Install CCTVs at check posts too: AGPBOA
HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, JAN 9
Welcoming the move to install close-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at the seven RTO offices across the State, the All Goa Private Bus Owners Association (AGPBOA) said it was necessary the same should also be set up at RTO offices on the border check posts.
President of AGPBOA claimed there were innumerable complaints received by him of corrupt practices by motor-vehicle inspectors stationed at the four border check posts at Dhargal, Dodamarg, Molem and Polem.
Secondly, Tamankar, maintained most of the inspectors at all these four check posts have been stationed in one place since 2008. Our demand for their transfer every six months has fallen of deaf ears.
He said installation of CCTV cameras, which is an expensive affair, was a welcome move, but at the same time we feel it will not root out corruption fully. If an officer wants to indulge in corruption he will do it anyways, he added.
Tamankar said they had learnt there was a move to give the contract of installation of CCTV cameras to an assistant director’s son. We oppose this and call for a tender to award the same, he stated.
He said AGPBOA was seized of many corrupt practices within the Transport Department. If a tender is not issued for awarding the CCTV contract we will open up corrupt practices by seeking information under the RTI Act, he warned.
