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MARGAO
Deputy Chief Minister Chandrakant Babu Kavlekar on Thursday said the Department of Archives has proposed to translate all the Portuguese documents stored in the Archives by appointing translators for the benefit of the people.
Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the Goa Liberation Day programme at the South Goa district Collectorate, Kavlekar said the Archives department, headed by him has taken the decision to get the Portuguese records translated for the benefit of the people. “There are thousands of records and documents in the Aarchives which are all in Portuguese. Whenever any citizen is in need of these documents, they are required to get them translated from private persons, who charge huge a sum for the job as they enjoy a monopoly for want of translators,” he said.
The Deputy Chief Minister further pointed out that after the records in the Archives are digitised by the government, they will be made available with the respective taluka headquarters.
Kavlekar, who also heads the TCP department pointed out that he has given the approvals for close to around 500 land proposals pending with the department.
“These 500 proposals were moved by the citizens with land admeasuring between 200 to 500 metres for development,” he said.
