasappointed as a notary and continued working enthusiasticallytill the end. He also served in many social organisations, in-cluding as President of Clube Nacional and Clube Vasco daGama. He is survived by his wife Lydia, five children and 12grandchildren.

Farewell function heldMAYEM(HC): Headmaster of Goa Vidhyaprasarak Mandals

Rajmata Padmavati Raje Saundekar High School Pramod AnantJambhale was recently given a warm send-off by PTA, teachersand students in the school hall.

Goa Vidhyaprasarak Mandal President Bhaskar Khande-parkar, Secretary Deepak Gaonkar, retired headmaster ofAlmeida High School Vishwanath Lawande and PTA PresidentRadhakrishna Bambolakar were present on the occasion.

Speaking as the chief guest for the function, VishwanathLawande called upon the parents to inculcate the habit ofdiscipline in their kids.

In his reply, Jambhlae stated that during his tenure, hetried hard to give best to the students.

Senior teacher Laxmikant Naik compered the function,while Rupa Shanbag proposed the vote of thanks.

Harmonium workshop organisedMAYEM(HC): A two-day workshop on harmonium was

held at Kala Academys black box on Friday and Saturday.During the workshop, senior harmonium player and teacher

Dr Arvind Thatte from Pune imparted training to the traineeartistes on different ways of playing.

Dr Thatte told the trainees that there should be a corre-sponding match up between playing and singing along withregular rehearsals. A large number of trainees from differentparts of the State attended the workshop.

Kirtan workshop at BicholimMAYEM(HC): Deputy Director of Art and Culture Ashok

Parab on Thursday inaugurated a workshop for child Kirtanartistes at GPS Central School, Bicholim.

Speaking on the occasion, Parab stated that Kirtan arthelps the children in achieving personality development.

Goa Sane Guruji Kathamala President Pandurang Nadkarni,Hari Bhajani Pandit Suhasbuwa Vaze, Headmaster MadhukarSasolkar, Krishna Marathe and Srikrishna Dhond were presenton the occasion.

HERALD REPORTER

VASCO, APRIL 25

Agitating villagers of Arossimunder the banner Cansaulim-Arossim-Cuelim Residents CivicForum on Monday blocked mainaccess leading to a starred resortin Cansaulim, protesting the al-leged harassment to locals byhotel staff under the guise ofsecurity.

The villagers staged a peace-ful agitation at the entrance ofthe hotel, which is also a com-mon access to seven residencesand the Arossim beach.

The agitators asked the hotelmanagement to obey the orderpassed by Mormugao DeputyCollector Levinson Martins toremove security barricade,which is placed nearly 80 mtrsfrom the main entrance of thehotel gate.

After intense round of talk,Mormugao Mamlatdar RajeshAzgaonkar at about 2.30 pm di-rected the hotel managementto obey deputy collectors orderand assured the villagers thatsecurity barricade should be re-moved from the common accessand the same should be placedbefore the main entrance of thehotel till the issue is resolved.

Earlier at about 10.30 am, thevillagers started the agitationand blocked the access, whichforced few hotel guests to walkdown nearly 100 mtrs to thehotel, as not even a single vehi-cle was allowed to enter andexit from the hotel.

Verna Police Inspector JivbaDalvi rushed to the site and triedto specify the agitators, even asthe hotel management askedthe agitators to resolve the issueacross the table.

As PI Dalvi failed to find a so-lution to the problem betweenthe villagers and hotel manage-ment, PI Dalvi requested DeputyCollector Martins to intervenein the matter to resolve theissue.

Mormugao Mamlatdar RajeshAzgaonkar along with Joint

Mamlatdar Brijesh Manerikarfrom Deputy Collectors officerushed to the site.

After inspection, Azgaonkarasked the hotel management toremove the security barricadeand place demands of the vil-lagers before the managementand suggested that both the par-ties should have positive ap-proach for amicable solution.

In the meantime, MLA MickkyPachecho arrived at the site andrequested the hotel to resolvethe matter amicably in the in-terest of villagers and the hotel.

