PANJIM: State government on Thursday notified a new police station at Saligao by bifurcating the Calangute PS. With this the number of total police stations will be 23.
With this, areas covered under village panchayats of Saligao and Sangolda will be under the jurisdiction of Saligao PS, which were earlier forming part of Calangute PS.
As per the notification, the existing personnel will be distributed between the two PSs until further orders. Goa police already has 23 PSs excluding ANC, Crime Branch and others which form Cells. Besides, Goa has eight coastal PSs and more are expected to be formed in near future.
