MARGAO
On the eve of the crucial special meeting of the Cuncolim Municipal Council, Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao, has charged that certain ruling party people are directly involved to get the fish meal plant in Cuncolim.
Alemao, who represents Cuncolim in the Goa Legislative Assembly, has said that it is shocking to note that despite facing rejection in Barcem village in Quepem taluka, the Investment Promotion board had given the approval to shift the fish meal plant in Cuncolim. “When we are working to get the existing fish meal plant operating in the Cuncolim Industrial estate shut down, there is an attempt to set up the second plant in Cuncolim. As long as I represent Cuncolim, I will make sure that the proposed fish meal plant does not see light of the day”, he said.
He added; “Let the people from the ruling dispensation who are involved in getting the plant at Cuncolim set up the plant in their backyard to know the ill effects of a fish meal plant”.
Demanding to know why Chief Minister Pramod Sawant is silent on attempts being made to set up a second fish meal plant in Cuncolim, the Opposition Leader said he has written to the Chief Minister expressing strong objection to the proposed fish meal plant.
Saying the Congress-backed Cuncolim Municipal Council will reject the proposal at the special Council meeting scheduled on Tuesday, he questioned the IPB for shifting the polluting plant to Cuncolim.
