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9 GOA, sAturDAy, JuNE 11, 2016 voice of goa newspopup TODAY SIOLIM: From 9 am to 3 pm at Bamanwada, SFX DTC, Radha Park DTC, Fernandeswada DTC, Madhlebhat, Blue Lagoon, Greenpark DTC, and surrounding areas in Siolim-Marna.. powershutdown BARDEZ: The public of Bardez are informed that the new 400 KVA distribution transformer centre and associated HT Lines at “Acron Water Vistas”, near Calvin Bridge, Carona, Aldona, will be test charged on June 15 and will remained charged thereafter. The people are warned not to come in contact with the 11 KV S/C line, and distribution transformer centre as it is dangerous to human life. powerlinewarning Scooter rider injured in Mangeshi mishap PONDA: A scooterist was injured in an accident that occurred at Mangueshi, on Friday. A milk tanker that was trailing a Dio scooter knocked the rider off the vehicle at a dangerous cross junction at Mangeshi. Keshav Gawas (73), the victim and a resident of Kundai, was taken to the Goa Medical College Hospital at Bambolim. Later, the tanker dashed a pole located between the road dividers and turned turtle. Woman booked for rash driving CUNCOLIM: The Cuncolim police have registered offences of rash driving and causing death by negligence against a 35- year-old Cuncolim resident in connection with the fatal accident in which police constable Prabakhar Gaonkar lost his life. Ajaysri Vaz Fernandes, a resident of Probswado in Cuncolim, has been booked under Sections 304A and 279 of the Indian Penal Code. According to police, while proceeding from Cuncolim to Margao, Ajaysri suddenly took her Honda City car towards the right side of the road on the straight NH 17, but later she suddenly attempted to take the car back on its left hand side; in this process, she dashed against an oncoming Pulsar motorcycle ridden by Gaonkar, who lost his balance and banged against a Tata Indigo car. The accident occurred near Hero showroom, Nainea, Culwado, Cuncolim. One held for stealing two-wheeler PANJIM: Panjim police on Thursday arrested a Maharashtra- native for allegedly stealing a two-wheeler parked near the Customs Office in the capital. Arun Raghunath Zire (29), residing at Betim is accused of stealing a Suzuki Swiss Scooter belonging to one Prashant Kolambar, from Canacona. The stolen property, police said, has been recovered at the instance of the accused. “His possible involvement in other bike theft cases is being probed,” a police official said. Lions Governor felicitation today PANJIM: Aggie Alcassoas, Governor of Lions District 317-B of Lions Clubs International comprising Goa and parts of Karnataka was unanimously elected as Chairperson of Multiple Council of entire District 317 at the multiple convention in Bangalore, recently. A former Secretary of GFA, Aggie is the only second Goan to be elected to the coveted post after late Suresh Desai. He will be felicitated on Saturday, June 11 at MCC hall, Margao at 7.30 pm. Vassu Walawalkar, international director endorsee will also be felicitated. Pragati Vidyalaya secures 93% results PANJIM: GVM’s Pragati Vidyalaya, Borim secured 93.33 percent result at the Goa Board SSC examination held recently. Out of 30 students who appeared for the examination, 6 secured distinction, 16 first class and 6 second class. Sahil Satish Naik stood first in the school scoring 81 percent, Nithal Pandurang Naik and Aniksha Raya secured the second rank with 80 percent marks. Free camp for kidney stone patients PANJIM: RG Stone Urology and Laparoscopy Hospital, will conduct a free camp at RG Stone from June 13 to 19 from 9am to 5pm. Reginald Fernandes’ birth anniversary PANJIM: Dalgado Konknni Akademi (DKA) will observe the 102nd birth anniversary of Reginald Fernandes, one of Romi Konknni’s tallest writers and popularly known as ‘Romanxincho Patxai’ with a panel discussion on June 14 at 4 pm at DKA’s Reginald Fernandes Conference Hall, Panjim. Fausto V da Costa, editor of Gulab, Brazinho Soares, Konkani writer and Matilda D’Souza, sister-in-law of Reginald Fernandes will speak on Reginald’s contribution to Konknni while Tomazinho Cardozo will moderate the panel discussion. DKA President Premanand A Lotlikar will preside over the function. There will also be a short cultural programme highlighting some of the memorable songs composed by Reginald Fernandes. 