Auroville Safety and Security Team (AVSST) concerns

The AVSST informed the community that as it did not receive any information or notice regarding the recently circulated Office Order issued by the Office of the Secretary of the Auroville Foundation, which seems to include a change of executives and team members for this service, the AVSST team will continue its work. It will be temporarily focusing the scope of its services on managing the guards currently employed and the volunteer patrols; managing the check-posts and other entrance points and junctions; managing vehicle access and requests; responding to incidents of thefts, harassment, and unwelcome presence; providing administrative assistance for birth/death certificates, police complaints, police verification reports, passport verification; and escorting external ambulances, fire department, police etc. to the locations of incidents as and when needed. As its email addresses @auroville.org.in have been disabled since 14.04.2023 and as it is an emergency service, AVSST has created a temporary email address: [email protected].