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  • Amid protests, CM declares relocation of IIT-Goa campus

    Image Source : PTI Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant
    In the face of accelerating protests by villagers in opposition to the proposed IIT-Goa campus at Melaulim village in North Goa, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday introduced the relocation of the mission elsewhere within the coastal state. Sawant, nonetheless, mentioned that the brand new location had not been recognized but.
    “This government listens to the voice of the people. Therefore, our government has decided to shift the project from Sattari to another location in Goa. We will inform the IIT officials today,” Sawant informed the media at his official residence right here. Melaulim is situated within the Sattari sub-district.
    Sawant maintained that each he and Health Minister Vishwajit Rane, in whose Assembly constituency the proposed IIT campus was situated, had no vested pursuits in selling the mission at Melaulim.
    Ever since an Indian Institute of Technology was allotted to Goa by the central authorities in 2014, it was performing from a short lived campus shared by the Goa Engineering College in Farmagudi village in South Goa.

    The two websites beforehand recognized by the state in Canacona and Sanguem sub- districts for the everlasting IIT campus had been dropped within the face of protests from space residents and after strain from the opposition, which had alleged a land rip-off in shortlisting of web sites for the institute.
    Sawant’s announcement comes after the protests turned violent final week, following which instances had been registered in opposition to greater than 100 protestors. Several of them had been booked beneath non-bailable Sections of regulation, together with try to homicide.
    Sawant denied allegations by villagers that police had dedicated atrocities on the protesters, particularly denying the contents of a viral video which confirmed an Inspector trampling upon protesting girls.
    “No one was trampled upon. I have seen the video closely. The video was wrongly interpreted. In fact, a woman Constable was attacked with a sharp weapon. She had to be administered 21 stitches. Other policemen were injured too,” the Chief Minister mentioned.
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  • COVID-19: Night curfew seemingly in Goa in view of vacationer surge, says minister

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    Image Source : FILE COVID-19: Night curfew seemingly in Goa in view of vacationer surge, says minister
    The Goa authorities is prone to impose night time curfew within the state on the strains of Delhi to forestall the unfold of COVID-19, a state minister stated on Thursday. Health Minister Vishwajit Rane, nonetheless, didn’t specify when its implementation is prone to begin.

    He stated that he has mentioned the problem with Chief Minister Pramod Sawant.

    “I have spoken to the chief minister on imposing night curfew in the state on lines of the state of Delhi and Karnataka. The file is already in the process,” Rane stated in an announcement.

    “Strict standard operating procedures (SOPs) is the need of the hour as Goa is a tourist state,” he added.

    The minister stated that he obtained a letter from the Union Health Secretary, which requested every state authorities to make sure that SOPs and strict protocols are laid down contemplating the coronavirus state of affairs on the native degree.

    “Since Goa is a tourist state, it is imperative to have strict SOPs in place, so that we are able to sustain the tourism activities as per the COVID-19 guidelines,” he stated.

    A senior well being division official in Goa stated that the Union Health Ministry despatched a letter to the state authorities on Thursday, asking it impose the curbs.

    In the letter, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan referred to as for a strict vigil in Goa to curb all potential “super spreader” occasions and locations the place crowds might collect to have a good time the New Year.

    It additionally referred to its earlier communication whereby it had stated that states and Union Territories might impose restrictions, similar to night time curfew, on the native degree based mostly on their evaluation of the state of affairs to include the unfold of COVID-19.

    “However, there shall be no restriction on inter-state and intra-state movement of persons and goods. In view of the matter, you may promptly assess the local situation and consider imposition of appropriate restrictions on 30th, 31st December and 1st January, 2021,” the letter says.
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