Around 200 residents of the containment zone in Zuarinagar demanded freedom from the containment zone as no proper food supplies were provided nor mass testing was being carried out.
The residents alleged that neither panchayat members nor the MLA Alina Saldanha were sympathetic to their issues.
“Our MLA has even refused to meet us. We have been waiting to meet her since morning,” the residents said.
The residents demanded that either the government carry out mass testing or release them from containment zone.
“Our will our families survive with this limited groceries?” they asked.
Reacting to the development Saldanha said that the people are being instigated by a few opponents.
“I was supposed to meet the residents but the deputy collector was busy with prior commitments,” she stated.