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SURAJ NANDREKAR

PANJIM, JUNE 15

Its official! Almost 40 structuresbetween the Mahindra show-room and the Sai Service stationat Porvorim will face the axewhen the widening of the NH17is undertaken by the NationalHighways Authority of India.

The four-lanning of the NH17from Patradevi to Polem around 139 km stretch willbe taken up on BOOT basis at acost of approximately Rs 2000crore.

Inquiries by Herald have re-vealed that according to the newalignment sent by the NHAIaround 560 structures acrossthe State will have to make wayfor the project.

These 560 structures includearound 280 houses, sources inthe PWD told Herald.

Sources also informed thatthe NHAI has also decided toreduce the width of the road to

45 meters in the densely popu-lated areas and wherever pos-sible to go ahead with 60-mwidening.

Most of the structures wouldface demolitions in Porvorimand Siridao areas, sources in-formed.

While in Porvorim 40 struc-tures including houses as wellas buildings will be acquired byNHAI, in Siridao area almost 30houses and other structures willbe demolished for widening,sources said.

The survey nos of the plotswhich will be acquired have al-ready been submitted to theTown and Country Planning forthe purpose of finalizing Re-gional Plan 2021, sourcesstated.

The citizens of Nuvem, whichfaced maximum demolitions inthe earlier alignment, can heavea sigh of relief as the NHAI hasdecided to take a bypass, avoid-

ing any kind of demolition inthe area.

Officers in the PWD have saidthat most of the demolitionscould have been avoided by theState had it taken caution ear-lier.

The PWD had stopped givingpermissions to the developmentwithin 45 meters on the nationalhighways in the State but de-spite this the Government hadgone on granting permissions,officials speaking on conditionof anonymity said.

Herald in its issued dated Sep-tember 27, 2009 was first to re-port that the Government wasbending rules and granting per-mission for development alonghighway.

The then Superintending En-gineer (CO IX) Alka Hede hadtold this paper that her divisiondoes not grant permission toany such projects.

Whenever such files come

to us, we forward them to theGovernment who decides onthe cases, she had stated.

When contacted for his com-ment on the development, PWDChief Engineer J N Chimulkarsaid he has no knowledge ofthe matter.

I have no knowledge and willhave to look into the matter,was what he told this paper.

Not only the Chief Engineer,e v e n t h e C h i e f M i n i s t e rDigambar Kamat feigned ig-norance.

I have not received any com-munication from NHAI in thisregard, Kamat said when con-tacted.

He said he had spoken to theNHAI chairman and he has as-sured to minimise the demoli-tions as much as possible.

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HERALD CORRESPONDENT

PORVORIM, JUNE 15

The academic year may havecommenced on June 7, but stu-dents studying from Std I to XIIwill get all their textbooks onlyby June-end.

Textbooks for Std IX to XIIare being supplied by Goa Boardof Secondary and Higher Sec-ondary Education, however, itis the responsibility of StateCouncil of Educational Researchand Training (SCERT) to providetextbooks to students from StdI to VIII.

This year, there was delay onthe part of Goa Board of Sec-ondary and Higher SecondaryEducation in issuing contract to

the printers due to lengthy ad-ministrative procedure, due towhich students could not getthe textbooks at the beginningof academic year.

Speaking to Herald, GoaBoard of Secondary and HigherSecondary Education ChairmanMervyn DSouza said they havereceived 75 of the 114 titles.

Every day, we receive twotruckloads of books from Delhiand the balance 39 titles willreach us by June end, said D-Souza.

Usually, orders are placedwith the printers for supply oftextbooks in January or Feb-ruary. However this year, the

Textbook worries to be over this month: Board

We have received 75of the 114 titles. Everyday, we receive twotruckloads of booksfrom Delhi and thebalance 39 titles willreach us by June end.

Mervyn DSouza

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JUNE 15

Making an official statement forthe first time since the incident,Nationalist Congress Party todaysaid that its legislator MickkyPacheco is being targeted bySouth Goa politicians.

The Benaulim legislator is onthe run as Crime Branch whichis probing Nadia death case hasnamed him prime accused inthe case.

The party is behind Mickkyon the issue, NCP spokesmanAvinash Bhonsle told reportershere

Likening Mickkys trouble tothat of Sita (from Ramayana),Bhonsle said, even Sita had togive agni pariksha.

Mickky will have to give agnipariksha by facing the law, Bhon-sle said.

Further, he said, Mickky isbeing targeted by few Congress

leaders from South Goa afterhis success in holding massiveNCP convention in his village.

The local leaders were baffledlooking at the response forNCPs national convention inSalcete taluka, he said.

The party spokesperson alsodemanded tha t N i l kan tHalarnkar, party legislator in-ducted in the Cabinet in placeof Pacheco, be given the sameportfolios which Pacheco heldbefore he stepped down afterbeing questioned by CrimeBranch in the case.

Congress has to adhere tocoalition dharma These port-folios were given to NCP as apart of coalition and Halarnkarshould get them, he said.

Mickky is targeted byS Goa politicos: NCP

Vallabh, Swapnilget re-posting,Sandip is dir of transport

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JUNE 15

Senior grade officer VallabhKamat, who was awaiting post-ing, has been re-posted as theCommissioner of CommercialTaxes.

According to transfer ordersissued by the Under SecretaryPersonnel-I Umeshchandra LJoshi, Kamat replaces SandipJacques as the Commissioner ofCommercial Taxes.

Sandip Jacques has now beenposted as the Director of Trans-port.

Director of Transport SwapnilNaik has been re-posted as theDirector of Tourism.

Swapnil relieves Nikhil Desai,who is the MD of GHRSSIDC, ofthe additional charge.

Dudus bailplea rejected

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JUNE 15

Goa Bench of Bombay HighCourt today rejected bail peti-tion filed by Israeli drug dealerDavid Driham alias Dudu.

Justice U D Salvi rejected thebail plea dismissing the con-tention of technical procedurallapses cited by Drihams lawyer.

Public Prosecutor Carlos Fer-reira, said that various errorscited by the applicant whilepleading for bail could be dis-cussed during the trial stage.

He even told court that theaccused was arrested with cock-tail of drugs at Anjuna, whichproves that he is a drug peddler.

In the bail application movedbefore the court on Monday,Dirham, has said that he was in-nocent.

Dudu in his bail petition hadsaid that the letter written bythe investigating Officer SunilGudlar to deputy superinten-dent of police (DySP) informingabout the raid was fabricated.

Dudus lawyer, Jos Peter D-Souza in the bail applicationsaid, the very basis of the raidhas been fabricated. There arereasonable grounds for believingthat the accused is not guilty.

PTI

NEW DELHI, JUNE 15

Over 100 people on board anAir India plane had a close shavewhen two tyres of the left land-ing gear of the aircraft deflatedsoon after it landed at the IGIairport here today.

Air Indias Mumbai-Bhopal-Indore-Delhi flight (IC-133) with100 passengers and six crewmembers landed at Delhi airportaround 10.58 a.m and was taxi-ing towards the parking baywhen engineers at the groundnoticed two deflated tyres ofthe left landing gear and sparksemanating due to friction, anairline official said.

They then immediately in-formed the pilot and asked himto stop the Airbus-320 aircraft.

The crash fire tenders wereimmediately called in, whichsprinkled water and foam tocool the aircrafts undercarriagein order to prevent any fire, he

said, adding all the passengersonboard are safe.

According to sources, therewas no tyre burst as the pilotdid not notice any unusual jerk.The tyres got deflated after theaircraft had landed and while itwas taxiing, they said.

Todays incident at the IGI air-port is in the series of closeshaves involving passenger air-craft. Earlier this month, an AirIndia Express Dubai-Pune flight,with 112 passengers on board,rapidly descended several thou-sand feet over Muscat air space.

Reports had alleged that thecommander was not in the cock-pit and the co-pilot could notcontrol the aircraft as it startedthe descent.

About a week later, a mid-aircollision was averted by pilotsas a Jet Airways and an Air Indiaplane came dangerously closeon the same flight path overTamil Nadu.

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, JUNE 15

The Estimates Committee of LokSabha has favoured a gas-basedpower plant in Goa given theStates status as a tourist desti-nation and has opined that theNH-17 and NH-4 should be ei-ther 6-lane or 4-lane or in someplaces even with a width of 30meters depending upon theavailability of land

Chairman of the CommitteeFrancisco Sardinha said the LokSabha panel tried to break eventhe demands of the MPT author-ities and the concerns of localsover the expansion plans of theMormugao Port.

Around 16 Members of Par-liament, who are Members ofthe Est imates Committeeheaded by Sardinha met for twodays at a starred hotel at Betal-batim and visited various places,

where they discussed and de-liberated on issues relating topower, highways, port and theairport in Goa.

He said the Committee hasagreed to the proposal for thegeneration of 240 mega wattsof power for Goa close to the

coal block allotted to the Stateby the Government of India.During our deliberations, wediscussed regarding supply ofCoal. The Government of Indiahas allotted a coal block to Goaand with that they want to gen-erate power of 240 mega wattsclose to the block in due courseof time. May be after few years,whatever power allotment isthere for Goa will not be suffi-cient. Right now, the State canbreak even as our power con-sumption is 500 mega watts.But, the present power supplywill not suffice in due course oftime, he said, adding that theestimates committee also dis-cussed on generation of powerthrough non-conventionalsources of energy.

Replying to a question, hesaid there was a proposal to set

LS panel moots gas-basedplant for cheap power

MPTs jurisdiction may be changed

Embezzlementof UK grantsshocks Govt

PTI

NEW DELHI, JUNE 15

Government today expressedshock over reports of embez-zlement of UK grants in SarvaSiksha Abhiyan scheme and saidthat the flagship programme fol-lows rigorous and robust mon-itoring system.

A day after the British Gov-ernment launched an inquiryinto the alleged misuse of itsfunds under SSA, Departmentof School Education and Literacyunder HRD Ministry here saidit will write to the Ministry ofFinance and Ministry of ExternalAffairs in this regard.

Britains International Devel-opment secretary AndrewMitchell had yesterday said theUK Government will have a zerotolerance policy to corruption.

