The Mormugao Taluka Enforcement Squad at the Vasco Railway Station.
VASCO
The Mormugao Taluka Enforcement Squad on Monday conducted inspections in Vasco to check for violations of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 (COTPA).
The Enforcement Squad booked cases for violation of Section 4 and recovered fines of Rs 2,000 mainly from liquor retail outlets, tourist lodges, sweet shops and an insurance office.
The Squad led by Avelina D'Sa e Pereira Mormugao Joint Mamlatdar-II and GOACAN Coordinator Roland Martins were accompanied by office staff Hanumant Mandrekar (Talathi Vasco), Dayanand Thakkar (Sanitary Inspector UHC) and a police team.
The violations will be reported to the South Goa collector at the next quarterly review meeting.
The Taluka Enforcement Squad also met Vasco Railway Station Manager Ramdas Gudemane and South Western Railway Area Officer Shreya Singh and discussed the pending No Smoking signages at the ticket and parcel booking counters, platforms and rest rooms as prescribed under Section 4 of COTPA.
The Squad emphasised that a compliance report from SWR officials needs to be submitted within a month for the Vasco and Cansaulim railway stations, to be forwarded to the office of the South Goa collector.
