PORVORIM: Aldona MLA Adve Carlos Alvares Ferreira on Monday said
that the law enforcement machineries should not misuse the provisions of arrest.
Speaking during motion of thanks to Governor’s address to the House, he said, “The Governor’s address to the House has not mentioned in which and in how many cases, in which the accused or the suspect were arrested with a fanfare showing that the case was cracked within 24 hours, 36 hours or 72 hours, the accused were discharged or chargesheeted.”
“When you touch an individual, it not only affects the individual’s life but changes his entire disposition of life. Therefore, just to gain headlines, I do not think that the law enforcement machineries should misuse the provisions of arrest,” Ferreira said.
Bicholim MLA Chandrakant Shetye demanded that the government finalise the Clinical Establishment Act in a time bound-manner.
“Clinical Establishment Act is yet to be finalised. It should be finalised in a time-bound manner,” he said.
Shetye also said that Goa Medical Council should change its rule and provide ad-hoc registration to the doctors coming to Goa from other States.
The Bicholim MLA said the police department should find out the nexus between drugs and drug peddlers in the state and counsel youth from the state who are now being found to be involved in the drug cases.
He also said there is a need to create awareness on road safety as the number of accidents taking place on Goan roads has increased.
“There is a need to identify black spots and take corrective measures,” he said. He also opined that e-bazar should focus on promoting local products.
Quepem MLA Altone D’Costa said that instead of saying that so many cases have been detected the government should take measures to prevent crime. He demanded that the problems faced by the police stations falling under his constituencies be addressed.
He pointed out that only 50 per cent of the work of Quepem Police Station has been completed.
D’Costa said around 30 per cent of the houses in his constituency do not have toilets while people are also facing the issue of shortage of water.
Curchorem MLA Nilesh Cabral demanded that the Mukhyamantri Goencho Taxi Patrao scheme be extended to youths from his constituency also.
