Enclaves of foreign tourists — especially Russian and Israeli — are a national security threat, the Goa chapter of the right wing Forum for Integrated National Security (FINS) has said.
Addressing the media, Dattesh Parulekar, vice-president of the FINS in Goa, was speaking about regional enclaves popular with foreign tourists from Russia and Israel along Goa’s coastal belt.
“Obviously we see this as a threat, but this threat can best be handled by popularising the issue, creating awareness about the issue with the common man,” Parulekar said.
He added that while at one level the State apparatus deals with such issues, civil society organisations should also work towards sensitising local residents. The top three security issues on their agenda, he added, were coastal security, preparedness of the State agencies and threats of external institutions.