What makes Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in Goa unique?
Ganesh Chaturthi brings Goa to a halt. Many business houses don’t hesitate to take leave from their businesses and customers to celebrate this festival with their families. Government offices enjoy a state holiday. The main reason for this is the fact that the festival enjoys an unofficial status of being a state festival. Family affair […]
Adaptive Reuse Model to protect Goa monuments?
Recently, the Directorate of Archives and Archaeology (DAA) has been considering the adaptive reuse of protected monuments. Three heritage sites have been shortlisted. The monuments identified for conservation are located in Naroa, Vichundrem and Cabo de Rama. What is Adaptive Reuse? Adaptive reuse is conventionally defined as “the process of adapting old structures for new […]
“Project Goa as an IT investment destination” say IT Professionals to Govt.
Goa as an IT Investment Destination Goa IT Professionals (GITP) issued an open letter to the Government. In the letter the GITP professionals asked the Government to promote the state as a information technology (IT) investment destination. This was submitted at the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) summit. “Goa has an excellent opportunity […]
Organic Craft Workshop for Self Help Groups
The Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of Goa in joint collaboration with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), will be organizing two workshops on seashell craft and coconut shell craft at Sanskruti Bhavan, Patto-Panjim. The workshops will be held for thirteen days each, from September 16 to September 28. The organic […]
50,000 to the two Cleanest villages of Goa
The Governor of Goa, Smt. Mridula Sinha recently announced a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 each to two of the cleanest villages in Goa. The winners will be one village from North Goa and one from South Goa. The award ceremony for the cleanest villages will be held on October 2, 2017, at Raj Bhavan […]
Reis Magos – Panjim Ropeway Project to see the light of day
The Reis Magos – Panjim Ropeway will finally see the light of day! The state cabinet on Friday, 2nd September, finally gave its approval for setting up a Ropeway between Panjim and Reis Magos . There is no doubt that the ropeway would primarily be used as a tourist attraction to transport tourists from the capital […]
Rivers: Mandovi and Zuari among 8 for immediate development
Along with 6 other national rivers,Goa’s famous Mandovi and Zuari will be fast tracked for development as national waterways. Chairperson of Indland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), Amitabh Verma recently disclosed that 8 rivers in the country have been shortlisted for immediate development as national waterways. Apart from Mandovi and Zuari, other waterways include Barak in Assam, […]
Ganesh Chaturthi, know more about the festival
Ganesh Chaturthi, also known as Vinayaka Caturthi or ‘Chovoth’ in Konkani is a Hindu festival celebrated in honor of the ‘Elephant-headed God’. Chaturthi translates to ‘fourth day’ or ‘fourth state’ in Hindi. Celebrations for the festival are generally held on the fourth day of the first fortnight in the month of Bhaadrapada in the Hindu […]
C-Trains –The answer to commuters’ transit woes?
It’s been almost 12 years since the failure of the famed Sky Bus project in Goa, supposed to be a mass transit solution to the city’s traffic woes. However will the new C-Train concept be capable of answering commuters’ transit woes? A Caterpillar Train (C-Train) System was a plan devised by Ashwini Kumar, engineer of Indian Railways […]
Meat Shops in Mapusa to get New Building
After setting up a state of the state-of-the-art fish and vegetable complex in Mapusa, the Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) has announced that they will be setting up a new building for selling beef and pork as well. Mapusa Municipal Council has decided to demolish the current building and reconstruct it. The current building is in […]
