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PAGE NEWS 6 Ponda Businessmen & Prosessionals Forum formed Ponda- The Ponda Businessmen and Professional Forum - an umbrella organization Ad hoc Forum President Sanjay Fondekar of businessmen from Ponda will be holding its first annual general meeting at 10 am on Sunday 22 March 2015 at Thrift Society Hall, Ponda. Over hundred Professionals and Businessmen from Ponda have come together to form ‘The Ponda Businessmen and professional Forum’ with the objective of providing a unification point to the business and professional class of Ponda. The forum aims to carry out activities to promote businesses and professionals in the Taluka while uniting them to ensure that their interests are safeguarded. ‘The Ponda Businessmen and professional Forum’ has been registered with the registrar of co op societies under the Reg No 74/ Goa/2015. “The need for a common forum to represent the businessmen and professionals was felt as there is no organization at present which takes care of the interests of this group,” said Sanjay Fondekar the ad hoc President of the Forum. “Our Forum intends to be a uniting point and aims to work towards assisting the members to achieve greater heights in their respective fields, provide help when necessary and represent the group before various authorities as and when required,” he further added . “Presently we have more than hundred members and our aims is to include all the businessmen and professionals in Ponda Secretary of the forum, Manoj Gaonkar. in our endeavor,” said Secretary of the forum, Manoj Gaonkar. Gaonkar further said, “We will strive to make “The Ponda Businessmen and professional Forum” the voice of the professionals and businesses in Ponda.” The first general Body meeting of the forum is scheduled to be held on 22.03.2015, at 10.00am Sunday at the Thrift society hall, with the main agenda being election of a managing committee to take care of the affairs of the Forum 21 March 2015 Ponda Taluka records 65.45% voting Ponda- Ponda recorded 65.45 percent voting at the Zilla Panchayat elections 2015. The 7 Zilla Panchayat seats in Ponda were being contested by 27 candidates. The voting percentage in Ponda Taluka was in tandem with the 66.43% voting percentage registered at all Goa level. Usgao-Ganje constituency which had four candidates in fray recorded maximum i.e. 74.40 per cent turnout whereas the least voting percentage of 58.52 was observed at Veling-Priol constituency which had just two candidates battling against each other- one backed by M.G. Party and other an independent candidate. The voting percentage which had hardly crossed 30% mark by 1pm picked up pace post lunch in the 166 polling stations in the temple taluka. Returning officer Johnson Fernandes said that the election process was held peacefully adding that nearly one thousand government staff were deployed in the election process in the taluka. Of the 27 candidates who were in fray for the 7 ZP seats , 20 were independent , 2 were backed by BJP and 5 were M.G. Party backed candidates. Apart from a couple of fringe incidents that occurred at some polling stations , the polling process was by and large peaceful. In the Shiroda constituency there was some issue over ballot paper series. A clash occurred at KaranjalParampai in Marcaim near a polling booth between two groups, but the police said that it was not related to the election process.A minor incident was also reported at Usgao which was resolved peacefully with due police intervention. Altogether 66.43 per cent of the total 7.80 lakh electorate exercised their franchise across Goa to elect total 50 members of the two Zilla Panchayats in the state. ZP constituency wise voting percentage in 7 Constituencies of Ponda taluka is as follows [1] Usgao-Ganje constituency 74.40 % [2] Borim constituency , 74.16 %, [3] Shiroda constituency , 68.24% [4] Kavalem constituency 63.53 % [5] Betqui-Khandola constituency 63.34 % [6] Curti Constituency 62.51 % [7] Veling-Priol Constituency 58.52 % Swacch Ponda Drive by POP 18th Sunday (22/03/2015), Swaccha Bharat Nital Ponda Abhiyan by POP at 7am, opp. Rajiv Kala Mandir, near hotel Kirti, Ponda... POP’s every Sanday exercise of Awareness through CLEANLINESS DRIVE...join POP .. & Be a part of noble social cause ... 14 Ponda students excel at National Talent Search Examinations Ponda- 14 students from Ponda excelled at the State Level National Talent Search Examination 2015 for the students of Std.X, at all taluka centres in the State held by the State Council of Educational Research and Training, Alto-Porvoim. As per the quota al- lotted to the State 27 students are qualified to answer NTSE-2015 Examination at National Level to be held on May 10, 2015. The candidates from Ponda who excelled at the exam includes Ashwin Bale-A.J.De Almeida High School, Pon- da; Shriyash Naik-A.J.De Almeida High School, Ponda; Shriyal Prabhudesai-Vivekanand Vidyalay, Borim, Ponda; Advait Dhopeshwarkar-A.J.De Almeida High School, Ponda; Divya U. Prabhu-A.J.De Almeida High School, Ponda; Aneesh Vinayak Nayak¬-A.J.De Almeida High School, Ponda; Prajwal Vijay Tubki Dessai-Dada Vaidya High School, Curti, Ponda; Neha J. ShinkreA.J.De Almeida High School, Ponda; Vageesh Tendulkar-Smt. Indirabai V. Bhat Dhavalikar High School, Dhavali, Ponda; Adesh Naik-A.J.De Almeida High School, Ponda; Vedang GaonkarA.J.De Almeida High School, Ponda; Medha Gaonkar-Sharada English High School, Marcela; Aishwarya Gaude-Shri Saraswati High School, Kavale-Ponda and Digjay Gaude-V.D. and S.V. Wagle High School, Mangeshi, Ponda.The guidance Programme of 10 Days will be held from April 27, 2015 to May 8, 2015 from 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. , at Seminar Hall (2nd Floor) State Council of Educational Research and Training, Alto-Porvorim. -Ponda belongs to You the people of Ponda Be a part of the digITal Goa Family - Send us your news, views, suggestions, feedbacks and we will give it due publicity. 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