GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
08 June 2002
STATE NH-17 TO BE MADE INTO 4-LANE: The two-laned National highway 17 would
soon be widened to a four-laned highway, announced Director General (Road
Development) NK Sinha while addressing a press conference organised by the
Indian Roads Congress on Friday. (H)
STUDY OF CABLE BRIDGE ACROSS ZUARI: The state government is in the process
of appointing a Danish firm to conduct a feasibility study into the
construction of a parallel cable bridge across the Zuari river on the lines
of the famous Hooghly bridge, in West Bengal. (H)
FREEDOM FIGHTERS' JUNE 18 PROGRAMME: A meeting of freedom fighters and
other citizens will organise a programme at the Lohia Maidan in Margao on
18th June to mark the historic day. (NT)
"TAI" REFUSES TO QUIT MGP: The president of the beleagured MGP, Shashikala
Kakodkar, who received flat at the party's debacle in the May 30 assembly
polls, asserted that she would not resign from the top post and vowed to
rebuilt the party, the oldest in Goa. (H)
BEDLAM AT MGP MEET: The differences in the rank and file of the oldest
regional party in the State came to the fore with supporters of MGP
president Shashikala Kakodkar and her detractors verbally clashing over the
party's worst-ever poll performance in the just concluded assembly
elections. (GT)
PLOTS FOR DEFENCE PERSONNEL: The Army Welfare Housing Organisation, New
Delhi, has proposed a scheme for the construction of various types of
accommodation on the Old Goa by-pass road. (NT)
INDIAN ROADS MEET: The 166th Council Meeting of the Indian Roads Congress
is being held at Panaji on June 8 and 9. (NT)
BRITISH COUNCIL SCHOLARSHIP: The British Council, Mumbai, invited
applications from young men and women of Goan origin, who want to study or
train in the United Kingdom. Email:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (GT)
MONITORING IMPLEMENTATION: The United Goans Democratic Party has salvaged
some of its image, which was severely compromised when it seemed that two
of three legislators had succumbed to the lure of cabinet posts offered by
the BJP, in its anxiety to form the government. To his eternal credit, the
third member Mathany Saldanha, not only has resisted the temptation but has
stuck to his stated position during the campaign. The party is to be
commended on serving notice to the saffron brigade that there will be no
compromise on the issue of secularism. (Edit in Herald)
CHINCHINIM LOCALS HELD: Cuncolim police arrested Benedito Teixeira and
Sandrick Teixeira, both from Chinchinim, for allegedly assaulting one
Agustino Antao with an iron rod. Antao has fractured both legs as a result
of the assault. (H)
"PLANT WORLD 2002" AT MAPUSA: Nisarga Nature Club will organise "Plant
World 2002" at Nehru Park, Mapusa, from 10 am to 6 pm from 7 to 9 June, to
coincide with World Environment Day. Nisarga is an NGO which is setting up
plant nurseries in Goa to plant forest and avenue trees all around us. (GT)
POLICE PRO: The Director General of Police, Mr Gurcharan Singh Sandhu, has
appointed Police Inspector Bossuet de Silva as the new public relations
officer of Goa Police. (NT)
SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS TO COST LESS: Good news awaits students and their parents
as the text books for classes of secondary section have arrived and they
are likely to be priced lower than in recent years. (GT)
THE TEXTBOOK SHORTAGE: There is a shortage of textbooks in Goa. This
happens to be an annual feature�Textbooks are printed outside the state
despite the fact that printing technology is available in the state.
Printing of school books, which is not a matter of precision, must be given
to bidders in Goa itself. All printers in this small state must therefore
get printing jobs. How and when will we become self-sufficient, then?
(Kisan Kamat, Dona Paula, in Listening Post-NT)
SEMINAR ON FRESH WATER MANAGEMENT: An one-day seminar on fresh Water
Management was organised by the Green Triangle Society in association with
the Inspectorate of Factories and Boilers on the occasion of the World
Environment Day in Panjim. Padmashree Norma Alvares was the chief guest on
the occasion. (H)
NEGLECTED HERITAGE: On my recent visit to the forts of Tivim, Carambolim,
Banastarim, Chapora, Reis Magos, Aguada and Pilar, it pained me to see the
neglected state of some of them. Tree roots are jutting out of the walls of
the 16th century Reis Magos fort. Plastic bottles and advertisement of a
bar decorate the 15h century Banastarim fort. Domestic tourists are seen
dumping plastic bottles, cans and other waste, both within and outside the
Aguada fort. (Prajal Sakhardande, Caranzalem, in Listening Post-NT)
INFLATION UP: The effect of increase of petroleum products has had an
effect on the transportation of commodities, with prices of essential
commodities rising. Cereals and food grains have also been affected with
the increase in prices, which has burdened the common man. (GT)
RASH DRIVING LEADS TO MISHAPS: In the recent past cases pertaining to rash
and negligent driving are rising on the streets of Goa. (NT)
FIREFLIES AND FROGS: I hear the rising sound of the croaking frogs. Like
the fireflies, these amphibians also hibernate after the monsoon. Frogs,
are key stone species in any ecosystem rich in insects. In our state people
go out with a torch when frogs begin croaking and hunt them for preparing
"jumping chicken". Thousands of frogs are hunted mercilessly in Goa in the
month of June. This has already caused an ecological imbalance. The insect
population has gone up. The mosquitoes are breeding happily because their
larvae are not consumed by the frogs. (Nandkumar Kamat in Zest-NT)
WAR CLOUDS ON GOA TOURISM! September 11 attacks notwithstanding, the West
always makes news in terms of its celebrities, its mega events�In the case
of India, it seldom features on the front pages. News ranges from brilliant
exclusives on human suffering, to natural and man-made disaster�The
country's adverse image and the westerners' cynical attitude has remained
intact, thanks to the Surat plague, the earthquakes and now the Gujarat
ethnic conflicts. Now the doomsday rumour about an Indo-Pakistan nuclear
war has taken the form of a hysteria in the West. (Edit in GT)
SHEETAL TOPS AT SSC: Ms Sheetal Pinge of Shri Damodar Vidyalaya,
Loliem-Canacona, scored 92 per cent of marks at the SSC examination,
recently conducted by the Goa Board and stood first in the school and
Canacona taluka. (NT)
D E A T H S
06 June: Cuncolim: CLARIZA AMELIA AGUIAR E NORONHA, relict of late
Conceicao, mother of filomena/Raul, Rudolph/Sharad, Visitacao/Blasio,
Sylvia/Rosarinho, Gregory/Celine.
06 June: Fatorda: CHIQUITO BOMPARTO QUADROS, husband of late Elsa,
father of Amelia/Russel, Antonio/Agnes, Paul.
05 June: Ambora: EZU CARVALHO, relict of Rosario, mother of Vicky
(Kuwait)/Mary, Clara/Piedade (Nairobi), Romash/Felix (Australia), Tony/Lina
(Australia), Eeliza/Deodade, Luis (Kuwait)/Joyce.
07 June: Santa Cruz: AGOSTINHO DE ARAUJO, husband of Guilhermina,
father of Socorro, Evangelisto, Clacy/Joaquim, Herquelin/Nazareth, Dominic
G O A W E A T H E R
Temp: 28.4deg C (83.1 deg F) at 7.30 am at Assagao
Max temp: 32.0 deg C; Humidity: 71 per cent. (Panjim yesterday)
Weather: It rained last night. The morning is a bit brighter today.
Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, GT= Gomantak Times
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