Goemkarponn desk
VASCO: Tense moments were witnessed at Vasco Fish Market as Mormugao Municipality (MMC) inspectors came along with the police force to relocate fish vendors to a temporary shed.
The vendors have refused to shift till MMC clears all fish wholesalers and roadside vendors.
The fish vendors have decided not to vacate the fish market shed until the new municipal council is formed and comes to power, Vasco Fish Vendors Association Caridade Pereira informed media after the meeting.
He said that if they vacate the existing fish market shed by allowing construction of a new market to begin, they fear that the new municipal council may shelve the project and have nowhere to go.
“We have asked the MMC to clear all roadside vendors first, and then only then will we give our approval to the MMC to take up the market project. They have not been able to clear the roadside vendors to date, and we will not shift anywhere till the roadside fish vendors are cleared.”
“Migrants are selling fish all over the place and we will not shift from the market till these people are cleared,” said Pereira.
Yesterday, MMC inspectors came with the police force to warn vendors of the Vasco fish market that materials will be confiscated if traditional fruit and vegetable vendors don’t shift to a new temporary structure.