Belan Gomes, a local, claimedthat despite knowing that fewvillagers resides in the vicinityof hotel, they are regularlyfrisked and stopped for securitycheck and denied access to thebeach, as there is an existingaccess to the beach on eitherside of the hotel.

We are asking to obeydeputy collectors order, whichstates that the road leading tobeach, which is blocked, shouldbe permitted, said Gomes.

Villagers demanded that thebarricade should be immediatelyremoved and hotel managementshould give in writing thathenceforth they would not re-strict villagers to proceed to-wards the beach.

Meanwhi le , Cansaul im-Arossim-Cuel im SarpanchMinguel DCosta and Panch Terez-ina Azavedo alleged that despitenotice being served to the hotelafter gram sabha decision, thehotel management was reluctantto answer to the panchayat andshowed feigned ignorance.

However, group staff from thehotel informed media that theyhave installed security barricadeas per directive from police afterthreat perception to Americanchain of hotels.

Hotel staff refuted the claimthat they have closed the beachaccess on either side of the hoteland said that regular checkingand frisking is done on southernside of the beach access.

Villagers block access to starred

resort in Cansaulim

HERALD NEWS DESK

PANJIM, APRIL 25

The Passport Office at Panjim,during the week ended on April15 has cleared all the applica-tions for fresh passports re-ce i ved up to March 15 ,(F004141/11), which were foundcomplete in all respects and po-lice clearance received. Duringthe same period, all the appli-cations for renewal of passportsrece i ved up to Apr i l 6(R001836/11) and for minorspassports received up to March

29, (C001353/11) have also beenprocessed and ready passportshave been dispatched.

Entrance examfor Armed Forces

PANJIM (HND): Entrance ex-amination for Armed ForcesMedical College, Pune, will beheld on May 1 at 2.30 pm atVasco at KV No1 at Varnapuriand KV No 2 at Shantinagar. Can-didates have been advised toreach the venue by 1.45 pm.

Passport applications processed

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

VALPOI, APRIL 25

ICAR Research Complex for Goain collaboration with the Direc-torate of Agriculture recentlyconducted training-cum-fieldday programme on rice-basedcropping system at Zagoti Na-ture Farm at Bhirodem-Valpoi.

Those present on the occa-sion were Director of AgricultureSatish Tendulkar, Director ofICAR N P Singh, Programme co-ordinator R Narayan, Valpoi ZAOHoble, Bicholim ZAO P Malik,Fr Inacio Almeida, PrasadKhadilker, sarpanchas of Bhiron-dem and Guleli.

In his speech, Director of Agri-culture Tendulkar lauded the ef-forts of Fr Almeida and said that

he is one of the pioneer agricul-turalists who is assisting the Stateagriculture department for pro-motion of new techniques andschemes in rural area like Sat-tari.

Fr Almeida has helped thedepartment in reaching itsschemes and new programmesto the farmers and motivatedthem to make this into practice,stated Tendulkar.

He also briefed about solarfencing which helps the farmersfrom saving their crops fromwild animals.

Earlier, Tendulkar also inaugu-rated the drip irrigation systemof irrigation costing Rs 1.80 lakhand which will irrigate the landadmeasuring 3.5 hectares.

ICAR holds training for farmers at Valpoi

Pg5GOAOHERALD

OGOA, TUESDAY, 26 APRIL, 2011

HERALD NEWS DESK

PANJIM, APRIL 25

The Ambassador of Portugal, DrJorge Rosa de Oliveira along withthe Consul General of Portugalin Goa, Dr Antonio Jose MarquesSabido Costa, called on Gover-nor Dr S S Sidhu at Raj Bhavan,on Monday morning.

After the exchange of pleas-antries, it was noted that warmand friendly relations have ex-isted between India and Portu-ga l wh i ch were fu r the rdeepened with the High Levelvisits of the President and PrimeMinister of Portugal to India in2007.