The Department of SchoolEducation and Literacy said theSSA is supported largely by do-mestic resources. Since incep-tion, India has invested Rs91,431 crore in the SSA.

Close shave for AI passengers

560 structures to make way for NH17Porvorim (40), Siridao (30) to bear the brunt

280 houses among 560 structures to make way forNH17 from Patradevi to Polem.Survey numbers of plots to be acquired submittedto TCP.Nuvem spared of any kind of demolition as NHAIto take bypass.NHAI to reduce width of road to 45 meters indensely populated areas.

Mickky will haveto give agni

pariksha by facing thelaw. He is beingtargeted by fewCongress leaders fromSouth Goa. The NCP isbehind him on thisissue.

NCP spokesmanAvinash Bhonsle

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Churchill, MPs over NH4A

Soren acquitted Former Jharkhand CM ShibuSoren was today acquitted by alocal court in a 36-year-old mur-der case for lack of evidence,the last of the three cases ofmurder against him. Soren, whoappeared before the court ofAdditional District Judge, Mo-hammad Qasim, looked relievedafter the verdict. (PTI)

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HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JUNE 15

Although private bus operatorshave demanded for ticket farehike, the transport departmenthas put the ball in state govern-ments court to decide on thesame.

Outgoing Transport DirectorSwapnil Naik said that he hassubmitted the detailed reportto the state government withoutspecifically recommending any-thing on hike issue.

Its the decision that govern-ment has to take. I have givenmy opinion but not a recom-mendation as such, Naik toldHerald.

The private bus operators inthe state had demanded a hikein a bus fares by 0.20 paisa, afterdiesel price went up by Rs 2.72per litre.

I have given the progressreport of 2008-09 to the gov-ernment. The report mentionsabout hike in ticket fares, whichare offered to transporters,whenever need arose, Naiksaid.

Meanwhile, sources con-firmed that Naik in his proposalhas said that immediate tickethike is not possible as the pri-vate bus operators earn muchmore than the expectations.

The state transport depart-ment says that since privatebuses are overloaded, 80 per-cent private bus operators arein profit. However, bus opera-tors claim that rise in dieselprices is forcing them to ekeout Rs 120 per day in addition-ally.

The statistics reveals thattransport department collectsRs 120 crore as revenue annually.There are no figures availableon how much revenue is con-tributed to transport depart-ment by private buses.

Bus operators, however, claimthat they contribute around Rs15 crore to the state coffersevery fiscal.

Naik said that due to the sub-sidy given by the state govern-ment, the number of privatebuses in the state has in-creased.

SARATHI SOFTWARE: Thetransport department todaystarted the process of imple-menting Sarathi software intheir ADT office Panjim.

Director of Transport SwapnilNaik said that its a long processbut the department has begunto execute it from today.

The Sarathi software will beimplemented for issuance ofcomputerized driving license tothe citizens. It will also includefresh learners license, renewalof license, duplicate license, etc.

Transport dept submits report to govt on fare hike issue

nSourcesconfirmed thatNaik in hisproposal has saidthat immediateticket hike is notpossible as theprivate busoperators earnmuch more thanthe expectations.

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JUNE 15

Lyndon Monteiro, officer onspecial duty (OSD) to formertour i sm min is ter MickeyPacheco, is likely to move afresh anticipatory bail appli-cation before the Goa benchof Bombay high court tomor-row.

Earlier today, Monteiro wasallowed to withdraw his antici-patory bail petition by the court.

Monteiro will file the peti-tion himself unlike last time,when his mother Elvina filed it,a source stated.

Justice U D Salvi in the ordersaid that as the prosecution hasno objection to Monteiro with-drawing his anticipatory bail ap-

plication and hence its allowedto be withdrawn.

When the matter came forthe order on Tuesday morn-ing, Atmaram Nadkarni ap-p e a r i n g o n b e h a l f o fMonteiro said that it was bymistake that the applicationwas described under section439 of CrPC instead of sec-tion 438 of CrPC.

He even pointed out that asper the section 439 of CrPC,where applicant has to be pres-ent during argument, is not in-force in our court.

Nadkarni argued that Mon-teiro was made an accused afterhe disappeared.

He was made an accusedafter he disappeared. When he

is missing and his anticipatorybail was rejected by sessionscourt, overnight he becomes anaccused? How this is permissibleunder law? the lawyer ques-tioned.

He also said that the applica-tion for the withdrawal standsafter state had challenged themaintainability of the applica-tion.

Earlier, on Monday, the courthad directed Monteiro to bepersonally present in the courtwhen the matter would be heardon June 17.

Monteiro is wanted in con-nection with death of Nadia Tor-rado. The woman had diedallegedly after consuming ratpoison on May 30.

Lyndon likely to file foranticipatory bail in person

One killed in mishap

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

PERNEM, JUNE 15

An 85-year-old man from Pune died,while three other passengers wereseriously injured, after the car inwhich they were travelling collidedagainst a bus along the highway atMalpem-Pernem on Monday atabout 10.30 pm.

The deceased has been iden-tified as Sebestian Diniz, whilethose injured in the accidentare Mary Diniz, Cajetan Dinizand Joseph Diniz. Rosaline Dinizescaped with minor injuries.

According to Pernem police,the accident occurred when theDiniz family members, who wereproceeding towards Panjim intheir Alto car (MH-12-EJ-6998),collided against a passenger bus(GA-01-G-277), which was pro-ceeding towards Mumbai.

Pernem police and fire servicepersonnel rushed to the acci-dent site and shifted the injuredpassengers to GMC Hospital.

Police said Rosaline Diniz was dis-charged after providing first aid,while the condition of the threeother occupants of the car was re-ported to be serious. Pernem policeis investigating the case.

Shiroda man found

murdered HERALD CORRESPONDENT

PONDA, JUNE 15

A 68-year-old man from Maingalin Tarvalem-Shiroda was foundmurdered at his house on Mon-day night.

Three relatives have been de-tained in connection with thedeath of Joaquim Colaco, Pondapolice said.

According to reports, the in-cident took place at about 10.30pm shortly after Joaquim haddinner at his house and wentto an old house nearby to retirefor the night.

The pet cats at the old housebegan to act in an unusual mannerand this aroused the suspicion ofthe wife and their son. They wentto the old house and found the life-less body in the room.

Rains flush out waste from Colva creek

Water from the Arabian Sea entered the Colva creek cleaning the nullah of the sewage and other waste.Photo by Santosh Mirajkar

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, JUNE 15

Nature came to the rescue ofthe Colva village panchayat andother authorities on the sensi-tive question of cleaning andde-silting the contaminatedColva creek.

Even as the authorities weregroping in the dark how to cleanup the creek clogged with wasteand sewage, the first monsoonsshowers gave a big respite tothe panchayat body.

For, with the monsoons finallysetting in the state, the creek(handi) stands washed andcleaned by the waters from theArabian Sea, which has foundits way in the water channel asis the annual phenomenon.

A look at the creek revealedthat the waters appeared freefrom the waste and stagnantwaters. This comes against thebackdrop of the directions is-sued by the Goa State PollutionControl Board to the authorities,including the Colva panchayatto stop the discharge of sewageand waster waters in the creek.

In fact, various governmentagencies had last month delib-erated on various options at itsdisposal how to clean up theCreek and free the nullah fromthe contaminated waters. Onesolution suggested by the pan-chayat body was to engage theWater Resources Department to

de-silt the water channel. An-other suggestion put forth bythe agencies was to engage theSewage Corporation of Goa todeploy night soil tankers to re-move the sewage waters fromthe creek and empty the samein the Margao sewage treatmentplant.

The Goa Pollution Control

Board had last month warnedthat an epidemic looms largeover Colva in view of the ram-pant discharge of sewage andwaste waters in the creek.

In fact, analysis of samplewater from the Colva creek col-lected by the Board has revealedthat the levels of dissolved oxy-gen were below the permissible

limit. The sample testing had re-

vealed that the creek waterswere greenish in colour, emit-ting an offensive smell and athick layer of scum was seenfloating on the surface, indicat-ing that the creek water doesnot meet the primary water cri-teria for Class SW III Water.

Door-to-door garbage collection to make come back in Margao

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, JUNE 15

After unsuccessful attempts overthe last two years, the MargaoMunicipal Council is all set torevive the door-to-door garbagecollection of waste from the cityhotels and eateries.

If Margao Municipal Chair-person Savio Coutinho is to bebelieved, door-to-door hotelgarbage collection will com-mence from June 20. A confidentCoutinho stated that the hotelseateries will be charged a dailygarbage collection fee rangingfrom Rs 10-25 depending on thehotel category and the quantumof waste generated in the es-tablishment.

That the Civic meant businessthis time was evident by the factthat the Municipality has en-gaged 10 daily wage workers,besides two drivers to carry outthe waste collection after sun-set. The 10 labourers, two truck

driver and two trucks will beused for the purpose of hotelwaste collection, beginningeveryday at 7 pm, he said.

The MMC Chairperson did notsee any problem or confrontationwith the hotel owners, saying thehotels have been cooperative andsupportive of the Civic bodys door-to-door waste collection concepton condition the waste is collectedand disposed on a daily basis withoutfail.

We are now well preparedto start the exercise with somededicated staff and machinery.The door-to-door waste collec-tion will reduced the daily col-lection of wet waste from thebins and help mitigate the nui-sance to the citizens, he added.

The Commercial Capital playshost to around 400 hotels andeateries and sources in the Civicbody says the door-to-doorwaste collection exercise can becarried out without any loss for

themuicipality. Even if the Civicbody charges minimum Rs 10per hotel, revenue to the tuneof Rs 4000 can come in for asingle day. This revenue can offset the cost of manpower, ma-chinery and fuel pegged ataround Rs 2500 per day, re-marked a Civic official.

Margao Municipalitys ambi-t ious hote l door - to -doorgarbage collection scheme hadbeen lying in the dumps for wantof manpower and a lack ofproper approach on the part ofthe Civic body to make thescheme work successfully.

Meanwhile, Residents of Mar-gao staying in the vicinity of thetelephone department office onTuesday complained to the Mar-gao Civic body over accumulatedwaste and garbage right infrontof their housing complex.