10th agriculture census from June 13 PANJIM: The Directorate of Planning, Statistics and Evaluation will conduct the 10th agriculture census 2015-16 from July 2016 with the reference year 2015-16. A pilot survey is being conducted from June 13 in two villages – Amona in Bicholim Taluka, and Nuvem in Salcete taluka. Enumerators appointed for the task will be visiting the operational holders in the two villages to gather related data. The general public is asked to cooperate with the enumerators. Seven booked under COPTA in Sanquelim PANJIM: The Joint Mamlatdar-III, Bicholim along with police constable conducted raids on June 6 under COTPA Act at Sanquelim in Bicholim Taluka and 7 offenders were booked and fined Rs 1900 for violation of Section 4 and 6 of the COTPA Act. The Joint Mamlatdar also instructed the shopkeepers to display the board of “No Smoking” as per specification given in COTPA Act. Pai appointed Congress House in-charge PANJIM: Vijay Pai, Gen. Secretary of Goa Pradesh Congress Committee has been appointed Office-in-charge of Congress House, Panjim. Notification in this regard has been issue by GPCC President Luizinho Faleiro. Pai has been working in this organization as GPCC Secretary for last 12 years. After assumption of GPCC President Faleiro, Pai was elevated to the post of GPCC Gen. Secretary. He has worked for the Congress for the last 22 years. Team Herald PANJIM: Taking the oppor- tunity of the 8th Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) Summit scheduled to be held in Goa in October, the State gov- ernment is gearing up to create some state-of-the- art infrastructure. Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar Friday evening met with secretaries and senior officials to discuss the preparations for the high-profile two-day event. Parsekar had recent met Union Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijjiju, and Union Minister for Commu- nications and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad, with regard to im- proving the existing facili- ties. Speaking to media per- sons on the sidelines of the ‘The Knowledge Exchange – Goa 2016 Summit’ – a na- tional summit, the Chief Minister said the event is scheduled in October and over 8,000 delegates from five countries are expected to participate in it. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be attending as India assumied the BRICS chair in February and will hold it till December 2016. “This is one of the biggest international high- profile events with all VVIPs attending it and hence we need to be well prepared to provide them the best, right from the air- port to the hotel,” Parsekar said. Parsekar said the focus is on improving infrastruc- ture and making it state-of- the art. “We want to create such infrastructure that can be maintained even after the event. We still have three more months to prepare,” he said. During his recent visit to BRICS to bring Goa enhanced infrastructure, facilities This is one of the biggest international high-profile events with all VVIPs attending it and hence we need to be well prepared to provide them the best, right from the airport to the hotel. Laxmikant Parsekar, chief minister Delhi, the central govern- ment has agreed to en- hance the immigration as well as other facilities exist- ing at Dabolim Airport on a priority, in view of the sum- mit scheduled on October 15 and 16. Team Herald PANJIM: The two-day na- tional conference to debate on Smart Cities in the era of Digital India was inaugu- rated by Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Fri- day. Organized by Elets, the conference will serve as a platform for the selected smart cities to discuss best practices and exchange technology to efficiently im- plement Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘100 Smart Cities’ dream. The focus of the event will be on the way different stakeholders in- teract when introducing ICT in governance systems and the way these interactions affect institutions and com- munities, and the related decision making process. Addressing the gathering, Parsekar said that Modi’s vision is to transform and improve India, and he has chosen Digital India as the means to do so. “This two- day session and the deliber- ations that will take place will help us move towards that direction,” he said. The summit attended by 33 cities selected under smart city development mission, will hold sessions and discussions on various themes including smart cities, Digital India, Make in India, Swacchh Bharat, AMRUT, etc. “Smart cities backed by efficient technology are the way forward. The challenge is to create a living environ- ment which is just as good today to live in as it will be in the future. Growth can be developed by strategies that focus on conservation and development. What seemed like science fiction earlier is actually the opportunity at the horizon for the future. Goa will have much to gain from this conclave,” vice chairman of Goa State Infra- structure Development Cor- poration (GSIDC) Siddharat Kuncolienkar said. Maharashtra Minister of State for Finance and Plan- ning, Deepak Kesarkar, Sec- retary urban development