District Magistrate, South Goa District, Margao has ordered that all the owner of the houses, Building, flats and other residential accommodation and the Owners/Management Of all Hotels, Lodging and Boarding, shacks, Private guest houses, Paying Guest accommodation of religious bodies, temporarily residential accommodation etc in the south Goa District should verify the bonafides of the persons through their proof of identity such as Election Card, Driving License, Aadhar Card, Passport etc and make necessary arrangements for entry of details of customers/ visitors in the PATHIK (Programme for Analysis of Traveler and Hotel Informatics) software prepared by Police.
It is further stated that, No landlords/tenants/owner/person of any house/ property which falls under the territorial jurisdiction of South Goa District,Goa shall let/sublet/rent out any accommodation to any person unless and until he/ she has furnished the particulars of the tenants to the Police In-Charge of the concerned Police Station.
In Charges of such accommodation should provide such facilities for inspection of the maintenance of record in the above said software by the Police authorities or any other authority authorises by the District Magistrate if so desired by them
Similarly, all the head of nationalised banks of South Goa District should deploy security guards for security of their ATM’s round the clock and also to install CCTV cameras or shall installed ESS (Electronic Survey System) equipped with Panic button hooter, CCTV Cameras, two-way communication system & remote outstanding control.
The order has came into force with effect from March 22,2024 and will remain in operation for a period of 60 days unless withdrawn earlier
