Gampona Ghor
Gampona Ghor or Casa de Sessão at Igorjebhat which was in a dilapidated condition posing a great threat to the young children coming there as an anganwadi is housed therein, has been renovated by the children of late Francisco and late Francisca alias Fanny Coutinho. The entire house has been given plastered with cement inside as well as outside besides giving it an entire new flooring of granite stones. Besides, the entire roofing has been redone with the damaged beams replaced. A toilet and a store room has also been provided to the premises. At a small function held on 29th August 2015, the renovated premises were blessed by the officiating parish priest Fr. Saluzinho Fernandes. A local person Agnelo Fernandes who availed the various schemes implemented...
Read MoreGanv Bhavancho Ekvott carried out a tree plantation drive
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott carried out a tree plantation drive in Chandor on 23rd August 2015 wherein 39 plants of different species were planted with most of them being fruit bearing trees and a few flowering plants. Officiating Parish Priest of Chandor, Fr. Saluzinho Fernandes commenced the drive by planting the first tree which incidentally was a neem plant which is known for its medicinal qualities. All the 39 plants were sponsored with most of the sponsors being from the village itself except for two. Incidentally 32 plants were sponsored by Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott members themselves. The plantation that commenced at 9:30 am concluded at around 5 pm. While all the saplings were planted before lunch, post lunch the plants were protected with tree guards and also...
Read MoreGanv Bhavancho Ekvott members market cleaning initiative
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott members toiled for nearly three hours on 19th July to clean the tinto at Chandor with a power washer that really cleaned the dirty walls and floors. The work commenced at 4:30 pm and ended at nearly 7:30 pm during which time each section was cleaned meticulously. While the section where pork and sausages are sold were cleaned off the blood stains, the fish market section was rid of the slimy after remains of the fish sold there. However, the most difficult was the cleaning of the vegetable market where ants, cockroaches and other insects abounded. In fact it was quite appalling to see the ant and cockroaches prowling around and imagine that the vegetables they crawl over are sold to the villagers the next day. The cleaning was part of...
Read MoreLeopard trapped in Chandor
Chandorkars have been living with the leopard for quite a long time now. People have been losing their pets to the leopards for many years now. In fact leopards have been spotted at various occasions not only on the hillock at Ghottmorod but even at Oilem Tollem. However, for the first time now, on 17th July a leopard was trapped in Chandor at Molla just behind the house of Sita Antao where incidentally the trap was laid for the third time in three years. What was trapped is a baby leopard which according to the forest officials is about a two year old female. Sita’s husband Bernardo Mascarenhas says he saw two leopards earlier and one entered the trap. Their maid claims that in the night when she peeped out of the window she could see the trapped leopard in the...
Read MoreLadain held at the cross on the hillock at Ghottmorod
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott held its annual Ladain at the cross on the hillock at Ghottmorod on 29th May 2015 from 5 pm onwards. In all there were 35 people present for the ladain that included 16 members, 6 children of members, one other child, four guests of which one was a member’s wife and eight of John’s staff that carried the snacks up the hillock. The ladain was sung in Konkani by all the members and guests gifted with the talent to sing. Anthony Pereira led the singing by accompanying on a guitar. He was supported by Presley Mascarenhas, a member’s son on the saxophone and Cyrus on the violin. Irene Antao was the project manager and did a very good job of ensuring that all present were served the snacks. For the first time the snacks were contributed by...
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