Goemakrponn desk
PANAJI: The Goa Small Industries Association (GSIA) has hailed the government decision of keeping Industries, constructions and agricultural activities during curfew.
In a statement issued here, GSIA president Damodar Kochkar said said “Finally it Proved that Governments decision of keeping Industries, construction & agricultural activities on during curfew was the right decision.”
“GSIA had suggested exactly a month ago that these activities are the backbone of our economy. To support CM‘s decision industry will take utmost care to see that COVID cases does not rise by keeping our factories open,” he said.
He said that he is extremely happy to inform all that during last couple days not a single Covid +ve case has been reported at industry testing facility.
“Keeping Industries running also helped in curbing further job losses and migrant labourers woes. Most importantly major corporates and industries in Goa supported govt in copping up with this pandemic by partnering in building infrastructural facilities at hospitals, arranging necessary equipment’s and medicines,” he said.
He said that now the industry is also supporting government in vaccination drive.
“As I had said earlier all of us need to work in tandem to overcome this pandemic at the earliest. I also feel that traders and other businesses which are shut presently who are incurring huge financial loses has to come up with proper SOP and plans to operate there bussiness in this times and put forth proposal to the govt through their associations so that lives and livelihoods both are protected simultaneously,” he said.