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After veg vendors, shopkeepers too under scanner of MMC

After cracking the whip against vegetable vendors for encroaching on the road to sell their produce, the Mormugao Municipal Council is now all set to act against shopkeepers for blocking footpaths.Speaking to The Goan, MMC Vice-chairperson Shashikant Parab said it was not fair to crack the whip only against vegetable vendors.

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 “Shopkeepers too are violating rules by displaying their products on the footpaths,” Parab added.“Law is applicable to all and it should not be enforced on a particular section. I want to bring it to the notice of Chairperson Deepak Naik that shopkeepers should also be dealt with in the same measure,” he asserted.Parab, however, said he was waiting to discuss the subject with Naik, who has not been attending office since the last two days. “There are other citizens visiting the council to meet Naik and solve their problems,” added Parab.“When Naik comes to the office, I will request him to add shopkeepers encroachments on the agenda for the next council meeting,” he said.“Besides encroachments on footpath by shopkeepers, I also want Naik to review security of MMC building as unwanted elements occupy the corridors of the building at night,” Parab said.

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Where is MMC chairperson?

VASCO: Mormugao Municipal Council Chairperson Deepak Naik hasn t been attendting office for the last two days.Vice-chairperson, Shashikant Parab, said, “I have been trying to call Naik, but he has not answered my phone calls. I do not know where he is, but I feel he should at least respond to our calls.”Efforts to contact Naik on his mobile phone also proved futile as he did not answer the calls.

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Don t blame me for your party ills: Vijai to Congress

Saying that the Congress should desist from blaming him for the ills plaguing the party, Independent MLA Vijai Sardessai on Tuesday asserted that Congress and other parties should realise that public sentiments are clearly in favour of young and new faces.Sardessai asserted that the Goa Forward Party will take the youth forward in the 2017 election by giving them 100 per cent representation.

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MARGAOHe also spoke on the need for a Goa-based party which will understand the needs of Goa and Goans and protect their interests. The next one month will be a crucial period in Goa s politics, he added.When the media sought his comments on accusations made by certain Congress leaders blaming him for the revolt by the Youth Turks in the party, Vijai shot back “When I was young, we heard Ms Indira Gandhi attributing a foreign hand plaguing her government. She had to finally…

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