Religious organisations urged to maintain strict vigil in South Goa

Religious organisations urged to maintain strict vigil in South Goa
HERALD REPORTER
MARGAO, MAY 25
The Goa police on Tuesday appealed to representatives of places of worship to maintain strict vigil to foil attempts by vandals desecrating religious places and to take all possible precautionary measures in this respect.
At a meeting convened by the district Superintendent of Police, South Allan De Sa with representatives of religious places from Margao police divisions, the district police chief urged the representatives of religious place to install CCTVs and sirens if possible around the places of worship.
After many of the representatives of the Temples, Churches and Masjids expressed reservations on installing the expensive CCTVs, SP De Sa said those who can afford should go for these equipments as a precautionary measure.
De Sa, however, told the representatives to maintain vigil around the places of worship by deploying security guards, saying it’s practically impossible to deploy policemen at each and every place of worship in the district.
The SP, South sought cooperation from the committees of the places of worship and suggested close coordination between the men-in-uniform and the representatives to keep the miscreants at bay.
This is the second such meeting convened by the South Goa district police chief, the first one held in Vasco on Monday. “This exercise is being carried out to alert the people on the evil designs by miscreants to vandalise and desecrate places of worship to foment social tensions”, he said, adding that the police would work in close cooperation and coordination with the representatives of the places of worship belonging to different religions.