goa coastal police

The Bombay High Court has strongly criticized the water resources department for ignoring over 70 illegal borewells in Chimbel. Justices expressed concern over groundwater depletion and potential saline water ingress in the coastal state. The court ordered immediate action to seal these borewells, with police and panchayat assistance to ensure safety.

The union home ministry has informed the government that the goa coastal police would get its first set of a big craft and a medium-sized boat by April 2009.

Despite emphasis on maritime security, the goa coastal police is ill-equipped and short-staffed. They have no speed-boats and the rafts they possess are not seaworthy and can be used only in rivers.

Initiating greater vigilance along the 105 kilometre coast in Goa, the fisheries department has already issued around 700 identity cards to fishermen in collaboration with coastal police.

The home minister has announced more police stations in coastal areas. Should Goan feel secure and relieved by this?

Marine congestion in Mandovi river was one of the main reasons for the two ill-fated ferries ‘Mandovi’ and ‘Bandora’ to be stuck mid-river on Thursday, sources from the river navigation department said.

Bardez taluka has got its second coastal police station with the inauguration of a police station at Chapora-Anjuna on Friday.

A "terrorist" planted two fake bombs to blow up Goa's prestigious state-run Goa Medical College (GMC) and Hospital at Bambolim, but the bombs were defused by the Goa police in a mock drill, "Sagar Kavach" on Tuesday morning, police officer said.

Stating that the coastal security police personnel are fully prepared to tackle any infiltration by intruders from the sea, SP (Coastal Security) Allen de Sa informed TOI that the next Sagar Kavach exercise conducted by the Coast Guard would be held on December 10.

The nation-wide Sea Vigil exercise concluded on Wednesday with Goa police’s lack of patrol boats emerging as the biggest chink in the coastal defence system.