log on to thegoan.net @thegoanonline FRIDAY APRIL 12, 2024 GOA Facebook.com/thegoan The Goan E-Paper (Playstore/IOS) 13 pages PRICE ` 10 PANAJI MARGAO GOA VOLUME IX, NO. 295 Task cut out for BJP, Congress to wrest South Goa seat 2 GOA Bardez dilemma: Will the opposition overcome BJP's stranglehold? 3 Instagram.com/thegoanonline RNI: GOAENG/2015/65729 TGLIFE ‘Desi’ wooden toys get a GI tag, art originated in Goa 22 structures in Sangolda to be demolished today STRONG POLICE FORCE DEPUTED TO TACKLE LAW & ORDER THE GOAN I NETWORK PORVORIM The Administrator of Comunidades (North) is set to demolish 22 structures on Comunidade property in Sangolda on Friday in accordance with High Court directives and will submit a compliance report by April 25. The order of the High Court also directs the Executive Engineer, Work Division-XIII, PWD, Mapusa-Goa to provide necessary cooperation to the Deputy Collector and other agencies in effectively carrying out the demolition. “Failing to comply with the said order, the departments concerned will have to face contempt proceedings says the order,” stated an order issued by Deputy Collector and SDM Bhagwant Karmali, who is also Incharge of the Demolition Squad, North Goa. The deputy collector has Some of the houses which face demolitions in Sangolda. granted the demolition squad to the Administrator of Comunidades North Zone, on Friday at 9.30 am onwards to demolish the 22 structures in Survey 81/1 of Sangolda. The Superintendent of Police, North has also been directed to depute 100 armed police including 25 lady police constables and IRB personnel on Friday at 9.30 am. The Dy Collector will also depute the Executive Magistrate/Mamlatdar to effectively carry out the demolition and also to take care of law and order problems. The Executive Engineer, Work Division-XIII, PWD, Mapusa has also been directed to assess the requirement of manpower and machinery in advance and provide required/sufficient demolition squad to demolish the illegal constructions. The departments have also been directed to disconnect electricity and water connec- tions to the houses earmarked for demolition. The deputy collector also made it clear that if the demolition is not completed within a day, the demolition shall be continued on next day, the authorities/agencies should co-ordinate among and complete the demolition. It may be noted that the Administrator of Comunidades, North Zone, could not carry out the demolition of 22 houses located in Survey 81/1 of Sangolda on February 27 as the Demolition Squad did not report at the site. The High Court of Bombay at Goa in an order dated February 6, 2024 had dismissed the petition of the owners of 22 houses seeking extensions, after noting that the applicants kept on applying for extensions and once the extensions were finally refused, they refuse to comply with their undertakings. Infant succumbs in Usgao road mishap PONDA: A 6-month-old baby succumbed to injuries at the Goa Medical College Hospital at Bambolim, following a mishap between a passenger bus and a car at Usgao on Wednesday evening. According to sources, there was a delay in arranging a 108 ambulance to admit the infant to GMC.  >> See pg 3 THE GOAN I NETWORK Tourist held in fatal hit, run mishap 6 students killed in Haryana mishap CHANDIGARH: Six schoolchildren were killed and around 20 were hurt after a bus carrying them overturned in Haryana on Thursday. WEATHER >> Max: 34 C Min: 25 C Humidity: 86% TIDES Low: High: 06:58 19:28 00:17 13:57 PORVORIM: The High Court has pulled up officials over excuses for non-compliance of demolition of structures at Sangolda and said the excuse of Code of Conduct, which was diffidently made, cannot be allowed to prevail. Justices M S Sonak and Valmiki Menezes made their observations following an application for an extension of time filed by the Deputy Collector, who was directed to remove encroachments on Comunidade property and file compliance report along with photographs.   >> See pg 5 NCB sleuths nab UK national for growing cannabis IN SHORT >> MAPUSA: Colvale police arrested a tourist from Jamshedpur in connection with a hit and run incident which claimed the life of a pedestrian near Sirsaim panchayat. The rent-a-car has also been seized.  >> See pg 3 Officials pulled up over ‘excuses’  AUSPICIOUS DAY: Muslims offer prayers at Jama Masjid Panjim on the occasion of Eid-UlFitr on Thursday. The occasion marks the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting and is a time of joyous celebration.  Narayan Pissurlenkar 12 Indians working in bed, cake factories held in UK visa raids PTI LONDON Eleven men and one woman, all said to be Indian nationals, have been arrested by the UK’s immigration authorities in a series of raids on suspicion of being in breach of their visa conditions and working illegally at a bedding and cake factory. According to a statement from the UK Home Office, Immigration Enforcement officers descended on the bedding and mattress business in the West Midlands region of England following intelligence that illegal work was taking place on-site. They arrested seven men all Indian nationals for suspected illegal working, the Home Office said. Four more Indian men were arrested at a nearby cake factory. They were found to be in breach of their visa conditions. PANAJI A British national named Jason I was on Thursday arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Goa for illicit cannabis cultivation at his residence in Socorro. The arrest ensued following a tip-off regarding the cultivation of cannabis concealed among other plants to evade detection. Additional Director of NCB Goa Amit Ghawate informed media that the search yielded 33 newly cultivated cannabis plants, along with 10 grams of Ganja and illicit proceeds amounting to Rs 40,000. “The cannabis plants were grown in flower pots along with other plants to avoid detection, and kept on the terrace at his residence. All these are seized and will be sent for forensic analysis,” he said. Jason was previously arrested by the NCB Goa on November 28, 2022, during which the NCB sleuths found 107 Ecstasy tablets, 40 gms of MDMA powder, and 55 gms of Charas in his possession, which were subsequently seized for investigation purposes. The accused was on bail when the NCB arrested him for the second time in the