Accompanied by ward Coun-cilor Rajendra Azgaonkar, theresidents pointed out that wasteis being into the municipal binright infront of the housing com-plex, posing a nuisance to theschool going children andadults. They said the waste flowsright at the entrance to thehousing complex, with the Civicbody found wanting in clearingthe waste from time to time.

Rainscontinue tolash State

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JUNE 15

Heavy rains continued to lash thestate for the second consecutiveday, with Met department recording96.3mm of rainfall.

As the monsoon currents haveintensified strongly, the Met de-partment has predicted heavyshowers with thunderstormsand gusty winds for the next24-hours.

The showers that drenchedthe state since Monday eveningcontinued without interruptionti l l today evening. Valpoirecorded 129.3 mm of rainfall,followed by Pernem (93.4mm),Mapusa (75mm), Canacona(60mm) and Sanguem (49.4mm).

The maximum temperaturecame down to 28.5 degree Cel-sius while the minimum tem-perature recorded for the daywas 23.8 degree Celsius.

electricity poles damaged at Cuncolim

A huge tree uprooted at Bandh-Santa Cruz causing damage to two electricity poles leading to road blockade in the area. Photo by Rozario Estibiero

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, JUNE 15

Overnight heavy showers and strongwinds left electricity poles and con-ductors damaged at Panzorcone-Cuncolim last night.

The power conductors weresnapped after uprooted treescame crashing down on the lineslast night, leaving the area with-out power supply.

Around two electricity polesand the overhead wires were

damaged in the incident.Power personnel were at

work at the site along the NH-17 to restore power supply tothe area.

Incidentally, sources in thepower department stated thatthat uprooted trees damagingpower lines is not somethingnew in the area and blamed theauthorities for trimming the treebranches before the onset ofmonsoon.

Overhead power lines snapped at Panzorconne-Cuncolim by up-rooted trees last night due to heavy rains.

Photo by Santosh Mirajkar

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, JUNE 15

Too many cooks spoil the soup,so goes the saying. Seems un-believable, but as many as threedifferent set of plans are beingmooted by different agenciesto decongest the CommercialCapital.

If the South Goa Planning andDevelopment Authority (SGPDA)is engaged in an unending ex-ercise of finalizing the OutlineDevelopment Plan (ODP) for thecity, the Goa State InfrastructureDevelopment Corporation(GSIDC) is pushing the MargaoCivic body to approve a City De-velopment Plan (CDP) aimed atimproving the chaotic situationand plan for the future.

If these two plans are notenough, the Town and PlanningDepartment headed by ChiefMinister, Digambar Kamat hasnow directed SGPDA to preparea Comprehensive DevelopmentPlan (CDP) for Margao as awhole.

No doubt, planners say theOutline Development Plan andthe Comprehensive Develop-ment Plan are part of the long-te rm p l ann ing p roces simplemented in any city, butraised doubts over the legalstanding of GSIDCs grandiose

plans to implement a City De-velopment Plan.

Says Margao Municipal Chair-person, Savio Coutinho, who isalso a member of the SGPDA:The GSIDC has asked the Mar-gao Municipal Council to giveits nod for the City DevelopmentPlan (CDP). At yesterdays SGPDAmeeting, the Member secretarysaid the PDA would set theprocess in motion to prepare acomprehensive developmentplan for the city. With so manyplans in the offing, I only hopethese plans do not overlap orend up in confusion.

SGPDA Member secretarySandeep Surlakar, however, saidthe ODP and the CDP are twodifferent planning concepts.The Comprehensive Develop-ment Plan goes into minute de-tails on the citys planning needsand requirements. The ODP isaltogether different.

Surlakar said neither theSGPDA nor the members of thePDA have no idea what the CityDevelopment Plan (CDP) mootedby the GSIDC and prepared byArchitect Rahul Deshpande isall about. May be the PDA willbe taken into account at a laterstage. But, the PDA is not averseto any good points from theGSIDCs CDP plan and incorpo-

rating the same in the Compre-hensive development plan forthe city, he added.

Interest ingly, repeatedmoves by he GSIDC seekingapproval for its City Devel-opment Plan (CDP) for Mar-gao has ra ised eyebrowsamongst the city rulers.

Suspicions are raised in cer-tain quarters over the TransferDevelopment Rights (TDR)mooted in the CDP, which manysay would only help the buildersto seek transfer of developmentrights. Another aspect that hasraised eyebrows is that the CDPhas proposed rehabilitation ofthe slum dwellers.

What has further raised sus-picions over the CDP is the factthat certain parties appear hellbent in pushing the CDP whenit is known that funds for theimplementation of the plan willnot come from the Centre with-out the State government firstrestructuring the Municipal ad-ministration under the 74thConstitutional Amendment.

Incidentally, the Outline De-velopment Plan for Margao waslast finalized in the year 1997and its more than a decade now,but sadly, the new ODP for theCommercial Capital is not putin place.

Three planners for Margao!

Power cable catches fire in Margao

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, JUNE 15

Fire services and police rushednear Marliz hotel in the heartof the city here after a powercable from an undergroundcable from a feeder caught firethis evening. The fire created ascare in the busy pavement, withsmoke billowing out from theinsulated pipeline.

The fire services, whichrushed to the spot, intimatedthe power department officialsto attend to the fire.

Two police constables weredeployed at the site as a pre-cautionary measure to ensurethat members of the public doesnot come close to the burningcable wire.

Rs 1.5 lakh stolen from

vehicle HERALD CORRESPONDENT

QUEPEM, JUNE 15

A gang of five robbers decampedwith cash of Rs 1.5 lakh afterstopping a liquor-laden tempoand threatening the occupantsat knifepoint at Ambaulim-Quepem on Tuesday evening.

In a police complaint, Amar AGaonkar of Gudi-Paroda stated theincident took place at about 4.30pm when he along with three otherswere traveling in a liquor tempo(GA-08/U-1958) from Quepem toCuncolim via Ambaulim.

When they reached near theGovernment high school atShepem-Ambaulim, two youthriding a yellow Karizma motor-cycle stopped the tempo.Threeothers riding a Bajaj Pulsar mo-torcycle also arrived at the spot.

They flung chilly powder onGaonkars eyes and at knifepoint,snatched the bag containing Rs 1.5lakh in cash. They later fled towardsCuncolim. PI Sudesh Narvekar is in-vestigating.

HERALD NEWS BUREAU

PANJIM, JUNE 15

Incessant rains affected normallife in the State, as incidents ofuprooting of trees, damage tohouses and disruption in utilitieswere reported in many placessince Monday evening.

CALANGUTE CORRESPON-

DENT ADDS: A woman had amiraculous escape, after a treecame crashing down on a houseat Naikka Vaddo, Calangute,early Monday morning.

The house belonging to oneLaxmi Kalangutkar was com-pletely damaged, causing a lossof about Rs 75,000. Luckily,Laxmis daughter Rekha, whowas sleeping in the house, hada miraculous escape.

The house, which is made upof mud, gave in due to theweight of the huge tree. Mapusafire personnel later cut the treeand cleared the place.

Calangute Sarpanch LaxmanParab Palyekar and the wardmember were present at the siteto take stock of the situation.

Speaking to Herald, LaxmanParab Palyekar said: We will tryto provide her necessary assis-tance to re-construct the col-lapsed house. We will alsoextend her the scheme meantfor the poor to re-construct thedamage house. We will try ourbest to help the Kalangutkarfamily in the hour of need.

OLD GOA CORRESPONDENT

ADDS: Three trees were up-

rooted in various parts of OldGoa, blocking the road for ve-hicular traffic.

According to Old Goa fire sta-tion office, the Old Goa-Pilarroad was blocked for traffic,after three huge trees were up-rooted and fell on the road,snapping electricity wires atMandur, Churchwada-Neura, onMonday evening.

Fire Station Officer MathewBaganza along with his officersS N Vengurlekar, D V Sinari, K HGoankar, A M Chodankar and SS Tari rushed to the site andcleared the road.

In another incident that tookplace on Tuesday at about 7.30am, a Gulmohar tree uprootedon the road, blocking vehiculartraffic along the PDA-Corlimroad near Funskool Factory,while another Gulmohar treecam crashing down near DrRanes residence at Ribandar atabout 9 am.

BICHOLIM CORRESPONDENT

ADDS: Property worth Rs 20,000was damaged, after a tree fellon a house at Kamraan Chodan,Bicholim, on Monday night.

The Bicholim fire force offi-cials were kept on their toes, asin several places the roads wereblocked due to uprooting totrees.

According to reports, housebelonging to one Ramrai Ke-sarkar from Kamraan Chodanwas damaged when a Gulmohartree fell on his house, causing a

loss of property worth Rs20,000. The fire force officialscleared the debris and savedproperty worth Rs 40,000.

At Sonarbhat-Ladphem, acompound wall was damagedand the traffic along the roadwas disrupted when a tree camecrashing down on the road. Sim-ilar cases were reported atKasarpal-Bicholim. The fire forceofficials under the supervisionof L S Naik cleared the road.

Rains affect normal life in State

HERALD NEWS DESK

PANJIM, JUNE 15

The Parliamentary Committeeof Estimates on study tour toGoa which held a meeting withthe officials of Goa governmentand MPT at Secretariat Porvorimtoday called for mutual co-ex-istence and proper coordinationbetween MPT and Goa Govern-ment in executing plans and pro-grammes and extend its benefitto the state and its people.

MP Francisco Sardinha whochaired the meeting was also at-tended by Shri Rakesh Srivastav, JtSecretary, Shipping, Government ofIndia, Shri Narendra Kumar, SecretaryInformation, S. Kumar Swamy, Sec-retary Power, Dr. Mudassir, SecretaryEnvironment and Ports, Shri PraveenAgarwal, Chairman MPT and stateofficials from PWD, Revenue andFisheries Department.

Sardinha was of the opinionthat MPT should take the StateGovernment into confidenceand function with its coopera-tion. Issues if any, could be re-solved by sitting across the table

he said adding that the Com-mittee will convey the senti-ments of the members to theMinistry of shipping in address-ing issues between MPT andGoa Government.

