MARGAO
The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) on Thursday made its presence felt at the Cutbona fishing jetty to collect water samples from the jetty and the nearby residential locality.
FDA officials went about the job of collecting tap water samples at the jetty and later headed to the adjoining residential locality at Cutbona.
The exercise assumes significance given that many migrant workers engaged on the fishing vessels have been affected by acute diarrhea, besides dengue.
Local residents, however, wondered why the FDA officials did not collect the water samples from the overhead water tanks supplying water to the jetty to cater to the water requirements of the workers and the fishing vessels.
Locals have further pointed out that the FDA should have collected water samples from the water tankers supplying water at the jetty.
“We will ask the FDA team to come again and collect water samples from the overhead tanks as well as from the water tankers. Testing of the water from the overhead tanks is necessary to find out whether the tanks were cleaned or not in recent years,” remarked a local.
