PANAJI: Goa police has roped in villagers from border areas to keep a strict vigil for people trying to enter the state illegally during the lockdown. TOI on Wednesday reported that people from the neighbouring states appear to be finding internal roads and routes via jungles to enter Goa despite its borders being sealed.
Speaking to TOI, inspector general of police Jaspal Singh said that law enforcers cannot reach everywhere , and so they have called on residents of border villages to be their eyes and ears, to keep a watch on the borders, like those in other states do as well.
Goa police said that people should immediately inform the police if they see anybody attempting to cross the state borders through the lesser known shortcuts or jungle paths.
Those entering the state without the requisite permission from Goa government authorities will be arrested and placed in paid quarantine, said chief minister Pramod Sawant.
The government has placed five people (two who entered walking along the railway tracks and three by sea) who had entered the state from the Karwar coast, Karnataka, with the connivance of nine boat owners, under paid quarantine.
The last case of Covid-19 was detected in Goa on April 3. Goa had sealed its borders before the Janata Curfew was imposed on March 22. The state government does not allow anyone to enter the state except drivers of trucks with essential commodities with the necessary permits, as a precautionary measure to stop the spread of coronavirus in the state.
The state government has decided to install sanitiser tunnels at eight different border checkposts across the state and also intends to conduct Covid-19 tests at the borders and will allow people to enter the state only if they test negative.
Speaking to TOI, inspector general of police Jaspal Singh said that law enforcers cannot reach everywhere , and so they have called on residents of border villages to be their eyes and ears, to keep a watch on the borders, like those in other states do as well.
Goa police said that people should immediately inform the police if they see anybody attempting to cross the state borders through the lesser known shortcuts or jungle paths.
Those entering the state without the requisite permission from Goa government authorities will be arrested and placed in paid quarantine, said chief minister Pramod Sawant.
The government has placed five people (two who entered walking along the railway tracks and three by sea) who had entered the state from the Karwar coast, Karnataka, with the connivance of nine boat owners, under paid quarantine.
The last case of Covid-19 was detected in Goa on April 3. Goa had sealed its borders before the Janata Curfew was imposed on March 22. The state government does not allow anyone to enter the state except drivers of trucks with essential commodities with the necessary permits, as a precautionary measure to stop the spread of coronavirus in the state.
The state government has decided to install sanitiser tunnels at eight different border checkposts across the state and also intends to conduct Covid-19 tests at the borders and will allow people to enter the state only if they test negative.
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