Sudhir Mahajan, GSIDC chairman Dr Pramod Sawant, GSIDC MD Sanjit Rodrigues, CCP Commis- sioner Deepak Dessai and several other key players were present for the inau- gural. Smart City meet gets underway Conference to serve as platform for selected cities to discuss and exchange ideas to implement mission Smart cities backed by efficient technology are the way forward. The challenge is to create a living environment which is just as good today to live in as it will be in the future. What seemed like science fiction earlier is actually the opportunity at the horizon for the future. – Siddharat Kuncolienkar, Panjim MLA Team Herald PANJIM: The State govern- ment on Friday effected transfers of 15 officers to various departments, six of whom have been posted on promotion. Managing Director of Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) S V Naik has been transferred as Di- rector of Social Welfare, re- placing Meena Goltekar who has been posted as Registrar of Cooperative So- cieties. Environment Direc- tor Amarsen Rane is now Additional Secretary (GA) while Joint Secretary (GA) Vijay Paranjpe is trans- ferred as JS of Protocol. Similarly, Additional Col- lector-II (North) Arvind Bugde has been posted as Director of Handicrafts, Textiles & Coir; and Direc- tor of Civil Supplies & Con- sumer Affairs Vikas Gaunekar as Director of Planning, Statistics & Eval- uation with additional charge of Director of Envi- ronment and Member Sec- retary of GCZMA. The transfer order issued by Personnel department also has Additional Direc- tor of Panchayats - I Damodar Morajkar posted as Additional Collector Sub District Ponda; Gopal Parsekar is CEO North Goa Zilla Panchayat and Upasna Mazgaonkar as Secretary, Human Rights Commission. 15 officers transferred Infinity I escorted to Karwar harbour Team Herald VASCO: The merchant ship MV Infinity I, which had re- ported distress approxi- mately 20 nautical miles off Goa coast, was safely es- corted to Karwar harbour on Friday early morning. According to informa- tion, the 83-metre long vessel with 14 Indian crew members (including the Master) was transiting from Kandla port in Gu- jarat and proceeding to Karwar in Karnataka when it developed a crack in the hull and started taking in water. She was carrying ap- proximately 1750 tonnes of Asphalt. Pg 9_Layout 1 11-Jun-16 12:50 AM Page 1
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TODAYSIOLIM: From 9 am to 3 pm at Bamanwada, SFX DTC, RadhaPark DTC, Fernandeswada DTC, Madhlebhat, Blue Lagoon,Greenpark DTC, and surrounding areas in Siolim-Marna..
powershutdown
BARDEZ: The public of Bardez are informed that the new400 KVA distribution transformer centre and associated HTLines at “Acron Water Vistas”, near Calvin Bridge, Carona,Aldona, will be test charged on June 15 and will remainedcharged thereafter. The people are warned not to come incontact with the 11 KV S/C line, and distribution transformercentre as it is dangerous to human life.
powerlinewarning
Scooter rider injured in Mangeshi mishapPONDA: A scooterist was injured in an accident thatoccurred at Mangueshi, on Friday. A milk tanker that wastrailing a Dio scooter knocked the rider off the vehicle at adangerous cross junction at Mangeshi. Keshav Gawas (73),the victim and a resident of Kundai, was taken to the GoaMedical College Hospital at Bambolim. Later, the tankerdashed a pole located between the road dividers and turnedturtle.
Woman booked for rash drivingCUNCOLIM: The Cuncolim police have registered offences ofrash driving and causing death by negligence against a 35-year-old Cuncolim resident in connection with the fatalaccident in which police constable Prabakhar Gaonkar losthis life. Ajaysri Vaz Fernandes, a resident of Probswado inCuncolim, has been booked under Sections 304A and 279 ofthe Indian Penal Code. According to police, whileproceeding from Cuncolim to Margao, Ajaysri suddenly tookher Honda City car towards the right side of the road on thestraight NH 17, but later she suddenly attempted to take thecar back on its left hand side; in this process, she dashedagainst an oncoming Pulsar motorcycle ridden by Gaonkar,who lost his balance and banged against a Tata Indigo car.The accident occurred near Hero showroom, Nainea,Culwado, Cuncolim.
One held for stealing two-wheelerPANJIM: Panjim police on Thursday arrested a Maharashtra-native for allegedly stealing a two-wheeler parked near theCustoms Office in the capital. Arun Raghunath Zire (29),residing at Betim is accused of stealing a Suzuki SwissScooter belonging to one Prashant Kolambar, fromCanacona. The stolen property, police said, has beenrecovered at the instance of the accused. “His possibleinvolvement in other bike theft cases is being probed,” apolice official said.
