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PANAJI: A memorial will be constructed dedicated to four-time former Goa CM Manohar Parrikar . After Bandodkar, Parrikar was also the only Goa CM to have passed away while in office.Bandodkar had suffered a heart attack when he was still the Goa CM, whereas Parrikar passed away after battling pancreatic cancer , continuing to perform duties of chief minister till the very end. The structure will be built at the place where the last rites of Parrikar were conducted at Miramar, new Goa CM Pramod Sawant said, on his first day in office on Tuesday.The former Union defence minister will be the second leader in Goa to have a memorial dedicated to him after Goa’s first CM Dayanand Bandodkar Parrikar’s last rites were carried out next to the Bandodkar memorial at Miramar. Parrikar breathed his last on March 17. After the rites were conducted on Monday, Goans thronged the spot since early morning on Tuesday and were seen clicking photos of the ashes that lay decorated with flowers..