MARGAO
Tigurs (catfish) virtually rained in the marshy area of Dovondem in the last two days after the Water Resources Department (WRD) took up the work of de-silting a stormwater nullah connecting the River Sal, metres away from the wholesale fish market.
As the WRD-appointed contractor went about the work of de-silting the water channel, the workers found, to their shock and surprise, the presence of several tigurs in the area. The workers netted the catfish, with some of the tigurs weighing over five kilograms.
A worker informed that they stumbled upon the catfish while going about the job of de-silting the water channel.
Locals pointed out that the ponds and water bodies, including the stormwater nullahs connecting the River Sal, have been a source of catfish. Some of these nullahs have been carrying sewage and wastewater from the city to the River Sal, contaminating the river.
A local pointed out that the stormwater nullah passing along the Margao ring road at Comba had played host to tigurs when sewage had found its way into the water body through a broken sewage chamber.
