Margao: Colva site visitors cell has said that there has been an advantageous effect of enforcement drives performed along Salcete’s coastal belt from Majorda to Cavelossim. By way of reduced deadly accidents, more human beings wearing helmets, and reduced car theft cases, the visitor police have enabled several parts of coastal Salcete to fall in keeping with the visitor’s rules. Speaking to this daily, Colva visitors, cellular police sub-inspector Devu Mangaonkar stated numerous modifications noticed in their jurisdiction.
“We have controlled to peer many fantastic results, thanks to the enforcement drives which have been conducted within the whole beach stretch of Salcete. Helmetless riding has decreased, and so has the number of deadly accidents,” he stated. Since the beginning of the year, Colva police, together with the traffic mobile, have registered six deadly injuries. Of them, the best one is a case of a younger boy who died immediately in Seraulim. The remaining deadly injuries were instances where the injured died in the hospital.
Interestingly, the police have also observed a decrease in various vehicle theft instances, especially in Colva. “Due to a step up in enforcement, the quantity of thefts has greatly reduced. There used to be more than 10 to fifteen instances reported each year, but in these 12 months, the fewest instances have been registered thus far. Police employees patrolling the seashore throughout the day and night have helped in lowering these numbers appreciably,” he stated.
The police have also acted in opposition to KTM motorcycles and Dio scooters outfitted with ‘rocket’ silencers, which have to grow to be a motive of noise pollution. The site visitors’ cell confiscated these motorcycles and released them after the changed silencers had been eliminated.
As for the usage of helmets, Mangaonkar stated that “raround90 according to cent of two-wheeler riders have started to put on helmets. Some put on the helmet when they see us and then do away with it off once they bypass us. The factor of wearing the helmet is to ensure the rider’s safety and no longer for our benefit.”