The members also heard theproblems and difficulties faced byrepresentatives of Barge and launchowners Association and offered themsolutions with the help of all thestakeholders involved. The problemswere in connection with dischargefacilities for barges, apprehensionsover the move to ban boats fromfunctioning etc.

Praveen Agarwal, Chairman ofMPT who gave a presentation onthe Ports Infrastructure Developmentand capacity enhancement alsotouched upon issues with 4 laneport connectivity road projects whichincludes rehabilitation of PAPs pend-ing with the Goa State RehabilitationBoard since 2005, work of balance4 lane road including fly over fromBaina junction to gate No 9, Vascoby pass road, rehabilitation ofslums by MPT, shifting of garbagedump among others.

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HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, JUNE 15

Chairman of the Estimates Com-mittee of Lok Sabha FranciscoSardinha has asserted that theDabolim airport will not beclosed under any circumstanceseven if Mopa airport becomesa reality.

He submitted his view beforemembers of the Estimates Com-mittee of Lok Sabha at a meetingheld at a resort at Betalbatimon Tuesday. Sardinha said theCommittee has accepted thegovernment s s tand tha tDabolim airport cannot beclosed down in the event ofMopa becoming a reality.

Sardinha further asserted thatits better not to have the Mopaairport if it is to come at thecost of Dabolim airport.

Sources said members of theEstimates Committee sought toknow whether there can be twointernational airports within aclose distance or whetherDabolim will be closed if Mopabecomes a reality. To this, Com-mittee Chairman said the gov-ernment committee on the

Dabolim airport to stay even if Mopa becomes reality: Sardinha

South Goa MP and Chairman of the Estimates Committee of Lok sabha Francisco Sardinha making apoint on the Dabolim and Mopa airport. Photo by Santosh Mirajkarairport has put a condition tothe Union Civil Aviation Ministrythat Mopa airport cannot comeat the cost of Dabolim airport.

He further said that the pro-posed airport at Mopa wouldbe built under the Public PrivatePartnership (PPP) Model.

We have put a condition tothe Union Ministry that ifDabolim is going to be closed,we dont want the proposed

Mopa airport. Mopa is one sideof the state. There is no harmin having two airports, but theMopa airport should not be atthe cost of Dabolim, he said,when newsmen asked whethertwo airport can operate withina radium of 50 kms.

Theres a wrong impressionthat two airport cannot co-existwithin such a short distance.But, the Union government has

approved both the airports onlyon the condition that Dabolimwill not be closed down whenMopa becomes a real ity ,Sardinha said.

The meeting reviewed the ex-pansion work at the Dabolimairport and took into accountthat only 50 per cent of the landacquisition process for the pro-posed Mopa Airport stands com-pleted till date.

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JUNE 15

The loss making Kadamba Trans-port Corporation Limited (KTCL)has registered almost nine per-cent growth in its revenue afterthe implementation of sixth paycommission to its workers.

The revenue of KTCL has goneup by almost eight to nine percentfor the month of May. All credit goesto the workers and our staff, KTCLmanaging director Venancio Furtadotold Herald.

On June 9, the KTCL manage-ment and the union had a jointmeeting, where various lacunaesin functioning were discussed.

Furtado said that increase ismainly attributed to varioussteps taken by the corporationto control revenue leakages.

At the time of sixth pay im-plementation, the workers werewarned against corrupt practiceswhich results in the revenueloss. We had taken strict meas-ures to check that tickets aregiven to the passengers. Thechecking of conductors is beendone on regular bases as wellas the tickles passengers arefined. These actions helped usin increasing our revenue forthe month, he said.

Furtado said that the workersin coordination with the KTCLstaff have done a great job incontrolling the loss of revenue.

Our target is to cut downthe maximum cost and increasethe revenue, he added.

Although, as per the agree-ment between union and man-agement s i gned dur ingimplementation of sixth paycommission, there is provisionfor its revival if performance ofthe workers is not satisfactory,the recently held meeting had

KTC revenue up by9 percent in May

no discussion on the same.We are satisfied with the

way workers are cooperatingand working to bring KTCL outof financial rid. Hence there isno decision on reviving the payscale, Furtado stated. The KTCLwill be having yet another meet-ing next month.

At the time of sixth pay im-plementation, the workers wereasked to raise the corporationsrevenue by at least 10 per centduring the initial months as thepay scale has translate into ad-ditional liability of Rs 43 croreand monthly liability of Rs 1.3crore for the corporation.

Since last one month, the cor-poration has injected several fis-cal measures to improve thefunctioning of KTCL and to in-crease the revenue.

The corporation has also openeda helpline for the passengers to in-form about the misdeeds of theirstaff and accordingly, four of its con-ductors are suspended, while in twocases the inquiry is on and two aregrounded for fetching additionalticket fares from the passengers.

Roll back inschool feehike after

depts order HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JUNE 15

Administrator of MushtifundSaunstha Suhas Sardesai saidonce the Department of Educa-tion writes to them they wouldroll the back the monthly feehike applicable to pre-primaryand primary students.

Sardesai mentioned the man-agement had decided to rollback the fee hike on the instruc-tion of the Government. Parentshad submitted a representationto Education Minister BabushMonserrate in this regard.

Sore over the raise in monthlyfees of their wards studying inthe Education Department-recognised Lok Chetana pre-pri-mary and primary school, whichcomes under the Mushtifundumbrella, parents had conveneda meeting on Saturday.

The schools Parents TeachersAssociation Chairperson Srikr-ishna Haldankar said the rollback in fees was a welcome re-lief to the parents and thankedthe intervention of the Educa-tion Minister in the matter.

The Mushtifund managementhad suddenly raised the monthlyfee to Rs 1,350 claiming theyhad to pay teachers as per Gov-ernment salaries.

HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, JUNE 15

Village Groups of Goa on Tues-day found Town and CountryPlanning officials on the wrongfoot over a Panchanama drawnin respect of a filling of low lyingfields and the filing of FIRagainst the violators.

When representatives of theVillage groups came to see TownPlanner, Rajesh Naik this morn-ing, he was not found in his of-fice. Later, the representativesconfronted planning assistantBomkar over what they termedas faulty panchanama drawnby the official.

They contended that Bomkarhas only mentioned the land ad-measuring 200 square meters

has been illegally filed up atColva, when the ground realityspeaks of land filling of thou-sands of square meters of fertileagricultural fields.

Thats not all. The NGOs criedfoul over the failure by the offi-cials to make any mention ofother activities in the agricul-tural f ields, including thetrenches and road built in theproperty.

There was a verbal duel be-tween Bomkar and secretary ofthe Colva Civic and ConsumerForum, Judith Almeida over thepanchanama, with the NGOs bit-terly protesting against the siteinspection report.

The NGOs further demandedto know from the Planning as-

sistant the delay in lodging aFIR against the violators thoughthe flying squad had issued astop work order to the con-cerned party.

Later, briefing newsmen,Almeida said the site Pan-chanama drawn by the planningassistant shows the connivanceof the officials with the violators.The Planning assistant has seenfor himself the unauthorized de-velopment in the paddy fields,but has not come to light in thesite inspection report., she said.

The NGOs demanded that theTown planning department dotheir homework well and ensurethat fields illegally filled up atColva and Seraulim are restoredto its original condition.

TCP men exposed over faultypanchanama of land filling

HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, JUNE 15

A Goan film scriptwriter residingin Mumbai died of suffocationafter his bed caught fire on Mon-day.

Savio Rodriguez (37), a small-time script writer, was stayingat a rented Versova flat in And-heri (West).

Police suspect the fire wascaused by a cigarette which hehad forgotten to put off.

Noticing smoke comingfrom the f lat, neighboursopened the door with thehelp of the house-owner,Versova police said.

Rodriguez was rushed toCooper Hospital where he wasdeclared brought dead.

Senior inspector Suresh Nalawadeof the Versova police station said,Rodriguez was staying alone in theflat at the third floor of Royal Apart-ments on Yari Road. He had beenstaying there for the past sixmonths.

The neighbours could noteven enter inside for some timeas the smoke was very thick.They saw Savio lying on a couchin the hall. His bed was com-

Goan dies of suffocation after bed catches fire

pletely burnt and he had suf-fered some burn injuries on hishands and face. We suspect thathe died because of suffocationas burn injuries found on hisbody were not severe, said apolice officer of the Versova po-lice station.

remandfor murder

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

BICHOLIM, JUNE 15

The 48-year-old accused from Bihar,who was arrested in connection withthe murder of his roommate on Sun-day, has been remanded to 10 dayspolice custody.

On Sunday, one Shankar Sharmahad allegedly murdered his room-mate Krishna Sahu at Maina-Navelim,Sanquelim, after an altercation dur-ing the dinner.

Saligaowoman

ends lifeHERALD CORRESPONDENT

CALANGUTE, JUNE 15

A 29-year-old woman fromSonarbhat-Saligao committedsuicide by hanging herself tothe ceiling of her house at Sali-gao on Monday.

According to Calangute po-lice, Jyoti Dinesh Malik droveout her husband and daughterfrom the bedroom and commit-ted suicide by hanging herselfto the ceiling.

Police after conducting theautopsy handed over the bodyto family members for final rites.PSI Sherif Jacques is investigat-ing the case.

GOA GOA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2010

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IIM-Ahmedabad selects Ashish

Chief cardiologist Dr Ramdas Nayak felicitates Ashish Naik inthe presence of Brijesh Babu, medical director Dr Dhillon Des-sai and senior executive of Vivus Group Dr Vaishali Joshi.

PANJIM(HND): Ashish Naik from Canacona has been selectedby IIM Ahemadabad with a score of 98.38 percentile. He is theseventh student from Goa to get admission to India's premiermanagement institute.

In recognition of his achievement, Vivus-SMRC Heart Centre,Vasco, felicitated Ashish recently by presenting a memento.

The function was attended by medical superintendent DrDhillon Desai, chief interventional cardiologist and electro-physiologist Dr Ramdas Nayak, administrator Brijesh Babu,head of marketing Vaishali Joshi and the entire Vivus family.

