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3 eco-tourism projects get IPB approvals

The Investment Promotion Board, in its twelfth board meeting, gave a huge boost to the tourism sector by clearing three eco-tourism projects and seven five-star category hotels.rnSpeaking after the board meeting, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said, “We have cleared 16 projects overall today (Monday).

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 Three are eco-tourism projects, seven five-star hotels, three pharmaceutical projects, one an institution and two manufacturing projects.” The most prominent project to get IPB’s approval was Movaj Enterprises’ project to build a ‘Mini India Park’ at Quelossim, Mormugao. This project was deferred by the IPB earlier. Meanwhile, the Board has approved a proposal for small hotels and resorts which will allow less than the mandatory 8-metre access road as is currently mandated. The proposal which was put before the Board now mandates that a hotel or resort of up to 20 rooms and 1,000 m2 built up area can be granted permission with an access road of a minimum of five metres, that of 40 rooms and up to 2,000 m2 of built up area requires a minimum six metre access road  
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Govt op theatres at three PHCs to go private

The State government is actively considering a proposal to turn over fully-equipped operation theatres in three primary health centers to the private sector, according tornHealth Minister and Deputy Chief Minister Francis D’Souza. Health centers at Valpoi,rnSanquelim and Bicholim were identified as having operating theatres with all the equipment to carry out an operation but were being left un-used due to the lack of personnel.

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Published Jul 19, 2016, 6:09 AM IST
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PANAJI “Valpoi, Sanquelim and Bicholim have operation theatres but are not being used. So we are planning to keep these open for private hospitals. These are new operation theatres at PHCs but no surgeons, anesthesiologists and radiologists there. If private hospitals can make use of these facilities, it will go well,” said D’Souza.Undertaken by GSIDC, each of the PHCs has two operation theatres that accordingto D’Souza have all the equipment for an operation to be…

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