INAUGURATION OF NEW POLICE STATION IN ANJUNA Yesterday, November 12, 2009 the Anjuna village inaugurated the new building of the Anjuna police station. It is located on the Anjuna-Vagator road, after the Albuquerque mansion. The police station will serve the population of the entire Siolim constituency to which Anjuna belongs.
The following were present for the inaugural function: Shri Ravi Naik, Home Minister; Shri Bhim Sen Bassi, Director General of Police; Shri K.D. Singh, Inspector General of Police; the Senior Superintendent of Police; the North Goa Superintendent of Police; the South Goa Superintendent of Police; Shri Dayanand Mandrekar, MLA of Siolim constituency, Smt. Amol Morajkar, North Goa ZP President, Mr. Rego, Chief Engineer, Shri Ramesh Gaonkar, Anjuna PI, and practically all the Deputy Superintendents of Police, Police Inspectors; Police Sub-Inspectors, Assistant Sub-Inspectors, etc. The Home Minister cut the ribbon inaugurating the building. Its a modern. well-designed building with ground plus two floors. Its built on Comunidade land measuring 5,000 Sq. Meters. The total built-up area of the building is 2,300 square meters. The cost of the construction is Rs.2,65,71,298. One may visit it on his/her way to Vagator or Chapora. The building was a long-stand demand of the local populace. It has separate holding cells for men and women, reception area, canteen, conference hall, barrack rooms, duty officer room, armory, investigating officers room, wireless room, residence rooms, head constables room, etc. All this was not possible in the old structure, which was constrained for space - the Anjuna-Caisua Village Panchayat shared part of the old building with the police. Personnel posted at Anjuna had no room for the in-charge; there was a small barrack where some seven to eight beds were located and no other facilities were available. The old structure was a rented one with two or three small additional rooms and offered no facilities for policemen. The new two-storey building with a modern set-up has barracks and rest areas where the personnel can relax. Police personnel posted at the Anjuna police station can now look forward to catch 40 winks after a stressful day at work or those traveling far away can rest for the night to attend duty the next day. Exhorting every citizen to contribute in maintaining law and order, the Home Minister called upon youth to keep away from drug abuse and human trafficking, which create law and order problems in the state. Speaking further, Naik said that with the cooperation of the people the task of the police to tackle law and order issues can be made easy. Therefore, he called upon the people to be alert and watchful against anti-social elements. The government has deep concern about the safety and security of the people, Naik said and he appealed to the police to be people-friendly. Shri Ravi requested parents to pay special attention to their childrens education, which would mould them into fine citizens and which ultimately would reduce crime in the state. He also requested the public to try and settle cases amicably rather than take them to the Court of Law where they get dragged for years without any outcomes. He asked the police to be impartial and to consider both sides/parties when dealing with complaints and not to hush up cases under political pressure. In his speech, Shri Naik said it was the biggest police station building in the whole of Goa; obviously, the Anjunkars felt proud! However, he hoped there would be fewer criminals and the lock ups would not be fully utilized. Speaking on the occasion, the local MLA hoped that police would stick to their motto of peace, service and justice and would discharge their duties properly. North Goa ZP President, Ms Amol Morajkar appealed to the locals not to allow drug trafficking, which has spoiled the name of Anjuna village. She hoped that police would do their best to maintain law and order. Shri Bhim Sen Bassi, the Director General of Police, welcomed the gathering and Shri K.D. Singh, Inspector General of Police proposed the vote of thanks while Police Constable Shri Keshav Naik compered the function. Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna, Goa Mob: 9420979201
