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. 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