The Ambassador of Portugalexpressed interest in exploringthe possibilities of investmentin infrastructure, water manage-ment, waste management andalternate sources of energy. TheGovernor mentioned that thefour centuries of Portuguesepresence in Goa has left behinda rich cultural legacy in variousareas like art, architecture,dance, music, cuisine, whichneed to be further enriched. Healso emphasised that there isconsiderable scope of bilateralcooperation in tourism, civil avi-ation, information technology

Ambassador of Portugal calls on Governor

Director of IC, Delfim Correia da Silva, Consul General of Portugal,Dr Antnio Costa and Ambassador, Dr Jorge Roza de Oliveira dur-ing their recent visit to Instituto Cames.

and other sectors of economicdevelopment. It was also feltthat both the countries need tomake concerted efforts to fur-ther strengthen their friendlyrelationship and economic co-operation.

The meeting ended on a cor-dial note with the Ambassadorof Portugal thanking the Gov-ernor for sparing his valuabletime to meet him and exchang-ing views on various issues ofcommon interest.

Meanwhile, the Ambassadorvisited Instituto Cames where

he met with the Director andstaff and interacted with stu-dents of the Department ofPortuguese of the Goa Univer-sity.

Dr Roza de Oliveira, in hisinformal interaction with thestudents of Portuguese, spokeabout the increasing impor-tance of the language not onlyworldwide, but also in India,as can be seen not only in theUniversities of Goa and Delhi,but also the Universities ofBangalore, Kolkata and Hyder-abad.

Cong backedMMC group

meet CM overdevelopment HERALD CORRESPONDENT

PORVORIM, APRIL 25

The Congress-backed group atMapusa Municipal Council(MMC) on Saturday met ChiefMinister Digambar Kamat at hisresidence in Altinho-Panjim todiscuss development works per-taining to the town.

Claiming that Mapusa hasbeen largely neglected, thegroup sought the interventionof the chief minister to usherin development works in Ma-pusa.

Kamat assured the group thathe would personally look intothe development of Mapusa andsupport the MMC in giving anew look to Mapusa.

The meeting was attended byCouncillors Roohi Patre, RupaBhakta, Vijayata Naik, DeepakMadeshi, Ashish Shirodkar, Sub-hash Na r veka r, SubhashKalangutkar and Michael Car-rasco.

Chief Minister Digambar Kamat along with the Congress-backed group of Mapusa Municipal Council(MMC).

HERALD REPORTER

VASCO, APRIL 25

Mind Freakers of Vasco baggedthe first prize in the Dance San-gram, an All Goa group dancecompetition organised byNivedam, a socio-cultural andsports club of New-Vaddem,Vasco.

The competition was held atVaddem Nagar GovernmentHigh School ground at New Vad-dem. The winners were awardedcash prize of Rs 6,000, trophyand a certificate.

Deputy Speaker and CortalimMLA Mauvin Godinho was thechief guest for the function, whoawarded the prizes to the win-ners and runners-up groups.

Humanitarian Relief Society,Goa Branch, President AbdulWahab, Alfred Alfonso, LigorioMonteiro, Nivedam PresidentRupesh Fatji, Vice PresidentSudesh Bhosle, General Secre-tary Rajan Faldessai, TreasurerDeepak Naik, Joint SecretaryApa Salgaonkar, executive mem-bers Achut Shirodkar, JagdishSawant, Bappa Shet, Sunil Naikand Prashant Narvekar and otherwere present.

T h e s e c o n d p r i z e w a s

awarded to Krishna AryanGroup of Birla-Zuarinagar.Two other consolation prizeswere awarded to Extremersgroup of Ponda and DynamicArt Entertainment group ofPanjim.

Speaking on the occasion,Godinho appreciated the efforttaken by the members ofNivedam for organising such atalented event, thereby givingan opportunity to young anddynamic youths to perform andexplore their hidden talent onthe open platform.

Godinho urged the youthsand people to preserve art andculture, thereby organizing suchevents for the benefit of theyouths.

He further assured the peopleof New Vaddem to provide allbenefits and other schemes ofthe government to explore thetalents among the youths.

