Update: 15/12/12 Strictly No Smoking at Sunburn Goa 2012? Goa Chief Minister said "I assure the Goans that the Sunburn Party scheduled in Goa later this month, will not be allowed to sale and use even a single cigarette" - NT
In this video, I have only includeda short tour of the two halls (some footage like
green rooms etc in the end) followed by CM Parrikar’s entire speech.
It talks about Margao upcoming South Goa Collectorate,
Minister’s cabin with Rest Rooms,
CM cabin with Jacuzzi, the dome itself costing
7-8 crores
Initial Estimated 57 Crores now gone upto 141 crore (Work
Started in 2007)
Also about Police dept, PWD dept, Fish Market, A building without
stair case,
bridges without approach roads (Gaundalimand Neura), Minister Churchill etc
The 4.5 crorerenovated halls of the Institute Menezes Braganza were inaugurated on
Saturday 24th Nov. 2012, on
the occasion of the institute’s 141st anniversary celebrations.
The renovation process took nearly 2.5 years, however, the
new chairman was congratulated for his 3 months long commendable job
The inauguration function was like a ‘felicitation Ceremony’
Where almost every one is felicitated at the hand of CM
Parrikar and others.
Starting with theShiv Sena leader now Chairman of New IMB (Institute Menezes Branganza)
Sanjay Harmalkar
He was praised including by Parrikar for getting the
remaining work completed within 3 months
Then, almost the entire PWD ‘Khaten’ Dept was felicitated
starting with Principal Chief Engineer JJS Rego, Chief Architect Radha
and many other PWD officers (Some did not come up on the
stage) including jurnior officers of the PWD Dept.
Felicitation did not end there, the list was endless..
Even the localLotlicar Electricals was felicitated
Besides, Shreedar Bambolkar, Electrical Dept, CCP Mayor
Vaidehi Naik,
Vice Chairman Pundalik Raut Desai, Prasad Lolienkar
(Director Art & Culture),
Adv. Dr. Noronha (IMB board member), Jiuno D’Souza (Ex.
Board Member IMB),
Ashok Parab (Member secretary IMB), Carlus Fernandes,
Minister for Art and Culture Dayanand Mandrekar
Adv. Noronha gave a talk on 'Relevance of Luis de Menezes Braganza Today' - video coming shortly.
The talk:
In the first part, there is a little bit on the life of Dr. Luis de Menezes Braganza
At age of 22, Herald newspaper was founded Reforming Goan minds Migration Goa, Goan,attitude Portuguese Passport St. Cruz, Merces London,Sausages, Tiatr Surrendering Nationality Chandor,Chandrapur Under secretaries Bob Geldof Bars Goan Editors Bal Thackerey Over crowded Goa WE NEED A MOVEMENT TO RECLAIM THIS LAND BACK TO ITS PEOPLE, TO ITS SELF AND TO ITS LEGACY Etc etc
Video 2 ('Relevance of Luis de Menezes Braganza Today') Adv (Dr) F.E. (Elgar) Noronha
Kingfisher Voice of Goa 2012 Final round took place at SGPDA grounds, Margao on 10th and 11th Nov. 2012 for konkani and English category repectively. There were in all 10 finalists in Konkani Category Viz Akash Naik, Ethel Fernandes, Swarupa Naik, Valentine Cardozo, Vishal Jadhav, Sufran Majeed, Mangirish Dharwadkar, Evola Marcelo, Sushil Kumar and Ancy Gonsalves. Evola Marcelo is the winner this year. file pic Sadly, I missed the day http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk45/6338652854/
where as, there were 11 finalists for English category Jennifer Fernandes, Cyrus Berne, Tabhita Nunes, Audrey Vaz, Omkar Halarnkar, Linus Fernandes, Jacqueline Payne, Tobit Dias, Devashish Muzumdar, Renee D’Souza, Ancy Gonsalves and Anurag Mohan. Cyrus Berne wins the title Cyrus sang his own composition. He is from Margao and a student of Rosary College, Navelim
Judges were: Sigmund de Souza, Xavier Peres and Maxie Miranda
Other attractions for the 2 days were the live
performance of
Lucky
Ali, Stereo Nation, Low Rhyders, Band Pure Magic, Goa’s lead
guitarist Edwin Fernandes etc Some pics Cyrus Berne – the Kingfisher of Goa 2012 (English)
Updte 4.4.2018 After some miners knocked at SC doors, the Court has now allowed them to transport royalty paid extracted ore lying at the jetty, barges, ports etc Update 7.3.2018 Supreme Court once again stopped Mining effective 16.3.18 . SC quashed 88 mining leases granted by the Goa government for violating procedure and ordered that fresh licences be granted through a bidding process However, transportation of Iron ore continued which was later on stopped by High court effetive 27.3.18
Pic Loaded barges seen stranded at MPT Bay etc 1.4.18 (Since 27.3.18) https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/41116350032/in/dateposted-public/ Each barge carries around 2000-2300 tonnes of Iron ore according to BOA president. Trucks may carry 10-12 tons each
Mining ban protest in the capital city on 19.3.18 video:
Update: 14.9.15 Sesa Iron Ore, a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources Inc, opened its second mining lease in the State today at Bicholim mining area.
Update: 10.8.15
A subsidiary of Vedanta, Sesa Goa resumes its mining operations in the state on 10th August 2015, after a gap of three years.
Chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar formally launched the mining operations at Sesa Goa's Codli mines, 100 kms away from the state capital - Panaji.
Though the mining resumption was announced on Monday, the actual extraction of ore will start only after the monsoon.
Update: 15.01.2015 Goa Govt lifts Mining ban as on date 15.1.15 Mining in Goa was temporarily suspended w.e.f. 11.9.2012, the suspension order now been revoked
Update 21.4.14 Supreme Court lifts Mining Ban Ore extraction Cap 20 million Tonnes per year
No Mining with 1 km of wildlike Sanctuaries, protected area.
