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Will complete pending projects in Mandrem by Dec: Sawant

Inaugurates Rs 5 crore Cyclone Shelter at Mandrem

Will complete pending projects in Mandrem by Dec: Sawant

PERNEM
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday assured that all those projects by GTDC Chairman and local MLA Dayanand Sopte which are pending in Mandrem constituency will be completed by December.

He was speaking after inaugurating the Cyclone Shelter at Mandrem, built at a cost of Rs 5 crore.

The Cyclone Shelter will serve as a control room for communications, preparedness and will serve as a temporary shelter in case of future emergencies, along with providing facilities for day-to-day usage for various events.

“There are 14 more projects to be completed and no project started by him will be kept on hold. Due to Sopte’s initiative, this Cyclone Shelter is now completed,” said Sawant.

Others present on the occasion included Mandrem MLA Dayanand Sopte, Mandrem Sarpanch Subhash Asolkar, Parcem Sarpanch Pragati Sopte, Morjim Deputy Sarpanch Amit Shetgaonkar and others.

The chief minister informed that recruitment for Mopa Skill Training Centre would begin from November and youth chosen from across Pernem would be trained in skills for employment at the Mopa airport.

The chief minister also inaugurated the building of Harmal Panchakroshi College at Harmal. “Such prime institutions will go a long way to prepare an environment for the all-round development of students in the State. The State government strives to bring in quality education and courses for students to help them excel in the fields of their liking,” said Sawant.

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Anger over road construction near beach at Caranzalem

Locals demand immediate halt to ongoing work

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published Oct 10, 2021, 12:31 AM IST
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PANAJIA group of councillors, residents and activists have voiced anger over the construction of a road at Caranzalem beach and have demanded the immediate halt of the work.“There was a footpath which is now being converted to a big road,” complained former mayor Uday Madkaikar.Former mayor and sitting corporator Surendra Furtado said he was shocked to note that a large road is being made directly to the beach over the current weekend for the benefit of a resort at…

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