In all, 14 groups from all overthe State participated in thegroup dance event. The compe-tition was judged by Kristy Fur-tado and Ajay Arondekar fromMargao. The function was com-pered by Nivedam Vice PresidentSudesh Bhosle.

Mind Freakers bagfirst place in dance

contest at Vasco

Deputy Speaker Mauvin Godinho presents cash prize, trophy and acertificate to the first prize winners Mind Freakers of Vasco in theDance Sangram, the first All Goa group dance competition organ-ised by Nivedam.

B-School boys do Goa proud

HERALD NEWS DESK

PANJIM, APRIL 25

Four students of the Goa Insti-tute of Management (GIM),Ribandar, have bagged the cov-eted 13th rank in the Interna-tional Business SimulationChallenge, closely contested bytop B-schools from all over theworld. Ketan Kenkre,VasudevDhuri,Sharmad Prabhugaonkarand Vaibhav Kunkolienkarscored 918 while the toppersfrom IIM Bangalore scored 956.

This is the first time that ateam from Goa has rankedamong the top 15 in this simu-lation challenge. A total of 906teams from all over the globecompeted in the contest, inwhich business managementstudents tested their knowledgeand decision making abilities inResearch and Development(R&D), Operations, Marketing,Total Quality Management(TQM) and Finance.

The GIM team beat top B-schools like IIM Ahmedabad andIIM Lucknow by huge margins,highlighting the talent and po-tential of management studentsfrom Goa.

GIMstudents who won the coveted 13th rank in the InternationalBusiness Simulation Challenge.

Vasco schoolholds annual

gatheringHERALD REPORTER

VASCO, APRIL 25

The first annual social gatheringof Little Angels Play School,New-Vaddem, was recently heldwith various cultural and enter-tainment activities in the schoolpremises.

Journalist and Nivedam VicePresident Sudesh Bhosle, whowas chief guest for the function,inaugurated the first annual so-cial gathering by lighting thetraditional lamp.

Renowned educationalist,Sheela Pandey, was the guest ofhonour, while School PrincipalSylvia Fernandes, besides teach-ers of the institution, Smita Shi-rodkar and Lydia Fernandes,were present on the occasion.

Addressing the gathering,Bhosle appealed the parents tomould their children at youngage by providing good valueswhich would help them to buildtheir career.

Prizes to meritorious stu-dents were handed over by thechief guest and the guest of ho-nour.

A cultural programme washeld, where kids performeddances, followed by a magicshow by Apollo Magician. LydiaFernandes compered the func-tion, while Smita Shirodkar pro-posed the vote of thanks.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

CURCHOREM, APRIL 25

Sarvanand Tukaram Sawant Des-sai was awarded gold medal andcertificate in Post Graduation

Dessai awarded gold medal at IGNOU convocation

Dip loma in Soc i a l Work(PGDSW) at the 22nd convoca-tion ceremony of Indira GandhiNational Open Univers ity(IGNOU) held recently in NewDelhi.

Ex-chancellor of Madras Uni-versity Prof P T Manoharanawarded Sarvanand the goldmedal in the presence of ViceChancellor of IGNOU Prof V NRajshekaran.

Sarvanand is the lone studentfrom Goa who came first in allthe centres of IGNOU in PostGraduation Diploma in SocialWork examination held in June2010.

Earlier, Sarvanand completedBachelor in Social Work throughShivaji Open University Kohla-pur. Vice Chancellor of ShivajiOpen University Kohlapur hadspecially permitted Sarvanandto answer the social work ex-amination on the basis that hewas awarded district, state andNational Youth Award.

A special syllabus was de-signed by the Shivaji Universityfor the social work degreecourse. Sarvanand is the onlystudent from Goa who com-pleted Bachelor degree in socialwork as an external studentfrom Shivaji University.

Now, since the syllabus forthe external students is pre-pared by Shivaji University, anystudent can answer this exami-nation under this newly de-signed syllabus.

