PANAJI: According to Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, President Ram Nath Kovind will lay the foundation stone for the new Raj Bhavan building in Goa on May 30.

"On May 30, the president will visit Goa to commemorate the state's 35th anniversary of independence, the Chief Minister said.  He will lay the foundation stone for the new Raj Bhavan building at Dona Paula, near here, within the existing complex," Sawant said to reporters on Friday.

All past chief ministers of the state, or their representatives, will be honoured at the occasion, he said.

The president would also honour Several other people from different fields, including education, sports, agriculture, and industry.  The new Raj Bhavan building would be constructed by the state Public Works Department and it would be ready within a year, the minister added.

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