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Saligao police station has more cops than crimes 02nd October 2016, 12:00 Hrs ANIL SHANKHWALKAR SALIGAO They may share the same entrance and premises along the boundary of Saligao and Calangute villages, but similarities end there for the Saligao and the Calangute police stations. Whether it is the area of operation, staff strength or even crime rates, the glaring contrast between the two police stations has left many to wonder about the nature and purpose of the Saligao police station. While the Calangute police station is one of the busiest police stations in the State, the Saligao police station has the smallest jurisdiction and catered to only two villages, Saligao and Sangolda. Compare this meagre area to the jurisdictions of some other police stations at Valpoi, Pernem, Bicholim and Canacona, which have to handle entire talukas. The 75-strong force posted at Saligao police station has had a relatively meagre workload in comparison to the 106 personnel at Calangute police station. Since its inception in August 2014, the Saligao police station has registered barely 70 plus cases. To put matters into perspective, the Saligao police station has recorded an average of a little over three cases every month. On the other hand, the busy Calangute police station registered 502 cases since January 2014, an average of over 15 cases every month. Since the Saligao police station came into existence in August 2014, questions have been raised on the need for a police station at Saligao to cater to only two villages of Saligao and Sangolda. At the time, frosty relations between Tourism Minister and Saligao MLA Dilip Parulekar and NGPDA Chairman and Calangute MLA Michael Lobo is widely believed to have led to frictions over control at the Calangute police station. In a bid to pacify the two BJP legislators, the Calangute police station was unexpectedly bifurcated and two villages were handed over to the new Saligao police station. “It was wrong decision by the State government to have created a separate police station for two villages, Saligao and Sangolda, especially when the Porvorim and Calangute police stations are overburdened with workload,” said social activist Edwin Fernandes. “The government should have detached some areas under the jurisdiction of Porvorim and Calangute police stations and brought them under the jurisdiction of Saligao police station.” “There are only a few cases being registered at Saligao police station and the staff is bound to remain idle. This is not fair to other police stations in the State, most of which are overburdened with a huge jurisdiction and staff shortage,” he added. The presence of 75 personnel at Saligao police station, which recorded a maximum of 38 cases an entire year (2015) has also come in for scrutiny. Incidentally, then chief minister Manohar Parrikar along with Parulekar had inspected a site in Pilerne in July 2014, to set up a separate Saligao police station by demolishing the existing structure there. When contacted, Deputy Superintendent of Police Nelson Albuquerque said the Goa Police was aware that a few cases have been reported at Saligao police station. “Even prior to formation of Saligao police station, very few cases were being reported from Saligao and Sangolda villages,” he said. “The State government's policy is to create a police station for each constituency and it was for this reason, a separate police station was created for Saligao. The Saligao police station which is presently housed in the Calangute police station, will be shifted to Pilerne,” informed DySP Albuquerque. “The government building identified for Saligao police station has still not been handed over to the police department. Once this building is handed over, the process of delimitation of areas will start. There is a proposal to include some portion of Pilerne and Calangute in the new Saligao Police station,” said DySP Albuquerque. - See more at: http://englishnews.thegoan.net/story.php?id=23325#sthash.6F6AQp5f.dpuf -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ Frederick Noronha http://about.me/noronhafrederick http://goa1556.in _/ P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter @fn Fcbk:fredericknoronha _/ Hear Goa,1556 shared audio content at https://archive.org/details/goa1556 _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ -- -- Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe email [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