Ashish also was wished over the phone by CM DigambarKamat who said he is proud of Asish's achievement.

Ex-IIMA alumni Bhaskar Assoldekar and a very successfulentrepreneur also felicitated Ashish telephonically and advisedhim to cultivate the virtues of forgiveness and the ability toadmit one's mistakes and apologize, to achieve success.

Ashish has done his BCom from Shri Mallikarjun College ofArts & Commerce, Canacona and is the only non-engineeringstudent from Goa, to get into IIMA.

POWER SHUTDOWN

JUNE 16PANJIM: Between 9 am to 5 pm. Areas affected are EDC house

opposite Talaulikar Hospital, Amina building, Bullet showroom,Maratha Bhavan building, Lar Milrock, Premevera Building, PanjimHotel, Sindurg building, Syaz complex, Mahalaxmi building, Vijay-alakshmi apartment, Mayfair hotel building and surrounding areas.

JUNE 17VERNA: From 9 am to 4 pm. Areas affected are Jordan, Dentalcare,

Betts, FDC, Alcina packers, Andrews show room and Bharath Gasfed and surrounding areas.

JUNE 19MAPUSA: Between 9 am to 5 pm. Areas affected are Bodgini,

Navtara Hotel, Parra, Agnimorod, Parra tower, Jakni waddo, Arradi,Verla, Canca, Brittowado, Saliswado, Lingabhat, Lobowado, Fon-daewado and surrounding areas.

HIHTs blood donation

Revenue Minister Jose Philip DSouza along with the team ofHeritage Institute of Hotel and Tourism and blood donors.

PANJIM(HND): On the occasion of World Blood Donor Day,Heritage Institute of Hotel and Tourism, Goa organised a blooddonation camp in the campus. The chief guest on the occasionwas Revenue Minister Jose Philip D'Souxa. The students andthe staff of the institute actively participated in the camp anddonated their blood.

The local residents of in and around Vasco were also presentfor donating their blood. A team of 6 doctors from Goa MedicalCollege Blood Bank, Bambolim, collected the blood of approx-imately 150 Donors. On this occasion Deputy Director, HIHT,Vikas Chopra, HLDC Head- Sujit Kumar Dwivedi and Adminis-trative Head Shiv Seth were present to boost the moral of thedonors. After the donation of blood, gifts and sweets weredistributed to the donors.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

PORVORIM, JUNE 15

Come shine and now rain, fish-erwomen from Mapusa continueto sell fish in the old fish market,even though the roof has beendemolished by Mapusa Munici-pal Council (MMC).

MMC had constructed a tem-porary shed at the cost of Rs 8lakh for fisherwomen, but theyare reluctant to sit in the shed.

Speaking to Herald, somefisherwomen complained thatthe temporary shelter providedby MMC is unhygienic.

It becomes slippery whenfish water is spilled on theground and several fisher-women and people have slippedand sustained fractures. It is forthis reason, we prefer to sit inthe old fish market even we getwet in rains, sad the fisher-women.

At the time of demolitionof the roof of the old fishmarket, the MMC officialshad assured us that the newfish market would be con-structed by Goa State Urban

D e v e l o p m e n t A g e n c y(GSUDA) within six months,but it is now more than ayear and there in no sign of

construction of new fish mar-ket, they said.

We have been cheated byMMC, stated the fisherwomenangrily.

It may be recalled that MMChad demolished the rooftop ofthe fish market in April 2009and shifted the fisherwomen inthe temporarily shelter built inthe open space adjacent to thefish market.

However, due to unhy -gienic conditions, the fisher-women shifted back to theold fish market. They stageda protest rally on March 17demanding construction ofthe new fish market urgentlya n d m e t C h i e f O f f i c e rDashrath Redkar and MMCChairperson Roopa Bhakta topress their demand.

Though MMC has already for-warded the project file of newfish market duly approved byPlanning and Development Au-thority North Goa to Goa StateUrban Development Agency, theGSUDA is yet to start the con-struction.

Mapusa civic body has cheated us: fisherfolk

n At the time ofdemolition of theroof of the oldfish market, theMMC officials hadassured us thatthe new fishmarket would beconstructed byGoa State UrbanDevelopmentAgency (GSUDA)within sixmonths, but it isnow more than ayear and there inno sign ofconstruction ofnew fish market.

TTAG installation ceremonyPANJIM(HND): Travel and Tourism Association of Goa will

be organizing their XXVIII installation ceremony of the Presidentand the Managing Committee for the term 2010-2012 atCidade de Goa, Vainguinim beach on June 18 at 7 pm.

Governor Dr Sidhu will be the chief guest and Chief MinisterDigambar Kamat will be the guest of honour.

Personality developmentPANJIM(HND): The Institute of Personality Development will

organize a crash course on interviews from June 21 from 10am to 11 am. The course will include personality development,communication skills, public speaking, hospitality, human re-lationship and mind control and writing of application andbio-data.

The duration of the course is five days only. The course isconducted by Prof Agnel Crasto, Director of the Institute ofPersonality Development, at Pinto Chambers, Block A, 2ndfloor, Menezes Braganza Road, Opp Dena Bank, Panjim. Thoseinterested may contact Prof Agnel Crasto on tel no:s2435838/9420818302.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

CALANGUTE, JUNE 15

The newly formed North GoaTourist Taxi Owners Association(NGTTOA) was inaugurated atShree Jambleshwar Temple Hall,Ximer-Candolim, on Sunday.

Calangute ML A and EDCChairman Agnelo Fernandes in-augurated the NGTTOA in thepresence of the executive com-mittee of the Association, LegalAdvisor Subhash Sawant and alarge number of taxi owners.

MLA Fernandes also unveiledthe Registration Certificate ofthe Association and the Associ-ation batches meant for taxiowners.

The NGTTOA was registeredon May 12, 2010, under the So-cietys Act and headed by Va-sudev A r l eka r, Rav indraVengurlekar (vice president),Vinayak Nanoskar (general sec-retary), Pradeep Shirodker (trea-surer), Vivek Korgaonkar (jointsecretary) while Rajen Palyekar,Uday Shirodker, Sanjay Ven-gurlekar and Irenieu Gonsalves(executive members). SuddeshKalangutkar is the spokespersonof the Association.

On a day prior to the annualgeneral meeting of the Associ-ation, 280 members were reg-istered with the Association.

Addressing the gathering,MLA Fernandes congratulatedthe taxi owners for their boldstep and hoped it will be an as-sociation to look after the in-terests of taxi owners and nota forum indulging in unwanted

Tourist taxi owners panel inaugurated at Candolim

Calangute MLA Agnelo Fernandes presents the registration certifi-cate to NGTTOA President Vasudev Arlekar.

Photo by Thomas Fernandes

fights to tarnish the image oftaxi owners.

He also made a fervent appealto the taxi owners to maintainunity among themselves so thattheir just demands can be sortedout amicably.

NGTTOA President VasudevArlekar explained the impor-tance of forming an associationto meet the just demands of thetaxi owners and at the sametime to bestow respect for theirself-employment of taxi hiretrade.

The first job on hand for theAssociation is the permit for 800vehicle owners, which the Trans-port Department has decidedagainst on completion of nineyears, he said.

Arlekar also disclosed plansof insurance for all the members

of the Association and pensionon their retirement age. Hecalled upon the taxi ownersfrom all over North Goa to jointhe NGTTOA to strengthen theirhands.

The speakers at the meetingwere also critical of TransportMinister Sudin Dhavlikar and al-leged harassment for the taxiowners at the instant of the ve-hicle marketers for a price.

However, Agnelo Fernandespromised to take up the matterwith the transport minister andpromised his wholehearted co-operation in their cause.

Others who addressed thetaxi owners were SuddeshKalangutkar, Ravindra Ven-gurlekar and Subhas Sawant.Vinayak Nanoskar proposed thevote of thanks.

Madhavi tops at SalgaoncarsPANJIM(HND): Madhavi R

Patkar, student of V M Sal-gaoncar College of Law hastopped in the college in theLLB-final year degree exam-ination of 2009-10 with afirst class. She is a residentof Sawantwaddi and thedaughter of Ramesh andAnusuya Patkar.

According to a press re-lease, Madhavi venturedfrom far Sawantwaddi to thesoil of Goa to pursue her lawdegree as there were no lawcolleges at Sawantwaddithen. Madhavi intends to pursue her LLM degree in the samecollege.

Her efforts are moreover to be appreciated for being a lonewoman student to venture into a new state of Goa, breaking thebarriers of orthodox cultures at Maharashtra. She is soft-spoken,cultured, humble, disciplined and a good student as per theopinion of her lecturers and teachers, says a press release.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

CANACONA, JUNE 15

Deputy Superintendent of PoliceMahesh Naik Gaunkar has ap-pealed to the parents to devotesome time to their childrenstudying in schools and collegesin the midst of their day-to-dayrunning.

DySP Naik Gaunkar wasspeaking as the chief guest atthe annual prize distributionfunction of Centro Promoter doInstrucao held in Shri Mallikar-jun Vidyalaya, Char Rasta, Cana-cona on Saturday.

According to DySP NaikGaunkar, Centro Promoter In-strucao, an oldest educationalinstitution running a highschool, in Canacona, has beeninstrumental in giving some bestpersons to the State in differentfields.

Sahil Dilkush NaikDessai of

Shri Katiyani Baneshwari HighSchool and Kushant Ganesh Shetof Shri Nirankar High School,Tudal, who stood first and sec-ond in Canacona taluka in therecently announced SSC resultswere felicitated by DySP MaheshNaik Gaonkar.

DySP Gaonkar also felicitatedAishwaria Dhillon Dessai (StTeresa of Jesus High School,Chaudi) for standing f irstamongst girls from Canaconataluka in SSC board exams.

Anisha Anil Gayak from Gov-ernment High School, Shristhal,who stood first with Marathias first language also receivedattention from Centro Pro-moter Instrucao, felicitatingher in the hands of DySP NaikGaonkar.

DySP Naik Gaonkar also fe-licitated Pranali ChandrakantBhagat from Shri Mallikarjun

High School for scoring highestmarks in Maths in SSC exami-nations.

