MY TRIP TO PUNE AND ITS FINDINGS ON FOREIGNERS ACTIVITIES
Friends, I must tell you guys that I often go to Pune mostly by Bus and rarely by my car to see my daughter who is working there. What I noticed just few days back I must put to public domain to understand what is going on at Goa borders and in the interstate Buses. I boarded the Bus near Kadamda Bus Stand on Varun slipper Bus. And on the way lots of discrepancies were noticed by me of Bus conductor/s. In fact I was expecting certain restriction during my journey, but nothing sort of that has taken place. This is in regards to Nigerians issue which Goa Police should have taken note or care for further investigations. Nowhere in the Bus Police with uniform or no uniform is seen checking going on for Nigerians fleeing this State. In fact I saw two drug addict boarding the Bus at Satara( Maharastra) on my return, with his pipe trumpet and gumot with lots of amount of bags, smoking and with full of energy. They got down at Mapusa and one vehicle comes straight to them during their arrival and takes them to some place, possible at Candolim, Calangute etc No policeman is seen at the arrival of Buses in Goa . Who comes and who goes is none of their business, it just drug flowing into Goa and I am not empowered to check them as I do not have uniform or “fittam” Divisas! on my shoulders, but I know that something “cuki”/ “fishy” is going on.This is in the name of tourism . On the way infact somebody comes at Satara in our Bus and ask for my ticket to show him. Because this particular agent has sold the same ticket number in duplicate which I was already occupying. I refuse to show him. He says that he is an agent, I said I also bought the ticket from an another agent but in Pune.I refuse point blank and Bus conductor does comes to my rescue. So these agents are selling tickets duplicates and taking this white skin people to Goa probably for sale of drugs. Who will check them? Also I have photographs of 8 big cardboard boxes filled with something and that was put in the corridor at the entrance of bus after 11PM and download at 6AM at Pernem. We could not even go for urination but I had to go over these cartoons and come back. Nobody tells me what is inside of those cartoons. I believe it could be vegetable to sell down in Goa or something else? These boxes are down loaded at Pernem just before the check post of Goa border. I cannot go after the boxes to see where these are to go. No policeman is seen in the Bus and comes for checking. Nobody borders in the Bus to know it. Because all rest of the passengers are outsiders coming to Goa for sightseeing. I was the only one who was getting panic. I took photographs of packages and the Bus. But what should I do? Can RTO or Police act upon? Do Govt is interested with this issue? It is all MESS in Goa. How many Buses come down to Goa from different places? Who checks them at Bus stand? First of all this Bus Stand is illegal. Goa Govt does it get any revenue? How many foreigners visit Goa, whether Nigerians comes or go is not known the numbers? Who keeps the record? Who bothers for the list what the drivers have asked us to fill in? The ticket which I bought was Rs 1000/=each both ways on 2nd and 7th Nov. Different Bus different rate of ticket. Who controls this rise of tickets?and nothing less than Rs 1000/- on those critical days. Why Aaam asdmi is put in such a monetary loss.No reduction for senior citizens of Goa. The actual amount should have been between 300- to 400/- for a sleeper to Pune but the amount is gone to Rs1000/ to 1500/- per ticket and may be because of Dipawali holidays? If anybody goes to Bus Stand near the Mandovi Bridge you can witness all sort of stupid things going on.Garbage litter all over the places. Taxi drivers from Goa comes at the Bus when it arrives and enter inside and ask, is anybody wants to go to Calangute, Candolim or Chapora etc.? This is business in Goa and drug trade must be going on for sure. That antinarcotics cell or police ANC is sleeping at the Police Station or in barracks? and nobody borders until something takes place recently similar to Povorim by Nigerians who have taken this State at ransom? Lots of incidents and many such cases will take place in near future, pistols and guns will come out openly firing at policemen? Wait and see. Is CM will say 7 foot people cannot be confronted by our short police men.? and our Police have only lathis and pistol without ammunition for the PI's and that too they are not allowed to use on this kind of emergency, I believe? Stephen Dias