Goa Legislative Assembly

“This House resolves that the Government makes provision for constructing Western Bypass on Stilts at Benaulim on the basis of the facts that on 5^th July 2022 and 5^th July 2023, the entire catchment area at Benaulim and the carrying capacity of River Sal were overflowing at High Tide and with heavy rains at the same time, which proved that the Study Report provided by the WRD wrongly produced Rational Formula and Ryve's formula which showed wrongly derived Peak Flood Discharge and Discharge capacity of the River Sal."

“This House resolves that the Government makes provision for ensuring all Assurances given on the Floor of the House to be fulfilled with a guaranteed time frame to ensure accountability and fulfilment.”  

“This House strongly recommends the Government to  make provision for ensuring Guaranteed Delivery of Public Services and Accountability within specified time limit to all citizens, the publication of the citizens charter and other disclosures by all public authorities, the establishments of digital portals and facilitation centers for service delivery, and the processing and monitoring of grievances related thereto and to provide for the establishment of Grievance Redressal Authority to ensure accountability and remedy for denial of services.”

“This House strongly recommends the Government to   make provision for restarting the subsidy towards tourist taxi and sanctioning the subsidies for all those tourist taxis, whose sanction letters were issued but subsidy kept on hold and not released. Further, the drivers holding a taxi badge be allowed to continue to drive the tourist vehicles without any changes.”

“This House strongly recommends the Government to implement a permanent pension scheme for retired Goan Seafarers and their widows via “The Goa Welfare / Pension Scheme for Seafarers, 2012”  and further integrate the DSS scheme with “The Goa Welfare / Pension Scheme for Seafarers, 2012”  in order to avoid partial withdrawing from NRI Department and partial from Social Welfare Department and to mitigate the hardship faced by senior seafarer citizen and their widow.

“Attention of the House is drawn as regards the disturbing incidents of suicides among the personnel of the Goa police in recent times. The Government should conduct an immediate assessment to understand the causes behind such incidents and roll out a police welfare and psychological support programme.  These incidents have raised serious issues of working conditions, stress levels and absence of psychological support within the police force. The steps the Government has taken in the matter.”

Calling Attention moved by S/Shri Yuri Alemao, Hon. Leader of Opposition, Venzy Viegas and Cruz Silva, Hon. MLAs, was not taken up, since the movers of the Calling Attention, were not present in the House, when the Calling Attention was called out.

“Attention of the House is drawn as regards the steps taken by the Government or proposed to be taken to initiate a comprehensive scientific, legal and institutional framework to identify, map, name, survey, conserve and protect Goa’s ancient coastal geomorphological features such as coastal cliffs, headlands, capes, sea facing plateaus, creeks, sea caves and to legally recognize and notify such features under appropriate conservation and heritage protection frameworks to integrate this scientific baselines into CRZ planning and development control and to prevent further irreversible destruction of these ancient coastal formations”.

The calling attention was not taken up as the subject matter of the calling attention was already discussed on 11/03/2026 by the house.

“Attention of the House is drawn as regards the measures taken by the State as regards the rising Commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking, especially as regards women and children at International, National and the name of the State of Goa is repeatedly mentioned as regards the subject matter. The steps the Government has taken to eradicate this illegality.”

The reply to the calling attention was postponed and replied on 11/03/2026 

“Attention of the House is drawn as regards the concern of people and stakeholders such as Village Panchayats, industry associations, on the introduction of the Reverse Vending Machine (RVM) and Deposit Refund Scheme (DRS) without any awareness, orientation and training in the working of the scheme and the equipments. Though the objectives are laudable as it is reduce the non- biodegradable waste and encourage responsible disposal of mainly alcohol and PET bottles, multi layered wrappers and milk cartons, the apprehension is that RVMs are turning into white elephants and gathering dust after installation without any proper awareness, orientation and training. The steps the Directorate of Panchayats will take to ensure that the scheme of RVMs and DRS will effectively operate at the ground level including making such arrangements mandatory in shopping malls and shopping departmental stores/marts”. 