Sarvanand has representedthe State in different nationalintegration camps held in dif-ferent states like Rajasthan, Ker-a l a , Deh l i , Ha r yana ,Maharashtra, Karnataka, Ma-nipur, Mount Abu, etc, and alsoin the interstate cultural ex-change programme on behalfof Art and Culture Departmentat Mizoram and National youthfestivals through the Directorateof Sports and Youth Affairs atGujarat, Rajasthan, Kerala, Hy-derabad, etc.

All the social and cultural ac-tivities conducted under thebanner of different social andgovernment organizationshelped me a lot to answer thisexam, Sarvanand told Herald.

Being an automobile engi-neer, Sarvanand is presentlyworking as a diesel mechanicteacher in Smt Hirabi TalaulikarHigh School Sancorda for thelast 16 years.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

MAYEM, APRIL 25

Mayem MLA Anant Shet on Sat-urday inaugurated the hot mix-ing of a major district road fromShirgao to Assnora.

It may be recalled that theroad was in dilapidated condi-tion for the last several yearsdue to continuous transporta-tion of trucks carrying iron oreand digging of the road on dif-ferent occasions to lay cables.

The villagers on several oc-casions demanded with the con-cerned authorities to repair theroad. MLA Shet took the initia-tive and approved the road forre-asphaltation and hot mixingwith the co-operation of Shirgao

Mayem MLA opens hot-mixing of road from

Shirgao to Assnora

Panchayat members.Speaking on the occasion,

Shet stated that some portionof the bridge joining Assnoraand Shirgao, which was on theverge of collapse, has also beenrepaired and the demand forparallel bridge has also beenput up before the government,besides completion of severalother development works.

Sarpanch Hemlata Gaonkar,Deputy Sarpanch Gajanan Chari,Panch Minal Ghadi, YeshwantGaonkar, Lairai Temple PresidentDigambar Gaonkar, formersarpanch Atchut Gaonkar, BJPManda l Ch ie f Shanka rChodankar, Vice President LadkoKinalkar, ZP member NareshGaonkar, Subhash Salgaonkar,Sanjay Shirgaonkar, SanjayParsekar and villagers were pres-ent on the occasion.

Mayem MLA Anant Shet inaugurates hot mixing work of road atShirgao-Bicholim. Photo by Vishant Vaze

Global Goansconvention

HERALD NEWS DESK

PANJIM, APRIL 25

The annual Global Goans Con-vention will be held in Londonfrom July 22 to 25 next. The In-dian High Commissioner in theUnited Kingdon, dignitaries ofGoan origin, Leaders of the In-dian Association in the UnitedKingdom as well as leaders ofGaon Associations across theworld will participate in the Con-vention organised by the GoanAssociation (UK).

The programme of the Con-vention will include severalmeetings of interest to non res-ident Goans (NRGs). There willbe an interactive session withthe participation of the HighCommissioner of India on issuesconcerning NRIs and PIOs ofGoan origin. Concerned Officialsof the Indian High Commissionas well as officials of the StateGovernment will attend.

Justice neededElsa Borges, Dona Paula

I refer to letter entitled Govt ploy byJonas Correia (Herald, 18 April)). The writershould get his facts right before makingbaseless allegations. The strike by themalaria control workers was rightly justifiedas these employees of the Health depart-ment, were promised regularisation of theirjobs after having worked on a contractbasis for over 15 years. In fact, new postsin various Health departments were createdprecisely for them, but at the time of ap-pointment, personnel from only a particularconstituency were taken. These workershave toiled for so long and at the lastminute, all their hopes went in vain. Ourgovernment cannot provide one job per

family. Perhaps the answer lies in electingworthy and capable candidates in the nextelection.

DMD : True depictionSamir Khan, Mapusa

Though the movie has depicted susegadGoans in a distasteful manner, and with allits exaggeration, it echoes the ground re-ality in Goa. The makers of the movie havedone a marvellous job by taking up the so-cial evil, of drugs and sex, which hasplagued Goa. It shows how one gets luredinto this trap for making easy money, byselling ones conscience to the traders ofdeath, and its natural dangerous conse-quences, and also the effect it will have onany given society. We are already witnessingthe ill effects of drugs which is ruining oursociety and Goas image, especially ouryouth from the coastal belt who have falleninto this death trap.