Other students from differenthigher secondary and collegeswho were felicitated on the oc-casion are Sonali Phaldessai,Harshada Bhagat, Mayur Naik,Gauraj Fatarpekar, Rajat Ko-marpant, Pallavi Bhagat, KalpitaNaik, Rupali Naik and PratiskshaPrakash Dessai.

Earlier, Centro Promoter In-strucao President Vikas Dessaiwelcomed the gathering, Sec-retary Anil Kalsu Dessai read outa brief report of the instrucaoand Vice President BabusoGaonkar proposed the vote ofthanks.

Others present on the occa-sion are Instrucao General As-sembly P res ident SureshNaikgaunkar and School Man-ager Prakash Naikgaunkar.

Parents urged to devote time tochildren in day-to-day affairs

The felicitated students along with chief guest DySP Mahesh NaikGaunkar and Centro Promoter Instru-cao office bearers. Photo by Kathy Pereira

Canacona schoolstudents chosen

for NSS campat RajasthanHERALD CORRESPONDENT

CANACONA, JUNE 15

Three students from S S AngleHigher Secondary School,Maxem-Canacona, have been se-lected in Goas NSS contingentto take part in summer adven-ture camp at Rajasthan.

According to S S Angle NSSUnit Programme Officer AnantAgni, three students Agraj SatishPainguinkar, Gaurish Krish-nanand Nayak and AdarshUmesh Kamat are among 20 vol-unteers selected from Goa totake part in the summer adven-ture camp at the national levelto be held at Atalbihari VajpayeeMountaineering Institute, Ra-jasthan, from June 18 to June27.

The selection of 20 Goan out-standing NSS volunteers hasbeen carried out by Departmentof Sports and Youth Affairs andthe team will leave for Manalion June 15 afternoon, states thepress note.

Agni also informed that agrade-I teacher of S S AngleHigher Secondary School Kavin-dra Phaldessai will accompanyGoa contingent as group man-ager.

Interestingly, Shree NirakarEducation Society ChairmanPrashant Naik and acting prin-cipal of the school HemantKamat have congratulated thestudents and the accompanyingteacher for their selection torepresent the State team at thenational level.

2 held for damaging

property at Sangolda

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

CALANGUTE, JUNE 15

Calangute police on Monday ar-rested two persons who are sus-pec ted to have damagedproperty belonging to Govern-ment Primary School at San-golda.

According to Calangute po-lice, the duo from Sangolda werearrested based on a complaintfiled by one Ganga Shetty statingthat unknown persons brokethe latch of the school at BelaVista, Sangolda, in the interven-ing night of Saturday and Sundayand damaged school items likeWorld Globe, cupboards, etc,incurring losses about Rs 5,000.PSI Harish Gauns is investigatingthe case.

Screening at XCHRPANJIM(HND): Xavier Centre of Historical Research and

Child's Play India Foundationwill present a screening of'Tocar y Luchar' (To Play andTo Fight) on June 19 at 5.30pm at XCHR, Porvorim.

This extraordinary docu-mentary explores one of themusic worlds most upliftingsoc ia l phenomena , theVenezuelan Youth OrchestraSystem (El Sistema), whichhas made world-class musi-cians out of underprivilegedyoung children.

With interviews with manyof the worlds most celebratedmusicians including the greattenor Placido Domingo, Claudio Abbado, Sir Simon Rattle,Guiseppe Sinopoli, and Eduardo Mata, 'To Play and To Fight'is an inspirational story of courage, determination, ambition,and love showing us that only those who dream can achievethe impossible, says a press release.

Courses in fashion designingPanjim(HND): Government Polytechnic, Panjim, under its

Community Development through Polytechnic Scheme, willcommence courses on fashion designing, refrigeration andair conditioning (RAC) and beautician, free of cost mainly foreconomically backward rural unemployed youth. Candidatesapplying for fashion designing course should have basic knowl-edge of cutting and tailoring.

Interested candidates should submit their full bio-data andrelevant certificate (photocopy) and three passport size pho-tographs in the office of the Community Development throughPolytechnic Scheme, Government Polytechnic, Altinho-Panajion or before June 30.

Workshop one-filing of

TDS returnsHERALD NEWS DESK

PANJIM, JUNE 15

The Income Tax Department,Panjim will organize a seminarfor creating awareness andto discuss difficulties encoun-tered by TDS deductors in e-filing of TDS Returns.

The seminar will be held atSurendrababu Timblo Conven-tion Hall, above GCCI Office,Narayan Rajaram Bandekar Bha-van, Panjim on June 22 at 4pm.

The Chief Commissioner ofIncome Tax, Commissioner andAdditional Commissioner andother important officers ofthe Income Tax Departmentwill guide the participants.

This is a unique opportunityto all the TDS Deductors toget all their doubts clearedand also to put forth the dif-ficulties encountered by them.

All TDS deductors can par-ticipate in the meeting. Thereare no charges for participation.However, those interested arerequested to register theirname with the GCCI on telno 2424252 at the earliest, saysa press release

HERALD NEWS DESK

PANJIM, JUNE 15

A book 'Goa, 50 anos depois'(Goa 50 years thereafter) has re-cently been published by Pro-fessor Borges da Cunha in Leiria,Portugal, to mark 50 years ofhis return to Goa, in search ofthe remnants ofPortuguese cul-ture and to meethis friends here,a f t e r hav ingserved as com-pulsory militaryo f f i ce r, f i vedecades ago.

Posted in 1957a t O ld Goa ,Borges da Cunhasimultaneouslycompleted hisLyceum and firstyear of EscolaNormal in Goa,acquiring manyfriendships and studying theHindu culture and local customs.

So much in love with Goa andits people, Borges visited Goain 1985 with his wife Dona Aliceto take part in the Silver Jubileecelebrations of his course.Thereafter, he re-visited in 1992and lately in 2008 when he wasaccorded a grand reception atRaj Bhavan hosted by GovernorJamir in the presence of ChiefMinister Digambar Kamat andother dignitaries. He too pre-sented them the medallions ofthe Castle of Leiria.

'Goa, 50 anos depois' is a bookwhere nostalgia of five decadesis mixed with the flavour ofpleasure of his return to thepresent.

Through its brief chapters -Old Goa, Museum of Sacred Art,Archaeological Museum, the last

cars of GovernorVassalo e Silva,Goa LegislativeAssembly, Insti-tute MenezesBraganza, Por-tuguese Lyceum,Goa Medical Col-lege, Seminariesof Rachol andPilar, Deao deQuepem, S. Fran-cisco Xavier, GoaMint House, etc- photos anddocuments, theauthor presentsthe Portuguese

Goa of today.Adelio Amaro, Editorial Co-

ordinator of 'Folheto' in his beau-tiful presentation of the bookrelease to a selected audienceof a hundred of intellectuals inPortugal stressed interalia: "ProfBorges da Cunha has provedthat Goa, 50 years thereafter,continue to be a land of hospi-tality and Portuguese culture, alasting acknoweldgement of themark kept there."

The book has been prefacedby Dr Jose de Sousa from Mar-gao.

Book on Goa released in Portugal

Trek to Maharashtra

HERALD NEWS DESK

PANJIM, JUNE 15

Eco Treks Goa will be organisinga trek to Redi in Maharashtraon June 20.

One will be able to witnesshistoric forts like Teracol andYeshwantgad at Redi. In frontof the fort lies the famous lonelyand cool Teracol beach, says apress release. The trek will beheld from 8 am to 6 pm. Forbookings contact: DurgadasParab on 9422445444, Olympioon 9822168112 and Amit on9422442973.

HERALD NEWS DESK

PANJIM, JUNE 15

Goa Revolution Day will be celebrated on June 18 for which officialfunctions will be held at Martyrs Memorial at Azad Maidan, Panjimand also at Lohia Maidan, Margao and Kranti Maidan, Ponda.

14 Freedom Fighters, posthumously and living will be felicitatedat the function at Panjim at the hands of Governor, Dr S S Sidhuand Chief Minister Digambar Kamat.

According to a press release, June 18 is celebrated every yearsince 1980 as Goa Revolution Day to commemorate the clarioncall given by Dr Rammanohar Lohia, nationalist and veteran freedomfighter to the people of Goa to unite and fight against the colonialregime at Margao at a place now called Lohia Maidan, in 1946.

Hectic preparations are going on at Azad Maidan, Lohia Maidanand Kranti Maidan wherein the Departments such as PWD, Protocol,Information & Publicity, Sports, Bal Bhavan, Panjim City Corporationand others are busy giving final touches to the arrangements.

At Panjim, Governor Dr Sidhu will be the chief guest, whileChief Minister Digambar Kamat will also grace the occasion alongwith the Speaker Pratapsingh Rane, Chief Secretary Sanjay Srivastavaand Director General of Police Bhim Sain Bassi, IPS. NagueshKarmali, President of Goa Daman and Diu, Freedom Fighters As-sociation, Panjim and Chandrakant Kenkre, President of FreedomFighters Association Goa, Ponda will also remain present on theoccasion.

At Margao, Churchill Alemao, Minister for PWD will place thewreath at Martyrs Memorial at Lohia Maidan to pay homage.While at Kranti Maidan, Home Minister Ravi Naik will pay homageto the martyrs. The functions will be held at all places and willstart at 8.30 am.

The following are the freedom fighters to be felicitated: Chan-drakant Nilu Parrikar, Calangute (poshthumous); GovindajiJaswantrao Desai, Pernem (posthumous); Puti Ganesh Gaonkar,Sattari (posthumous); Vishnu Zaiko Gaonkar, Sattari (posthumous),Raghoba Babli Mainkar, Sattari (posthumous), Sukdo Dhakto Chari,Sattari (posthumous), Shivaji Pandurang Sawant, Panaji (posthu-mous), George Francisco C. Andrade, St. Inez (posthumous), ShriPandurang Dadasaheb Rane, Bicholim (living); Shri Sitaram BabloHumraskar, Mapusa (living); Shri Krishna Laxman Kerkar, Vasco(living), Shri Damodar Tukaram Kambli, Panaji (living); Shri RaghobaV. Malik, Sanquelim (living) and Shri Chandrakant Bablo Parab (liv-ing).