The reply to the calling attention was postponed to next week and replied on 12/03/2026 

  “Attention of the House is drawn as regards the anxiety in the minds of unemployed youth and job seekers in the State following repeated reports of large-scale job recruitment irregularities cases, wherein it has been alleged that some job aspirants  have been induced to part with money on assurances of employment in Government Departments. The steps the Government has taken in the matter in terms of pro active steps to eradicate these irregularities and the punitive action taken against the offenders.

Hon\'ble Speaker Sir,

I rise to raise a matter of urgent public importance regarding the fear and anxiety among locals of Cavelossim, Salcete.

Locals have repeatedly flagged illegalities - unauthorized constructions, land filling, mangrove destruction, debris dumping in river and large-scale environmental damage - but no coordinated action has been taken.

I urge the Govt. to immediately direct GCZMA/CRZ, TCP, Tourism, DoP, Forest & Goa Police to conduct a Joint Inspection of following sites in Cavelossim:

1) Survey No. 95/1-C - Cricketer
2) Survey No. 114, 120 - Batty near Dias Wholesale
3) Survey No. 127/1, 127/4, 127/8 - Batty (another road)
4) Survey No. 112/1, 113/1,2,3,4 - Police Check Post Road
5) Survey No. 99/2-E - Ashwood Resort, Mobor Villas
6) Philip Neri - details to be verified
7) Opp. Leela - debris dumping in river
8) Mangroves cutting - survey no. to be identified
9) Batty - new illegal road formation
10) Survey No. 114/1-A - Opp. Krishna Hotel - house/project with swimming pool
11) Rodrigues Ward - large-scale coconut cutting & upcoming project
12) Survey No. 111/1-D - Sand dune destruction
13) Survey No. 150/4 & 150/6 at Santa Khuri - Illegal restaurant in middle of Salt Pan (150/4) & Paddy Field (150/6). Demand resurvey of Cavelossim Village Plan as salt pans, sand dunes & water bodies are missing.
14) Survey No. 147 - Tamborim
15) Survey No. 54/1-G - Illegal filling

These are in clear violation of CRZ, TCP, Forest & Environmental laws, causing irreversible damage to coastal ecology.

I request Hon\'ble Chief Minister to order immediate joint inspection, stop-work, demolition of illegalities and restoration of ecology. An Action Taken Report be placed before this House.

Fear and anxiety in the minds of local fishermen and the local MLA, Panchayats due to the letter coming from your department asking for suggestions for Installation of Temporary Floating Stations at Various beaches. These installations will disturb the fishing activities as well as the ECO-System. Also such letters are send to the panchayats without keeping our MLA office into the loop which creates unnecessary restlessness in the mind of locals, Benaulim constituency being a coastal belt with coastal beaches being naturally not suitable for these installations we request you not to carry out these installations and come out with a clear letter and assurance that you will not go ahead with these floating installations. Steps the Govt would want to assure. 

I would want to bring to the attention of this house that Annual Health check up should not be a luxury,which only people with money can afford. Imagine a Mother who never comes to know that she has cancer, A son who never knew he had high BP till the time he  gets a stroke, A sister who lost her eye sight and than only comes to know it was due to diabetes, Today we see scary videos how while playing suddenly player falls down and collapses due to cardiac arrest, on the wedding day the groom collapses due to heart attack. Other countries have got mandatory time to time health check ups and those governments ensure their citizens do these health check ups regularly. In Goa if we can promote Health Check up we could save several lives, My request to the Goa Govt and the Health Minister to give every citizen a mandatory Free Health Annual check up so that the sickness can be detected earlier. Steps Govt assures to take.

Would want to bring to the attention of the house regarding the newly announced old age benefit scheme for 75yrs by Seafarers Welfare Fund Society, providing one time support of 1 lakh rupees to Indian Seafarers who have completed 75 yrs w.e.f 01/01/2026. Request the Govt to advocate the GSAI president Frank Viegas\'s plea which is the voice of Goan seafarers who would want this scheme to be extended to all existing seafarers who are 75 yrs and above, plus the widows of seafarers. The Govt should form a committee to make a representation to the SWFS and support our seafarers community, Steps the Govt would want to assure.