Lions Governor felicitation todayPANJIM: Aggie Alcassoas, Governor of Lions District 317-B ofLions Clubs International comprising Goa and parts ofKarnataka was unanimously elected as Chairperson ofMultiple Council of entire District 317 at the multipleconvention in Bangalore, recently. A former Secretary ofGFA, Aggie is the only second Goan to be elected to thecoveted post after late Suresh Desai. He will be felicitated onSaturday, June 11 at MCC hall, Margao at 7.30 pm. VassuWalawalkar, international director endorsee will also befelicitated.
Pragati Vidyalaya secures 93% results PANJIM: GVM’s Pragati Vidyalaya, Borim secured 93.33percent result at the Goa Board SSC examination heldrecently. Out of 30 students who appeared for theexamination, 6 secured distinction, 16 first class and 6second class. Sahil Satish Naik stood first in the schoolscoring 81 percent, Nithal Pandurang Naik and Aniksha Rayasecured the second rank with 80 percent marks.
Free camp for kidney stone patientsPANJIM: RG Stone Urology and Laparoscopy Hospital, willconduct a free camp at RG Stone from June 13 to 19 from9am to 5pm.
Reginald Fernandes’ birth anniversary PANJIM: Dalgado Konknni Akademi (DKA) will observe the102nd birth anniversary of Reginald Fernandes, one of RomiKonknni’s tallest writers and popularly known as‘Romanxincho Patxai’ with a panel discussion on June 14 at4 pm at DKA’s Reginald Fernandes Conference Hall, Panjim.Fausto V da Costa, editor of Gulab, Brazinho Soares, Konkaniwriter and Matilda D’Souza, sister-in-law of ReginaldFernandes will speak on Reginald’s contribution to Konknniwhile Tomazinho Cardozo will moderate the paneldiscussion. DKA President Premanand A Lotlikar will presideover the function. There will also be a short culturalprogramme highlighting some of the memorable songscomposed by Reginald Fernandes.
10th agriculture census from June 13PANJIM: The Directorate of Planning, Statistics andEvaluation will conduct the 10th agriculture census 2015-16from July 2016 with the reference year 2015-16. A pilotsurvey is being conducted from June 13 in two villages –Amona in Bicholim Taluka, and Nuvem in Salcete taluka.Enumerators appointed for the task will be visiting theoperational holders in the two villages to gather relateddata. The general public is asked to cooperate with theenumerators.
Seven booked under COPTA in Sanquelim PANJIM: The Joint Mamlatdar-III, Bicholim along with policeconstable conducted raids on June 6 under COTPA Act atSanquelim in Bicholim Taluka and 7 offenders were bookedand fined Rs 1900 for violation of Section 4 and 6 of theCOTPA Act. The Joint Mamlatdar also instructed theshopkeepers to display the board of “No Smoking” as perspecification given in COTPA Act.
Pai appointed Congress House in-chargePANJIM: Vijay Pai, Gen. Secretary ofGoa Pradesh Congress Committee hasbeen appointed Office-in-charge ofCongress House, Panjim. Notificationin this regard has been issue by GPCCPresident Luizinho Faleiro. Pai hasbeen working in this organization asGPCC Secretary for last 12 years. Afterassumption of GPCC President Faleiro,Pai was elevated to the post of GPCCGen. Secretary. He has worked for the Congress for the last22 years.
Team Herald
PANJIM: Taking the oppor-tunity of the 8th Brazil,Russia, India, China, SouthAfrica (BRICS) Summitscheduled to be held in Goain October, the State gov-ernment is gearing up tocreate some state-of-the-art infrastructure.
Chief Minister LaxmikantParsekar Friday eveningmet with secretaries andsenior officials to discussthe preparations for thehigh-profile two-day event.Parsekar had recent metUnion Minister of State forHome, Kiren Rijjiju, andUnion Minister for Commu-nications and InformationTechnology, Ravi ShankarPrasad, with regard to im-proving the existing facili-ties.
Speaking to media per-sons on the sidelines of the‘The Knowledge Exchange– Goa 2016 Summit’ – a na-tional summit, the ChiefMinister said the event isscheduled in October andover 8,000 delegates fromfive countries are expectedto participate in it.
Prime Minister NarendraModi will be attending asIndia assumied the BRICSchair in February and willhold it till December 2016.
“This is one of thebiggest international high-
profile events with allVVIPs attending it andhence we need to be wellprepared to provide themthe best, right from the air-port to the hotel,” Parsekarsaid.
Parsekar said the focus ison improving infrastruc-ture and making it state-of-the art. “We want to createsuch infrastructure thatcan be maintained evenafter the event. We stillhave three more months toprepare,” he said.