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HERALD REPORTER

MARGAO, JUNE 15

Blaming Mamlatdars and BlockDevelopment Officers forblocking his plan to includemore and more Goans in theBelow Poverty Line (BPL) list,Rural Development MinisterChurchill Alemao has said theCentre has come out with newcriteria which would help bringlarge number of Goans in theBPL category.

Alemao warned the RDAstaff, especially from SouthGoa district, that he wouldcrack a whip and send themhome, if their performancecontinues to remain below par.

At the meeting with RDA of-ficials and staff held here onMonday, Alemao announcedthat the Centre has relaxed theBPL norms which will nowmake it easy for economicallybackward Goans to get in theBPL list. The Mamlatdars andBDOs had blocked our plans tobring more Goans in the BPLlist on grounds the applicantdoes not fall in the category.

But, the latest criteria will helppeople to be brought underthe category, he said.

The RDA Minister issued di-rectives to the officials to en-sure that more and moreGoans are included in the BPLlist to avail benefits under theCentral schemes. There aresome Sarpanchas, who have re-fused to approve names for theBPL families. Now, the rules arechanged that the householdowners can now take approvaleven from a Zilla panchayatmember and other personsmentioned in the criteria, hesaid.

The Minister asked theRDA Secretary to immediatelywrite to the Mamlatdars andthe BDOs on the refusal toclear the names under theBPL list and also call a meet-ing with them to solve the im-broglio.

He replied in the negativewhen suggested that theRDA department could notmake major inroads in thevillages to bring the poor

under the BPL list. In Nave-lim village, there were onlythree people included in theBPL category. Now the figurehas shot up to over 600.Things are certainly improv-ing, but more needs to bedone. People should realisethat a NREG card holder isautomatically included in theBPL list, he added.

Meanwhile, the RDA Secre-tary has called upon the offi-cials and staff from South Goato put in more efforts to en-sure successful implementa-tion of the BPL schemes. TheDRDA, north has initiatedmany steps. The staff in southGoa might have been workinghard, but there are many inad-equacies as per the records,he said.

The Secretary said that audi-tors have questioned the poorimplementation of BLPschemes in South Goa andcalled upon the staff to workwith dedication and sincerityby bringing more persons inthe BPL category.

New criteria will bring moreGoans in BPL list: Churchill

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

MARCEL, JUNE 15

The Janajagruti Manch Bandora(JMB) has taken a strong objec-tion to the proposed housingproject on the communidadeland near Industrial Training In-stitute at Farmagudi-Ponda.

Interestingly, a part of thecommunidade land has beensuggested in the RP 2021 to bekept as grazing land by thecore committee of Bandorapanchayat. The request hasbeen already forwarded to theTCP.

It may be recalled that vil-lagers during Bandora pan-chayat gram sabha hadobjected to the proposedhousing project.

JMB member Govind Gaudesaid a private contractor with-out any permission from theauthorities has undertakenroad construction through agovernment property and theworks are being executed dur-ing holidays.

We have obtained informa-tion under RTI Act through theITI Farmagudi, as the road isbeing constructed through ITIland. To our surprise, the infor-

mation does not mention ofgiving any permission for roadconstruction, said Gaude.

Some private party is mis-using the government propertyand authorities are least both-ered. The contractor is doingthe work during weekends andno one knows who is doing thework, added Gaude.

Though no details are avail-able on the contractor under-taking the roadwork, it is clearthat the road is only for thehousing project, claimedGaude.

He further said only Dhangarfamily resides in the area andthe road could have endednear their residences.

Dhangar families have notdemanded the road and nei-ther does it ends at their resi-dences. It is a clear indicationthat it is for the mega residen-tial project on the commu-nidade land. We have opposedand will continue to do so,stated Gaude.

Ragi Patil from the Dhangarcommunity claimed that theroad contractor forcibly de-stroyed the well, which wasbuilt for Ganesh immersion.

There was a well built bythe panhayat to immerseGanesh replica. It has beencovered with mud to make wayfor the road. The small portionof the road passes through theprivate property. We are livinghere since last so many yearsand the land owner forcibly de-molished the temporary com-pound wall and later onecontractor begun with roadwork. We have six families liv-ing here, said Patil of Far-magudi.

Bandora Sarpanch DamodarNaik claimed that no NOC hasbeen granted to any such workat Farmagudi and that the pan-chayat has forwarded the sug-gestion of the core committeeon RP2021 to demarcate theland as grazing.

We havent given any per-mission to construct road atFarmagudi. The area, wherepeople allege a housing projectwill come up, has been sug-gested to be demarcated as agrazing land, said thesarpanch.

The suggestion of the corecommittee has been sent tothe TCP to be included in theRP 2021, added Naik.

The JMB has urged authori-ties to look into the matter atthe earliest and not to allowany work until the RP 2021 isfinalized.

Manch has also warned theinvestors, who wish to pur-chase property in the area thatthe work is illegally executedand their investment will be ofno use.

I urge authorities not toallow any permission for workin the area till RP 2021 is final-ized. If any one wants to buyproperty, they should do attheir own risk and not toblame the villagers later,warned Govind Gaude.

1 rescued from drowningCALANGUTE (HC): A 25-year-old native of Anna Nagar-Chennai

was rescued from drowning by lifeguards of Dristhi Surf Life Teamoff Baga coast on Sunday.

According to Dristhi reports, P Bhupati Muthunathan was swim-ming in a no-swim zone when he was pulled in by a rip current.Drishti Captain Sagar Gaonkar, who noticed Muthunathan strug-gling in the waters, alerted lifeguards Shekhar Kamat and VitthalChorlekar. Lifeguards Shekhar and Vithal swam to his rescue andwere later joined in by lifeguards Vitthal Matnekar and GautamKalangutkar. They securely brought Muthunathan to the shores.

Janajagruti Manch opposeshousing project at Farmagudi

Villagers of Farmagudi-Ponda gather at the ongoing road work nearITI Farmagudi. Photo by Amresh Parab

HERALD REPORTER

VASCO, JUNE 15

Stating that information ispower, All India Council forTechnical Education ChairmanProf S S Mantha said there is aneed to develop expert sys-tems to share knowledge andorganizations have to developintranets to share knowledge.

Mantha was speaking duringthe inaugural function of four-day NACLIN 2010, the 13th Na-tional Convention onKnowledge, Library and Infor-mation Networking at Birla In-stitute of Technology andScience, Pilani (BITS Pilani), K KBirla Goa Campus, Sancoale.

The conference is jointly or-ganised by Developing LibraryNetwork (DELNET) and BITS Pi-lani and over 260 librarians, in-formation specialists, resourcepersonnel from different partsof the country and abroadwould deliberate in the 13thconvention on Revitalizing Li-brary into Global Village.

Emphasizing networking oflibraries for sharing knowledgeand information in knowledgedriven society, Mantha said:We need to develop expertsystems, not merely for access-ing the resources, but also tocapture the knowledge.

He questioned the authen-ticity of large number of infor-mation obtained at the click ofa mouse from the web fromsearch tools, thus expert sys-tems and search tools have tobe developed to ensure the au-thenticity of information.

Digital library is an exampleof knowledge sharing idea,

added Mantha.In his presidential address,

BITS Pilani Vice Chancellor ProfL K Maheshwari called for therevitalization of libraries.

India had excellent informa-tion resources in ancient uni-versities like Taxila, Nalanda,said. Citing a recent example ofSaraswati Mahal Library, Tan-jore, he said information avail-able in palm leaves have beenarchived and preserved for fu-ture generations by using digi-tal technology.

Maheshwari said knowledgedoubles every 10 years and hecalled for technologies to han-dle knowledge efficiently.

Introducing the conference,DELNET Director Dr H K Kaulsaid importance of developingvillage knowledge centers inthe villages.

He said the role of a librarianhas changed in recent yearsand it is a right time to evalu-

ate the knowledge resourcesand select authenticated re-sources.

However, upgrade andmodernize the syllabus ofcourses in library and informa-tion sciences, the challengethat has to be taken into con-sideration, said Kaul.

Director of BITS Pilani K KBirla, Goa campus, Prof K ERaman said libraries need to beprovided in every new campus.The faculty members need tobe more informed about theknowledge resources so thatthey can guide the students,he said.

Earlier, Prof S S Mantha re-leased souvenir of NACLIN2010, while Dr Sangeeta Kaulof DELNET and Anuradha ofBITS Pilani Goa campus wel-comed the gathering. Dr Ish-wara Bhat from BITS Pilani,Rajasthan, proposed the voteof thanks.

Need to develop expert systems to share knowledge

Prof S S Mantha releases the souvenir of NACLIN 2010 in the presenceof Prof L K Maheshwari, Prof K E Raman, Dr H K Kaul, Dr SangeetaKaul, Dr Ishwara Bhat and Anuradha.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

BELGAUM, JUNE 15

Fr Gabriel Lobo (87), thefounder of St Xaviers HighSchool, here, and one of thefirst generation priests, whohailed from Aldona, died atClergy Home, Dharwad, onMonday.

Fr Lobo was one of the mostrespected priests in the Dio-cese of Belgaum. Born on July,12, 1922, he completed his pri-mary school at Aldona andthen did two years of Latin atMapusa. He joined the Semi-nary at Rachol and preparedhimself for the priesthood forthe next 10 years.

Fr Lobo was ordained on Jan-uary 12, 1947, by Valerian Car-dinal Gracias who was thenAuxiliary Bishop of Bombay. Hewas appointed to the Dioceseof Belgaum, where he worked

tirelessly for the spiritual, so-cial and educational develop-ment of the people hereirrespective of caste and creed.

He was the founder of StXaviers School, which was ear-lier known as Immaculate Con-ception School. He wasinstrumental in constructingthe Immaculate ConceptionChurch, Belgaum, Our Lady ofPiety Church, Belgundi, and

Founder of St Xaviers HS, Fr Gabriel no more

Fr Gabriel Lobo

other religious, social and edu-cational institutions.

