PORVORIM, Jan. 26 -- Governor Bhagat Singh Khoshyari concluded his speech in the year's first Assembly session by reading just two paragraphs. The Governor then tabled the speech and said it should be taken as read due to some health issues. The speech makes just passing mentions on mining and Mhadei, while leaving out the Mollem issue.

The Governor started by congratulating Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant and his team and the frontline Covid warriors for successfully controlling the spread of COVID-19 (pandemic) in the State.

The Governor said that though the State has suffered in terms of socio-economic and infrastructure development taking a backseat in the Covid times, it was due to systematic planning, regular monitoring and instan...