Navi Mumbai ACB holds street plays, student outreach in Vigilance Awareness Week drive

The Navi Mumbai unit of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) held public awareness programmes at several places in the city on Tuesday as part of Vigilance Awareness Week 2026. This year's theme for the week is "Vigilance / Probity for Prosperity". The aim of the campaign was to make people aware of corruption and encourage them to come forward and report corrupt practices.

The campaign included street plays, interactive sessions with students and outreach at large government administrative complexes.

Between 11 am and 1 pm, an ACB team led by Police Inspector Dattaraj Tandle staged street plays at crowded places such as CIDCO Bhavan and CBD Belapur railway station. Informational banners were put up there. Pamphlets carrying the contact and helpline numbers of the Navi Mumbai ACB unit were distributed to commuters and passers-by.

Similarly, Police Inspector Dattaraj Kamble and his team ran street plays and a poster campaign at Raigad Bhavan, Konkan Bhavan, CBD Belapur bus stand and surrounding areas to speak directly to people.

In Panvel, an awareness play was staged at Panvel railway station and the state transport bus depot. Additional Superintendent of Police Bhagwat Sonawane, Deputy Superintendent of Police Dharmaraj Sonke and Police Inspector Neeta Bhosale were present.

As part of the campaign, Inspector Bhosale's team visited a number of government offices. These included the district and sessions court in Panvel, the tehsil office, the ration office, the joint sub-registrar office, the Panvel Municipal Corporation, the panchayat samiti, the local fire station, the city and taluka police stations, and Crime Branch Unit 3. Anti-corruption pamphlets and posters were put up at prominent spots in these offices to alert visitors to corrupt practices.

To reach out to young people, Deputy Superintendent of Police Dharmaraj Sonke and his team went to Terna Engineering College in Nerul. Interactive sessions were held with engineering students, in which they were told what role ordinary citizens can play in eliminating corruption.

Appealing to the public, Sonke said people should not pay bribes. If any state government officer or employee demands an illegal bribe, it should be reported immediately.

Complaints can be made on the ACB's toll-free helpline 1064, on phone number 022-27833344 or on WhatsApp number 7066635666. Complaints can also be filed on the official websites acbmaharashtra.gov.in and acbmaharashtra.net.