Fr Lobo was first appointedat Sacred Heart Mission,Madanbhavi, in 1947 and thenas parish priest of Holy RosaryChurch, Tumarikopp, in March1955.

In March 1965, Fr Lobo wasappointed parish priest of Im-maculate Conception Church,Belgaum, where till 1987 heserved the people. In 1987, hewas appointed as the parishpriest of Our Lady of PietyChurch, Belgundi, where heserved till his retirement frompriesthood in 1998.

Bishop of Belgaum DioceseRev Peter Machado who is atpresent in Germany has ex-pressed deep sorrow on thedeath of Fr Gabriel Lobo.

The Diocese of Belgaum haslost one of the most committedpriests. He was always faithfulto any mission he was en-trusted with, Bishop Machadosaid in his message.

The mortal remains of FrLobo will be brought to Bel-gaum on Wednesday at 12noon at Fatima Cathedral, Bel-gaum. Karwar Bishop DerekFernandes accompanied by FrLucio Mascarenhas, Vicar Gen-eral of Belgaum will be presideover Eucharistic services thatwill be held at Fatima Cathedralon Wednesday at 3.30 pm, fol-lowed by the burial at the Eu-ropean Cemetery.

A large number of priestsfrom Belgaum, Karwar, Goa,Sindhurg and other places areexpected to attend the funeralservices.

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

CANACONA, JUNE 15

Parishioners in almost all thechurches in Canacona talukacelebrated the feast of St An-thony with great faith and de-votion on Sunday.

While masses were cele-brated with special devotionsto the wonder worker saint ofextraordinary gift of miraclesin most other churches, StTeresa of Jesus Church, Chaudi,led the Canacona deanery in-voking St Anthony in both Sun-day masses, which werepartaken fervently by manyparishioners.

The feast of St Anthony wascelebrated at Chaudi churchwith unique precedence, as allthe participating devotees

were distributed with breadsand a Novena booklet of St An-thony in both the masses.

Chaudi Church Parish PriestFr Manual Fernandes cele-brated the masses and in hishomily appealed to the parish-ioners to live the life of St An-thony of Padua of theFransciscan Order.

According to a Chaudichurch parishioner NatividadeDSa, one Peter Fernandes ofPonsulem had booked June 13to observe the feast of St An-thonys in Chaudi church, inhonour of the saint and ex-press his thanksgiving for an-swering his prayers.

Incidentally, Peter whoworks in a gulf country couldnot attend the celebrations in

Goa, however his motherRemetina along with his wifeand children were present andrecorded the mass proceedingsto be sent to Peter, informedDSa.

Interestingly, out of theseven parishes in Canacona,Galgibaga church is devoted toSt Anthony, which too ob-served the saints feast on Sun-day like other churches, butGalgibaga church traditionallycelebrates the village feast in agrand way in January.

Many people invoked St An-thony for recovery of lostthings, both temporal and spir-itual, while it is a known tradi-tion to invoke the peoplesfavourite saint in the event ofdelay in rains.

St Anthonys feast celebrated

HERALD CORRESPONDENT

CANACONA, JUNE 15

A resident of Colomb-Cana-cona has accused governmentauthorities of not coming tohis rescue, as the sea hasthreatened the existence of hishouse and a few other housesin the area.

Every year during mon-soon, the sea takes away majorchunks of land. The poundingwaves, which almost reach rearthe house wall, have developedcracks to our entire house,Abhay Dhuri, residing atColomb shore, told Herald.

Dhuri showed scribes thewide cracks developed to theover 70-year-old mud wall

house over the years in whichhis family still resides.

Sometimes, we feel threat-ened to live in such a house,but have no other option. Theauthorities hardly see any ur-gency to take suitable meas-ures to avoid further landerosion by the rampaging sea,he said.

Dhuri said altogether 10other houses in the locality arealso threatened at Colomb.

I have been knocking thedoors of government authori-ties at different point of timesince 1998, but to no avail, hesaid.

Initially, the then Mamlatdar,thought my demand was unrea-

sonable and kept quiet, but thesubsequent talukas administra-tive heads, sometimes invokingdisaster management clausesafter observing the threats areindeed at a profound stage,filed reports for necessarymeasures, but till now nothinghas been materialized.

After I met Water ResourcesMinister Felipe Neri Rodrigues,a year and half ago, thingsbegan to move, but the con-cerned departments seems tobe hardly in any urgency, asfate continue to be in thehands of nature, while sea con-tinues to take away chunks ofland as the waves pound ourbackyard, informed Dhuri.

Sea threat to houses: Colomb local accuses govt of neglect HERALD CORRESPONDENT

OLD GOA, JUNE 15

The Corlim Citizen Civic andConsumer Forum (CCCCF) havedecided to meet PWD MinisterChurchill Alemao and the twoLok Sabha MPs in a bid to savehouses likely to be demolisheddue to the proposed road-widening of the NH4A highwayfrom Panjim to Ponda via Cor-lim.

CCCCF members feared that40 houses would be demol-ished as land is being demar-cated for the NH4A highway.

In a bid to save thesehouses, CCCCF members havesuggested that authoritiesshould instead divert the high-way from Old Goa through thefields of Carambolim and Cor-lim, before connecting it to-

wards the highway at theBanstarim Bridge.

They also feared that the busyhighway could disrupt the peaceand tranquility in the village.

The forum is worried aboutthe number of houses thatwould be demolished for thehighway and w would like tomeet PWD Minister ChurchillAlemao as well as North GoaMP Shripad Naik and SouthGoa MP Francisco Sardinha inthis regard, said CCCCF Secre-tary Baptist Pereira.

Our forum has even askedthe Corlim panchayat to con-vene a special Gram Sabha onthe issue. However, Im sur-prised that the affected per-sons have not contacted theForum with their grievances,Pereira added.

NH4A widening: Corlim localsto meet Churchill, MPs

CANACONA (HC): CanaconaMunicipal Council (CMC) Chair-person Shyamsunder Dessaiwill complete one year in officeon Wednesday.

Dessai, first time councilorfrom Ponsulem, was sworn inas chairperson much beforethe ruling groups agreedtenure, after former chairper-son Divakar Pagui got em-broiled in a judicial custodytangle, which compelled himto remain absent from admin-istrative works for major partduring his term.

Interestingly, Dessai thenhad a series of developmentalactivities during the year, in-cluding Rs 3.5 crore worthbeautification of Chaudi ward,inaugurated by Chief MinisterDigambar Kamat last month

and presently underway.The Bhaji market worth Rs

40 lakh, which will be builtunder SUDA will be my othergift to CMC and people of en-tire Canacona taluka, saidDessai.

Besides, even his critics haveappreciated him for getting Rs50 lakh fund for the develop-ment of all the wards, whichaccording to Dessai was evenlyused for developmental worksof all the 10 wards.

However, the most touchingtime during his last one yearcame when several housesfrom CMC, including few atMangan, which were razedduring the October 2 Canaconafloods last year, were providedwith Rs 55 lakh fund to rebuildthe houses.

CMC chief completes one year

GOA, WEDNESDAY 16 JUNE, 2010HERALD

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NEW DELHI, JUNE 15

Over 100 Indians stranded inthe violence-hit Southern Kyrgyztowns of Osh and Jalal-Abadhave been evacuated to capitalBishkek as the death toll in fivedays of ethnic clashes climbedto 124.

All the Indian nationalsstranded in the southern Kyrgyztowns of Osh and Jalal-Abadwere safely evacuated last nightby air to Bishkek. They are ex-pected to return to India overthe next few days. Flights outof Bishkek are operating nor-mally, a statement by the Min-istry of External Affairs said heretoday.

It said the airlift of the Indiancitizens was arranged by theEmbassy of India in Bishkek withthe active cooperation and sup-port of the Kyrgyz authorities.

According to Kyrgyz officials,124 people have died and asmany as 1,685 people injuredin the clashes since last week.However, ethnic Uzbeks allegedthat many more have been killedand accused government forcesof helping Kyrgyz mobs in theirdeadly rampage.

Employee getssalary after

retirement tooPTI

ROURKELA, JUNE 15

In an instance of gross admin-istrative lapse, an employee ofRourkela Municipality has beenreporting for work and receivingsalary for the past three monthseven after her date of retire-ment.

Basanti Deep, a sweeper whowas to retire from service onFebruary, 2010 has been receiv-ing her salary and doing her nor-mal duty after putting hersignature in the attendance reg-ister, sources at the municipalitysaid.

This came to notice of themunicipality chairman and itsexecutive officer only this month

She was not even served sixmonths advance notice as pergovernment norm about thedate of her retirement from serv-ice, the sources said.

Admitting the lapses, execu-tive officer Bijaya Kumar Swainand BJD-led Chairman Rash-mibala Mishra said that depart-mental proceeding against theconcerned employee and em-ployees of Accounts Departmenthad been initiated.

An official letter was servedto Basanti two days back inform-ing her about her retirementfrom service from February 10last and asked her to refund herthree months salary.

The municipality authoritiesalso served show cause noticesto three accounts assistantsseeking an explanation for thislapse, the sources said.

Meanwhile the oppositionward councillors of the munic-ipality have demanded throughprobe into the functioning ofBJD-led municipality and actionagainst the errant officials.

Two killed in accident

PTI

AURANGABAD (Bihar), June 15

Two persons were killed and

15 others injured, six of them

seriously, when amini-bus in

which they were travelling over-

turned on Daudnagar-Goh road

in Aurangabad district today,

police said.

The mishap took place as the

driver lost control of the minibus

which overturned in a ditch.

Two persons died on the spot,

while 15 others sustained in-

juries, they said, adding the in-

jured were rushedto a hospital

where the condition of six of

them was stated to be critical.

Police has seized the vehicle.

Dalit girlsgo missing

PTI

MUZAFFARNAGAR, JUNE 15

Two Dalit sisters, one of them

a rape victim, have gone missing

from Balheri village in the dis-

trict, police said here today.

The two girls aged between

10-13 years went to the fields

yesterday and did not return fol-

lowing which their father Bra-

hampal filed a complaint with

the police.

One of the girls was allegedly

raped by an old man Shobharam

on June 5 at the village. Later

the accused had committed sui-

cide.

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