Sack the keystone copsMarcos Alemao, by email

Your editorial Michael learns to run (Herald,25 April) is a fitting lesson to the inefficientpolice department. It is the not the firstand last case where the criminals escapedfrom the hands of police. Suspension ofthe police constables is not the end. Theyshould be dismissed from services for theirlapses. Then only will they learn a lessonto carry out their duties efficiently. Thesuspended police constables will be rein-stated after sometimes, after a faulty in-quiry and they will be paid a huge amountof suspended salary.

Sneak in via backdoor?Adelmo Fernandes, Vasco

The controversy surrounding the Mediumof Instruction (MoI)is gaining momentumevery day. It is pertinent to note that alocal TV news channel (Not HCN) has beenairing an advertisement in Kannada. Thequestion to be asked is how many Goansunderstand Kannada? Which consumergroup does the advertisement wish to tar-get? Do we find advertisements in Konkaniin the local channels of other states? Or isit the case of one more language trying to

make a backdoor entry into Goa which al-ready has a vexed problem in hand withregard to MoI?

Biased evesGlestone Fernandes, Cuncolim

I laud Ramesh Naik Support N Shivdas(Herald, 23 April) for his excellent letterand his support for the poets poem Chedi.Women activists in Goa are so predictable.They keep themselves busy by protestingagainst a work of literature and a piece ofart (Dum Maro Dum) which portrays thebitter truth about Goa, while the peopleof Cavrem (Quepem) fight against mining.None of the women activists joined thoseof their gender in their struggle for Englishas MoI, nor were they seen supporting theKhariwado issue and neither did theyprotest against the plight of hundreds ofwomen passengers who were stranded dueto the recent bus strike. It is all about whichside the weightage comes from.

Taking Goans for a rideCedric da Costa, Margao

Easter eve was definitely a bad day for thevillagers of Cavrem. Its a matter of greatshame for Goas CM Digambar Kamat.Shame for sending the police to the frontto destabilise a peaceful cry of protest bythe much harassed villagers of Cavrem.

This is not the first time that he has suc-cessfully managed to send the police toterrorise the peace loving Aam Admi andthat includes senior citizens, women andchildren.

CM should use his good offices to curbcorruption going on in his cabinet. Pleasesend the police force to arrest Roy Naik.Make good use of the cops to curb cor-ruption in your cabinet of ministers. Goans,it has been proved that our governmenthas taken you all on a joy ride.

Religious in driving rashlyWillie Severes, Majorda

Some days ago, I was driving to Panjimwith my wife and small kids. I was danger-ously overtaken by a high-speed car fromthe left, at the TATA showroom, Nuvem. Itwould have hit my car, thanks to my acuteroad sense. What was astonishing, however,was that this car had a big religious stickerbehind it.Religious slogan stickers are common onthe road nowadays in Goa. But these driversare very rash in driving. Through this letter,I humbly request them to be more carefulwhile driving.

MoI: Win win situation Mateus Saldanha, by email

Wih reference to MoI, the government

must give students a choice of selectionrather than force them to study in a par-ticular medium. I read the following in asection of the press -The sate shall not,in granting aid to educational institutions,discriminate against any educational insti-tution on the ground that it is under themanagement of a minority, whether basedon religion or language. Indian constitutionArticle 30(2). Also the new RTE act alsosays the primary education should be freeregardless of language. If this is the case,FORCE should file a PIL in the High courtseeking justice under the Constitution OfIndia and RTE Act, instead of haggling witha spineless government which cannot takeany decision on its own.

Deriving sadistic pleasureJesuin George Fernandes, Cansaulim

Strangely (or is it on expected lines?), theKonkani and Marathi fanatics have gangedup and seems to take sadistic pleasure indenying English primary education to themasses. The most affected are the Catholiccommunity who have no option but to paythrough their noses or be content withpoor quali