Goa police would patrol the beaches in plainclothes to ensure cleanliness, eradicate touts and illegal activities
The Goa government is keen to create a safe environment for tourists visiting the state. It wants to eradicate touts and illegal activities taking place on the seashores. The government has announced that the Goa police would patrol the beaches in plainclothes.
Additionally, the government launched a beach Vigil App to keep a watch on activities there. Stakeholders and the public can report incidents which affect the tourism industry through the app. The incidents could be littering, drinking or cooking on the beach, hawkers, illegal structures, sound pollution, driving vehicles on the beach, and touts engaged in various activities.
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant while announcing the patrolling by police in plainclothes on the beaches from the next tourism season, also said that the government was forced to take these measures after constant complaints from tourism stakeholders that touts and those involved in illegal activities were troubling the tourists.
Goa Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte has promised to give clean and safe beaches to tourists and the people of Goa with the active participation of all stakeholders
Cruz Cardozo, President of the All Goa Shack Owners Welfare Association was quoted saying that the beach vigil App and the deployment of police in civilian clothes would help the tourism industry. “Now we can directly click photos of any illegal activities and can post it on the App to seek action and the police in civilian clothes will help as the touts won’t know whether the police are keeping an eye on them. Thus, illegal activities will stop,” he said.
According to Sawant the home department will take up the issue of the narcotics trade in the coastal areas of the state. “Police are taking action against the narcotics trade. The crackdown on drugs is the biggest in my tenure. I need cooperation from the people to give safe beaches to the tourists and the people of Goa,” he said.
Goa Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte has promised to give clean and safe beaches to tourists and the people of Goa with the active participation of all stakeholders.
***********************************************************
Readers
These are extraordinary times. All of us have to rely on high-impact, trustworthy journalism. And this is especially true of the Indian Diaspora. Members of the Indian community overseas cannot be fed with inaccurate news.
Pravasi Samwad is a venture that has no shareholders. It is the result of an impassioned initiative of a handful of Indian journalists spread around the world. We have taken the small step forward with the pledge to provide news with accuracy, free from political and commercial influence. Our aim is to keep you, our readers, informed about developments at ‘home’ and across the world that affect you.
Please help us to keep our journalism independent and free.
In these difficult times, to run a news website requires finances. While every contribution, big or small, will makes a difference, we request our readers to put us in touch with advertisers worldwide. It will be a great help.
For more information: pravasisamwad00@gmail.com