Chandorkar say NO to State Highway
An impressive crowd of residents of Chandor, Cavorim and Guirdolim gathered at a meeting in Chandor on Sunday 22/10/2017 in one voice opposed a State Highway passing through their historic village and further resolved to even come on the streets if need be. The meeting held in front of the Chandor Church had various speakers highlighting the problem that the people will face if the State Highway passes through the village and also how the state highway was not in the interest of the people but of the industrial sector. While welcoming the gathering Convener of the meeting Domnick Mendes asserted that the movement was totally a political without having any leanings towards any political party. History professor Vinok Kankonkar while pointing out that history of...
Read MorePatwin Guirdolim Club President
The Guirdolim Club at its annual General Meeting yesterday unanimously elected the new Executive Committee with Patwin Fizardo as the president who was praised lavishly for the excellent work done by his as the committee member. Suresh Khandolkar who was elected as the treasure was also praised for his working in keeping the financial records of the club. Other office bearers elected are: Vice President – Gidwan Claudius D’Costa, General Secretary – Jose Antao, Asst Gen Secretary – Fabian Simoes, Asst. Treasurer – Adney Gonsalves, Sports Secretary – Glimson Fernandes, Asst Sports Secretary – Francisco Xavier D’Costa. The following were elected as executive committee members: Sonia Fernandes, Darwin Cardoso, Camilo D’Costa, Franky Rodrigues and...
Read MoreSita TTAI Goa Chairperson
Sita Antao has been elected the Chairperson of Goa Chapter of the Travel Agent Association of India (TAAI) and will actually take office in the month of September 2017. Before being elected the Chairperson, Sita has served the organization for two terms as secretary and during the last term was the treasurer. The managing committee term is for two years. TAAI is a government recognized body and a representative of the organization goes for the official inspection of all tourism related projects which the government is supposed to inspect. Here’s wishing Sita all the best in her duties and responsibilities as the chairperson and Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott is proud that its member has been elected to this...
Read MoreSan Joao programme at Chandor
At Chandor a huge crowd was present for the celebration organized by the Church where there were various contests for the different Basic Christian Communities more commonly known as somudais. A march past was held with each somudai participating in it where members wore colour co-ordinated clothes and some members of the somudai in the group would regularly hit the pido on the ground shouting San Joao. While one somudai danced the march another did the kotti dance with young girls draping the kunbi saree in the normal style and not the kunbi style. Each somudai also carried an artistically painted umbrella as they were given a white umbrella and one hour to paint it. Mollam competition where palm leaf had to be weaved as was done in the past was quite...
Read MoreOrientation for new panchayat members
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott organized an Orientation Programme for newly elected panchayat member that evoked a very good response with nearly 20 elected member participating along with around 15 villagers. While initially the panchayat members were appraised of their duties and responsibilities, they were also guided on going about doing their work and were strongly advised to delegate the work through the various committees made mandatory now. Some former sarpanchas and panchayat member complained of being dominated by the Secretary who did not allow them to function with threats of complaining to the BDO. They were told this was happening because earlier the elected representatives used to not read the Panchayati Raj Act and asked to challenge the Secretary to...
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