TUESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2026

Surveillance cameras and issue of people’s security

The Director General of Police (DGP) has publicly stated that 50% of surveillance cameras in the State were non-functional while the remaining are not monitored. He states the same are the eyes and ears of the police and proved crucial in the investigation of all types of crimes. That they are the safety and security of the people of Goa!

Such a crucial piece of equipment is not working: whose responsibility is it? Was it not the DGP’s to get them functioning? Or did the government refuse to do so? Pity he chose to speak only after the elections and not when so many Central BJP leaders were in the State.

For Goans, this is the way the government doles out freebies: at the cost of your safety and security. Funds for frivolous doles to ‘reserved’ categories always come from sacrificing someone else’s rights! The DGP surely needs to pull himself up by the bootstraps.


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Goa TMC leaders need to stick together

GAFAAR SHAQOOR, Margao
Published Feb 22, 2022, 8:20 PM IST
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With reference to the news item “Kandolkar to quit as TMC state president” (The Goan Everyday February 22, 2022). Goa Assembly elections 2022 were done and dusted on February 14. The verdict is going to arrive on March 10.But rumblings have begun to unravel even before the ballot boxes are opened and votes counted. Many candidates with an ear to the ground have now read the writing on the wall. They have realised that their decisions to defect and join forces with newcomers…

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