PANAJI: Informing that the Goa police have seized 90 kg of drugs in the state during past two years, the Home Minister, Mr Ravi Naik on Saturday said that though a committee has been constituted as per the central government order for destroying the seized narcotic substances, no such substances have been destroyed since the year 2000.

The Siolim MLA, Mr Dayanand Mandrekar raising a related question during the Question Hour said that failure of the government to immediately destroy the seized haul of drugs raises doubts in the public minds as to whether the police sometimes lift the drugs from the storing place. Mr Mandrekar also alleged that the police in North Goa coastal belt demand bribe from tourists by threatening that drugs would be planted on them, if they refuse to do so.
The Home Minister also informed the House that since 2008, altogether 83 drug cases were registered in Goa, which include 24 cases in 2008, 35 cases in 2009 and 24 cases this year, till March 11, 2010. 
Meanwhile, earlier the Aldona MLA Mr Dayanand Narvekar pointed out that even though the traffic police recommend suspension of licences of the drivers involved in accidents and of those who are at fault, the percentage of suspension of licences is very low, while no licence has been terminated during past two years.
Observing that the Goan roads have become slaughter houses and are responsible for regularly killing 2 to 3 innocent persons, Mr Narvekar alleged that only 10 per cent of  the accidents taking place in Goa are being registered with the police while rest 90 per cent accident cases are not put on record. “In fact, I maintain that only those accidents where the victims lose their lives are registered by the police,” he added.
Speaking further, Mr Narvekar said that as per the government figures, out of the 4,178 accidents which took place in Goa in the year 2008, only 600 have been registered in North Goa while the number of accidents in South Goa, which have gone on record, is 300. “Furthermore, conviction has taken place in only 12 cases, there are 24 acquittals, and 50 cases are closed as a summary,” he pointed out.
The Transport Minister, Mr Ramakrishna Dhavalikar, in his reply to the allegations of the Aldona MLA said that the registrations of accidents are done by the police and not transport department. “Besides, a compromise is reached in many of the accident cases,” he said. Mr Dhavalikar informed the House that the concerned police need to remain present at the hearing on the accident case, but they often remain absent.
“I have now issued a circular stating that if any policeman remains absent during the hearing on the accident case, it should be recorded in the confidential report of that police,” he mentioned, adding that two legal assistants have been appointed at the transport department, and the deputy director of transport will be hearing all accident cases.
The Aldona MLA pointed out that all these measures would not reduce the number of accidents on the roads. “In fact, over 1,000 mineral ore carrier trucks with NS (non-stoppable) signs on them, travel between Ambeshim mine and Pale in three hours’ time, thus causing grave threat to public life,” he informed.
The Transport Minister stated that if any truck involved in an accident is seized by the police, the locals immediately come together and take over the vehicle. Ridiculing the reply, the Aldona MLA said that this situation clearly shows that there is no government in the state. The Transport Minister said that this is the prevailing scenario and police go helpless during such accidents. The Leader of the Opposition, Mr Manohar Parrikar said that when such a situation exists, the Transport Minister should resign or the existing government should go.