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Anonymous hotline will help tackle crime

Illegalities and crime can be tackled in Goa if the Goa Government has really a serious intention to address the same.  For instance, many Goan residents do not report various illegalities like for example land/field filling, hill cutting, illegal settlements, sound/air/water pollution etc or for that matter criminal activities like prostitution, drugs menace,  gang fights etc as the complainant needs to give his/her name and the fear in corrupt Goa government is that the complainant can be harassed, threatened etc  So hence many just keep quiet!   

I have been in foreign (progressive) countries including democratic ones where there is a hotline for anonymous reporting and status of the action of these complaints is made transparent to the public after a period of time (all the time the complainant kept anonymous and the complainant can even follow up on the hotline using a code for reference!)

Can the Goa government look at setting up this anonymous hotline which I am certain will go a long way to address the illegalities/crime in the state!




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Planting trees on slopes can prevent landslides

ADELMO FERNANDES, Vasco
Published Jul 8, 2023, 10:06 PM IST
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A garage and a car belonging to St. Cosme and St. Damian church were reportedly damaged in a landslide triggered by heavy rains at Bogmalo recently. Mud accompanied by a large boulder came rolling down from the hill. Providentially there were no casualties. It is learnt that locals have been asked to avoid going near the accident area due to possibilities of further landslides. The Ponda-Belagavi highway stretch at Keriya-Khandepar reportedly witnessed a landslide with…

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