PANJIM, Aug. 2 -- Goa Governor Satya Pal Malik on Saturday turned down the State government's proposal to construct a new Raj Bhavan building, as the State is reeling under a financial crisis owing to COVID-19 pandemic.

A statement released to the media by Rupesh Kumar Thakur who is the Secretary to Governor, revealed that the Governor wrote to Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant on July 27, 2020, wherein he requested the CM to defer the proposal of a new Raj Bhavan till the State's finances improve.

The Chief Minister, last week, had announced the construction of a new premises for the Raj Bhavan, as the existing centuries-old building has been declared as a heritage site by the Archeological Survey of India. The initial process like ident...