Tag: Goa government

  • Goa extends COVID-19 curfew till June 7

    By ANI
    NEW DELHI: Goa government on Saturday extended the ongoing Covid curfew in the state till June 7.

    “Government of Goa has decided to extend the curfew till 7 am of June 7 2021. The orders regarding the same shall be issued by respective District Collectors,” tweeted chief minister Pramod Sawant.

    The current restrictions put in place to curb the spread of the virus ends on May 31.

    According to Union Health Ministry, Goa has 15,326 active COVID-19 cases. with over 1,35,560 people having recovered from the viral infection and 2,570 fatalities.

    India on Saturday reported 1,73,790 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours, the lowest single-day Covid-19 rise in 45 days, maintaining the ongoing declining trend, according to the Union health ministry and 3,617 people have succumbed to coronavirus disease in 24 hours. 

  • Goa Forward Party withdraws from BJP-led NDA citing ‘anti-Goan’ policies by state government

    By PTI
    PANAJI: The Goa Forward Party walked out of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Tuesday, citing “anti-Goan policies” of the BJP-led state government.

    However, the move of the GFP, which has 3 MLAs in the 40-member Goa House, will not have any impact on the stability of the Pramod Sawant government in the state since the Vijai Sardesai-led party is not a ruling constituent.

    The GFP extended support to the NDA in 2017 to facilitate the formation of the then BJP-led state government under the leadership of Manohar Parrikar.

    After Parrikar’s death in 2019, the alliance soured when three GFP ministers were dropped from the Pramod Sawant- led government.

    The GFP’s state executive committee and political affairs committee met in Panaji on Tuesday.

    Later, GFP president Vijai Sardesai, in a formal letter to senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, conveyed the party’s decision to withdraw from the NDA.

    “I write to you today formally declaring the Goa Forward Party’s withdrawal from the National Democratic Alliance.

    There is no doubt that our relationship with the NDA ended in July 2019, with no room for reconsideration,” Sardesai said in the letter.

    He claimed that in the last two years, the BJP has repeatedly introduced “anti-Goan policies” in every session of the state Legislative Assembly.

    Since July 2019, the BJP’s Goa leadership has turned its back on the people of the state who looked ahead with hope to the prospect of all-round development, the GFP alleged.

    Parrikar’s death brought Goa to despair, ushering in a period of rampant corruption and dishonesty, it said.

    The GFP has pointed out the state government’s alleged failure in handling various issues, such as three linear projects, the Mahadayi river water dispute, and other matters.

    The Sardesai-led party said it is fully committed to consistently and selflessly work to safeguard, protect and preserve Goa’s culture, people and heritage.

  • Goa government will spend Rs 100 crore on development of panchayats: CM Pramod Sawant

    Goa CM Pramod Sawant said 156 panchayats have submitted the reports, but some elected members are not cooperating.

  • IIT Goa will come up, ready for discussion with protestors, says CM Pramod Sawant

    By PTI
    PANAJI: The proposed Indian Institute of Technology campus in Sattari taluka in Goa will come up despite protests from local residents and all their demands will be discussed, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Sunday.

    He said he had toured the site in Shel-Maulim where the IIT is proposed to come up.

    “We are ready to discuss demands of the locals. The project has not been scrapped.

    Formalities for construction are going on,” the CM said, who also added a police outpost was coming up in the village as part of the IIT project.

    People in the area have been protesting at the site over the past four months against the project and stalling work, officials said.