Team Herald
PORVORIM: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said that Cyber age laptops will be distributed to students after the Diwali vacations.
“The first batch of students who have cleared their Class Xll and are now studying in First Year will be given the laptops soon after Diwali vacations and then the remaining two batches will be given,” Parrikar said, while speaking at an interaction programme with elected UCRs and UFRs of Goa University (GU). He added that WIFI data for students can be considered but questioned on its misuse.
“WIFI data facility for students can be considered for all colleges even for HSS and schools but the problem is that the facility which is provided can also be misused. So how do you control that?” Parrikar said, responding to a question raised by a student in providing WIFI at colleges.
“When the cyber age scheme was launched there was a report in a daily newspaper claiming that students of some schools were watching pornography,” he added.
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‘56 drug cases booked in two months’
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday stated that he is ready to take on drug dealers and peddlers to curb the drug menace in the State. “If I could risk terrorists as Defence Minister, I can definitely risk drug peddlers,” Parrikar said. He clarified that his intention writing to the elected representatives was to gather information to curb drug menace in the state. “It is very easy to make statements, very difficult to pin point. Goa Police in the last two months have booked 56 cases related to drugs and have arrested 59 people. We are booking cases after cases, you show it to me and I will see to it that the person is arrested. We are going very hard on it,” the Chief Minister said.
