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PANAJI
The council of ministers which met on Thursday resolved to transfer land admeasuring 1660 square metres at Colva from the Tourism Department to the Police Department for setting up a new police station at Colva beach.
Announcing the decision, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said that the land would be transferred at a "no profit and no loss basis".
The decision will bring relief both to policemen as well as the general public and tourists who have to currently deal with a police station that is accommodated in a private house and is not easily accessible to tourists and the general public.
If for any reason the land is not utilized in its entirety for the proposed police station, it will be reverted back to the Department of Tourism.
In a similar decision, the State cabinet approved a proposal to transfer land currently in possession of the Directorate of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship to the Department of Information and Technology "for the purpose of creating a start-up related ecosystem in Goa."
The land spread across two plots with an area of 4073 and 8382 square metres is located in Porvorim.
The Department of Information Technology intends to make Goa "one of the most preferred startup destinations of India by developing a startup related ecosystem to make it among the top 25 startup destinations in Asia by 2025.
PANAJI
The council of ministers which met on Thursday resolved to transfer land admeasuring 1660 square metres at Colva from the Tourism Department to the Police Department for setting up a new police station at Colva beach.
Announcing the decision, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said that the land would be transferred at a "no profit and no loss basis".
The decision will bring relief both to policemen as well as the general public and tourists who have to currently deal with a police station that is accommodated in a private house and is not easily accessible to tourists and the general public.
If for any reason the land is not utilized in its entirety for the proposed police station, it will be reverted back to the Department of Tourism.
In a similar decision, the State cabinet approved a proposal to transfer land currently in possession of the Directorate of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship to the Department of Information and Technology "for the purpose of creating a start-up related ecosystem in Goa."
The land spread across two plots with an area of 4073 and 8382 square metres is located in Porvorim.
The Department of Information Technology intends to make Goa "one of the most preferred startup destinations of India by developing a startup related ecosystem to make it among the top 25 startup destinations in Asia by 2025.