During his recent visit to
BRICS to bring Goa enhancedinfrastructure, facilities
This is one of the biggest internationalhigh-profile events with all VVIPs
attending it and hence we need to be wellprepared to provide them the best, right from theairport to the hotel.Laxmikant Parsekar, chief minister
Delhi, the central govern-ment has agreed to en-hance the immigration aswell as other facilities exist-ing at Dabolim Airport on apriority, in view of the sum-mit scheduled on October15 and 16.
Team Herald
PANJIM: The two-day na-tional conference to debateon Smart Cities in the era ofDigital India was inaugu-rated by Chief MinisterLaxmikant Parsekar on Fri-day.
Organized by Elets, theconference will serve as aplatform for the selectedsmart cities to discuss bestpractices and exchangetechnology to efficiently im-plement Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s ‘100 SmartCities’ dream. The focus ofthe event will be on the waydifferent stakeholders in-teract when introducing ICTin governance systems andthe way these interactionsaffect institutions and com-munities, and the relateddecision making process.
Addressing the gathering,Parsekar said that Modi’svision is to transform andimprove India, and he haschosen Digital India as themeans to do so. “This two-day session and the deliber-
ations that will take placewill help us move towardsthat direction,” he said.
The summit attended by33 cities selected undersmart city developmentmission, will hold sessionsand discussions on variousthemes including smartcities, Digital India, Make in
India, Swacchh Bharat,AMRUT, etc.
“Smart cities backed byefficient technology are theway forward. The challengeis to create a living environ-ment which is just as goodtoday to live in as it will bein the future. Growth can bedeveloped by strategies thatfocus on conservation anddevelopment. What seemedlike science fiction earlier isactually the opportunity atthe horizon for the future.Goa will have much to gainfrom this conclave,” vicechairman of Goa State Infra-structure Development Cor-poration (GSIDC) SiddharatKuncolienkar said.
Maharashtra Minister ofState for Finance and Plan-ning, Deepak Kesarkar, Sec-retary urban developmentSudhir Mahajan, GSIDCchairman Dr PramodSawant, GSIDC MD SanjitRodrigues, CCP Commis-sioner Deepak Dessai andseveral other key playerswere present for the inau-gural.
Smart City meet gets underwayConference to serve as platform for selected cities todiscuss and exchange ideas to implement mission
Smart citiesbacked by
efficient technologyare the way forward.The challenge is tocreate a livingenvironment which isjust as good today tolive in as it will be inthe future. Whatseemed like sciencefiction earlier isactually theopportunity at thehorizon for the future. – SiddharatKuncolienkar, Panjim MLA
Team Herald
PANJIM: The State govern-ment on Friday effectedtransfers of 15 officers tovarious departments, six ofwhom have been posted onpromotion.
Managing Director of GoaIndustrial DevelopmentCorporation (GIDC) S V Naikhas been transferred as Di-rector of Social Welfare, re-placing Meena Goltekarwho has been posted asRegistrar of Cooperative So-cieties. Environment Direc-tor Amarsen Rane is nowAdditional Secretary (GA)while Joint Secretary (GA)Vijay Paranjpe is trans-ferred as JS of Protocol.
Similarly, Additional Col-
lector-II (North) ArvindBugde has been posted asDirector of Handicrafts,Textiles & Coir; and Direc-tor of Civil Supplies & Con-sumer Affairs VikasGaunekar as Director ofPlanning, Statistics & Eval-uation with additionalcharge of Director of Envi-ronment and Member Sec-retary of GCZMA.
The transfer order issuedby Personnel departmentalso has Additional Direc-tor of Panchayats - IDamodar Morajkar postedas Additional Collector SubDistrict Ponda; GopalParsekar is CEO North GoaZilla Panchayat and UpasnaMazgaonkar as Secretary,Human Rights Commission.
15 officers transferred Infinity I escorted to Karwar harbourTeam Herald
VASCO: The merchant shipMV Infinity I, which had re-ported distress approxi-mately 20 nautical milesoff Goa coast, was safely es-corted to Karwar harbouron Friday early morning.
According to informa-tion, the 83-metre longvessel with 14 Indian crewmembers (including theMaster) was transitingfrom Kandla port in Gu-jarat and proceeding toKarwar in Karnataka whenit developed a crack in thehull and started taking inwater. She was carrying ap-proximately 1750 tonnesof Asphalt.
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