present case. FROM PARENTAL MEDDLING TO EGO CLASHES Surge in marital disputes takes Goa by storm THE GOAN I NETWORK PANAJI woman who frequently savoured authentic Goan pav-bhaji at a local restaurant every Sunday found herself unable to do so one particular Sunday as guests were scheduled to arrive at her in-laws place. She agreed to make up for it by going out the following Sunday on being convinced by her husband. However, what unfolded next escalated into a major dispute. She shared her plans with her mother over the phone, and news of the arrangement reached her father, who was 5 kms away from her in-laws residence. Shortly he arrived with a parcel of the Goan pav-bhaji A IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO, BUT… „„An average of 12-15 marital disputes reported every month „„Several cases presently pending in courts „„Women’s Commission also grappling with a multitude of cases „„Cases relate to disputes between couples fuelled by ego clashes, parental meddling and lack of family values for his daughter. This is just one instance of parental interference in marriages that reached the doors of the Court for final couples land up at the Women’s Commission for counselling „„An average of one out of every 15 cases reaches the courts „„Disputes with neighbours second most prevalent category „„Every week around four FACT FILE: Govt had last year disclosed that around 1,200 divorce cases were registered from 2020 to June 2023, with the first half of 2023 witnessing a peak of 254 divorces settlement. While there are matters in the Court, Goa State Women’s Commission is also currently grappling with a multitude of cases involving disputes between couples fuelled by ego clashes, parental meddling, and lack of family values. The Commission has re- corded a high number of cases concerning marital discord compared to other types of disputes filed with them, with the second most prevalent category being disputes with neighbours, those resulting in the violation of women’s dignity. Commission Chairperson Ranjit Pai has conceded the rise in such cases, with an average of 12-15 marital disputes being reported each month. “While we endeavour to mediate and reconcile the parties involved, in some instances, one or both spouses are determined to take legal recourse through a divorce,” she explained speaking to The Goan. >Continued on P5 6 SPORTS Mumbai Indians chases down target in 15.3 overs to win against RCB 13 Minor mishap takes violent turn, cop brutally thrashed Two arrested after high-speed chase by 5 police vehicles, two others on the run THE GOAN I NETWORK EARLY MORNING ROAD RAGE PANAJI In a scene straight out of a movie, a gang, who fled after brutally assaulting a newly recruited constable, found themselves chased by five police vehicles over a distance of about 80 kms. What started as a minor accident between two cars in Mapusa took a violent turn, with the assailants leaving no opportunity to thrash one of the three constables in the other car. Two of those accused have been arrested, one of whom also faces a murder charge while two others are on the run.  The incident took place during the early hours of Thursday when one group of men verbally abused and physically attacked the occupants of the other vehicle, including three off-duty policemen. The police have shared only the basic details with the media as North Goa Superintendent of Police Akshat Kau- „„Incident took place during the early hours of Thursday after a minor accident „„One group of men verbally abuse, physically attack occupants of other vehicle, including three off-duty policemen „„Verbal spat and physical altercation take violent turn wherein the cop was verbally abused, brutally assaulted and threatened  „„Assailants attempt to flee after the attack „„PCR vans from Mapusa and Bicholim were called in to chase the car „„Accused drive nearly 80 kilometers before being intercepted around 3:30 am, arrested shal stated that the incident occurred around 1:45 am. The police records mention that Pavan Tirke and Jovit Coutinho were traveling in a black Skoda Octavia (registration No. GA-03-H-0569) from Mapusa towards Aldona via Alankar Theater when the car collided with a Maruti Baleno GA-03-Z-7133 driven by Mallesh Joodi, accompanied by Mahesh Dalvi, Tejas Gurav, and Sharad Bhatkande. Initially, there was a verbal spat and physical altercation between Tirke and Joodi. Tirke then called his accomplices Raj and Elrich Fernandes to the scene. Subsequently, there was a violent clash wherein Joodi was verbally abused, assaulted brutally and threatened by the accused.  SP Kaushal stated that both Coutinho and Fernandes >Continued on P5 NRIs who invested in flats stuck for resale over rules Sub-registrars refuse to register resale for lack of NOC from DMU panel at time of purchase REGULATORY TANGLE THE GOAN I NETWORK PANAJI Non-resident Indians and foreign nationals holding Overseas Citizen of India  (OCI) cards who purchased apartments (flats) in Goa in the 2013-18 five-year period are caught in a bind: they are unable to sell as officials are refusing to endorse the deals citing the lack of an NOC from the Debt Management Unit (DMU) Committee set up by the State government on the prompting of the Reserve Bank of India. Sub-registrars are refusing to register second sales of „„NRIs, OCIs who purchased flats in Goa in 2013-18 fiveyear period unable to sell „„Officials refusing to endorse deals citing lack of NOC from Debt Management Unit Committee „„Sub-registrars refusing to register second sales of such apartments pointing out lacunae that at the time of their purchase „„One such Goan native, now a Singaporean National, is stuck with an flat he purchased in 2015 such apartments pointing out the lacunae that at the time of their purchase, although the incumbent then, had endorsed the deal between the real estate developer and the NRI buyers without the NOC from the DMU panel. >Continued on P5 SHREE RAMNATH DEVASTHAN CHARITIES RAMNATHI, PONDA-GOA PHONE: 0832-2335281, 2335041, 2335174 Email: ramnathd07@gmail.com www.ramnathi.org FREE MEGA MEDICAL CAMP SHREE RAMNATH DEVASTHAN CHARITIES WILL BE ORGANISING THEIR ANNUAL MEGA MEDICAL CAMP ON SUNDAY 21ST APRIL 2024 IN SHREE RAMNATH DEVASTHAN HALL, RAMNATHIM BANDORA PONDA GOA. 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