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Johnson named Director of Settlement, Land Records

PANAJI

The State government on Friday effected a bureaucratic reshuffle transferring seven Goa Civil Service officers and named current Director (Environment) Jhonson Fernandes as the new Director of Settlement and Land Records. 

Fernandes' place at the head of the Environment Department will be taken by Dashrath M Redkar. 

The order also places Santosh Kundaikar as Secretary, Goa Rehabilitation Board, Sushma Kamat as Director, State Lotteries and Arvind Khutkar as Registrar of Co-operative Societies. 

Biju R Naik meanwhile is posted as Joint Secretary, General Administration Department and Gourish Kuttikar  as Additional Collector“III, South Goa in Ponda. 

Sanjiv Gadkar who is Administrator of the controversial Sanjivani Sakhar Karkhana Ltd has been bestowed additional charge of Special Land Acquisition officer for Mopa Airport.

Another officer Meena Goltekar, who is Project Director, DRDA South, has been directed to hold two additional charge positions -- as managing director of Goa State SC, OBC Finance Development Corporation besides Member Secretary, Goa State Commission for Backward Classes.  

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Govt names 2 more teams to revisit 'private forests'

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published Oct 31, 2020, 12:35 AM IST
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PANAJIAlready chided by the National Green Tribunal which passed a final order declaring 46.11 square kilometres area identified in the Sharma Committee report as private forest, the Goa Government waded into the zone of controversy and has constituted two more inspection teams in addition to 14 already existing to identify private land  meeting 'Private Forests' criteria of canopy density.The teams will carry out site inspection of the properties fulfilling/meeting…

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