In view of the fear and anxiety prevailing among residents, beach visitors and the tourism fraternity following the shocking mauling of a British tourist by a pack of stray dogs during an early morning walk on Cavelossim beach in Salcete Taluka, I draw the urgent attention of the Government to the serious threat posed by packs of stray dogs roaming freely along several beaches in Salcete.

This incident is not isolated. Similar attacks have been reported in recent months in which even children and senior citizens visiting the beaches have been mauled and injured. Such incidents seriously endanger human life and damage the reputation of Goa as a safe tourism destination.

I therefore urge the Government to immediately conduct a special drive to round up all stray dogs from the Cavelossim–Mobor beach stretch and other vulnerable beaches in Salcete and shift them to recognised shelters. I also seek a clear assurance from the Hon’ble Minister for Animal Husbandry, the Hon’ble Minister for Tourism and the Hon’ble Chief Minister that coordinated action will be taken immediately to remove these stray dogs and ensure the safety of residents and tourists.

The following Cut Motions to Demand No. 13 – Transport, Demand No. 19 – Industries, Trade & Commerce and Demand No. 31 – Panchayats, have been received from the Member as shown below against the respective Demands, which are fixed for discussion on the 12th March, 2026

The following Cut Motions to Demand No. 47 – Goa Medical College, Demand No. 48 – Health Services, Demand No. 49 – Institute of Psychiatry & Human Behaviour, Demand No. 51 – Goa Dental College, Demand No. 53 – Food & Drug Administration, Demand No. 54 – Town & Country Planning, Demand No. 55 – Municipal Administration, Demand No. 58 – Women & Child Development and Demand No. 68 – Forest have been received from the Member as shown below against the respective Demands, which are fixed for discussion on the 11th March, 2026.

The following Cut Motions to Demand No. 71 – Co-operation and Demand No. 74 – Water Resources, have been received from the Member as shown below against the respective Demands, which are fixed for discussion on the 7^th August, 2025.

The following Cut Motions to Demand No. 34 – School Education, Demand No. 35 – Higher Education, Demand No. 36 – Technical Education, Demand No. 37 – Government Polytechnic, Panaji, Demand No. 38 – Government Polytechnic, Bicholim, Demand No. 39 – Government Polytechnic, Curchorem, Demand No. 40 – Goa College of Engineering, Demand No. 41 – Goa Architecture College, Demand No. 44 – Goa College of Art, Demand No. 46 – Museum, Demand No. 50 – Goa College of Pharmacy, Demand No. 63 – Rajya Sainik Board, Demand No. 73 – State Election Commission, Demand No. 75 – Planning, Statistics & Evaluation, Demand No. 80 – Legal Metrology, Demand No. 81 – Department of Tribal Welfare, Demand No. 83 – Mines, Demand No. 84 – Civil Aviation and Demand No. 88 – Department of Public Private Partnership, have been received from the Member as shown below against the respective Demands, which are fixed for discussion on the 6th August, 2025.

The following Cut Motions to Demand No. 2 – General Administration & Coordination, Demand No. 5 – Prosecution, Demand No. 6 – Election Office, Demand No. 8 – Treasury & Accounts Administration, North Goa, Demand No. 9 – Treasury & Accounts Administration, South Goa, Demand No. 11 – Excise, Demand No. 12 –  Commercial Taxes, Demand No. 14 – Goa Sadan, Demand No. 17 – Police, Demand No. 18 – Jails, Demand No. 21 – Public Works, Demand No. 22 – Vigilance, Demand No. 23 – Home, Demand No. 25 – Home Guards & Civil Defence, Demand No. 26 – Fire & Emergency Services, Demand No. 27 – Official Language, Demand No. 29 – Public Grievances, Demand No. 30 – Small Savings & Lotteries, Demand No. 32 – Finance, Demand No.  42 – Sports & Youth Affairs, Demand No. 43 – Art & Culture, Demand No. 56 – Information & Publicity, Demand No. 61 – Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Demand No. 85 – Department of Rural Development and Demand No. 90 – Drinking Water Department, have been received from the Member as shown below against the respective Demands, which are fixed for discussion on the 5th August, 2025.