MARGAO
Contrary to the tall promises made by Tourism Minister, Manohar Ajgaonkar that the department has barred illegal hawking on the beach belt, dozens of migrant hawkers were seen on the Colva beach on Thursday encashing on the presence of hundreds of domestic visitors.
The Tourism Minister has not stopped insisting that the department has banned illegal hawking along the entire beach belt, with world famous beach not an exception.
A visit to the Colva beach on Thursday evening has revealed that migrant hawkers literally made hay as they were seen almost everywhere on the beach belt, offering handicrafts to the visitors. Tattoo painters were also seen around, canvasing for business, indicating that neither the Tourism department nor the Goa police had any answer to keep the illegal migrant hawkers at bay.
