Loliem-Polem
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| postal_code = 403728
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Loliem-Polem is a village located in the southernmost tip of the Canacona taluk, in Goa, India, bordering Karwar taluka of Karnataka state.{{cite web|title=Loliem-Polem hit by 6 dry days for Goa, K'taka polls|url=http://www.goacom.com/goa-news-highlights/19323-loliem-polem-hit-by-6-dry-days-for-goa-k-taka-polls|accessdate=14 June 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140615104632/http://www.goacom.com/goa-news-highlights/19323-loliem-polem-hit-by-6-dry-days-for-goa-k-taka-polls|archive-date=15 June 2014|url-status=dead}}
Location
Loliem-Polem is surrounded by Karwar Taluk towards south, Quepem Taluk towards north, Salcete Taluk towards north.{{cite web|title=Loliem-Polem village|url=http://www.onefivenine.com/india/villages/South-Goa/Canacona/Loliem_1aPolem| accessdate=14 June 2014}}
History
Loliem, earlier under the Kadamba kings of Banavasi, was actually known as Loha-halli (a Kannada word) as the village had metallurgical artisans who would manufacture idols of Hindu gods and goddesses by using iron and aluminium according to the Canara Gazetteer. Later, it became a Portuguese colony and the name was changed to Loliem.{{cite news|title=Karwar exults as Loliem panchayat gives nod for IIT|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/Karwar-exults-as-Loliem-panchayat-gives-nod-for-IIT/articleshow/52426324.cms|author=TNN|accessdate=25 May 2016|newspaper=The Times of India|location=Mangalore, India}}
Loliem-Polem had a Portuguese immigration check-post to monitor all arrivals-departures by road route staffed by European officers till 1961, when Goa was incorporated into the Indian Union.{{cite web|title=When crossing from Goa to India needed a visa|url=http://scroll.in/article/when-crossing-from-goa-to-india-needed-a-visa/?id=665390|accessdate=14 June 2014}}
Geography
Loliem comprises seven wards (village segments) -- namely, Iddar, Karay, Kajalker, Shelli, Polem, Peddem and Maxem. For administrative purpose, the wards of Shell and Peddem are divided into two parts each, thus forming a total of nine wards.{{cite web|title=Loliem: A Case-Study Of A Culturally Resourceful Village|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/35625/15/15_chapter%206.pdf|publisher=Goa University|accessdate=10 August 2016}}
Polem beach
File:Last beach of South Goa, Polem beach.jpg
Polem beach is located in the village,{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/remote-s-goa-villages-left-powerless-for-over-a-week/articleshow/82922264.cms|title = Remote South Goa villages left powerless for over a week | Goa News - Times of India|website = The Times of India}} it is a popular tourist attraction.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjEEAAAAMBAJ&q=polem+beach&pg=PT51|title = Outlook Traveller|date = January 2008|publisher = Outlook}} Trek to Moon beach and Dabel beach start from this beach.
Achievements
- Loliem-Polem has been adjudged the best panchayat in the Goa state and in the country twice during the last panchayat term.{{cite news|title=Loliem-Polem VP to introduce e-governance|url=http://www.heraldgoa.in/News/Local%20News/Loliem-Polem-VP-to-introduce-e-governance/80185.html|newspaper=M/s Herald Publications Pvt Ltd|accessdate=14 June 2014}}{{cite news|title=Loliem-Polem panchayat strives good governance|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/goa-news/loliem-polem-panchayat-strives-good-governance|newspaper=Navhind Papers & Publications|accessdate=14 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031235356/http://www.navhindtimes.in/goa-news/loliem-polem-panchayat-strives-good-governance|archive-date=31 October 2012|url-status=dead}}
- Union ministry of Human resources development (MHRD) inspected a site in Loliem to set up the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Goa. The three-member team to inspect the Loliem site for the IIT Goa, found the plot to be meeting all the necessary criteria. The IIT Goa campus will resemble a modern, mini township, which will be constructed in a manner that retains the greenery around. When the IIT has come up, a lot of development will taken place, generating self-employment opportunities for the locals.{{cite web|title=Locals happy to have IIT in Loliem|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Locals-happy-to-have-IIT-in-Loliem/articleshow/52368157.cms|newspaper=The Times of India|accessdate=30 May 2016}} Land approximately 280 acres or 11.2 lakh sq ms was shortlisted by an MHRD team over Shristhal and Poinguinim in Canacona.{{cite news|title=Goa satisfies Union HRD team with Loliem IIT site|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-satisfies-Union-HRD-team-with-Loliem-IIT-site/articleshow/52351534.cms|newspaper=The Times of India|accessdate=30 May 2016}} As of June 2016, however, news reports{{cite web|title=Loliem citizens' committee opposes IIT campus|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Loliem-citizens-committee-opposes-IIT-campus/articleshow/53358801.cms|website=indiatimes.com|publisher=The Times of India|accessdate=10 August 2016}} stated that a local citizens' committee had opposed the siting of an IIT campus in their village.
As of 2021 the IIT campus has been moved away from loliem after heavy opposition from the locals.
Reaching there
- By Road: It is located 37 km towards south from district headquarters Margao, 70 km from state capital Panaji.
- By Train: The railway station at Loliem falls under the jurisdiction of the Konkan Railway. It is the last station in Goa before Asnoti railway station of Karnataka state. The other two railway stations falling under Canacona Taluka on Konkan Railway route before Loliem-Polem are Balli, Canacona.{{cite news|title=Now, diesel electric train to ply daily between Karwar and Margao|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Now-diesel-electric-train-to-ply-daily-between-Karwar-and-Margao/articleshow/32695873.cms|newspaper=The Times of India|accessdate=14 June 2014}}
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