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MARGAO
While eyebrows have been raised over the unauthorized sale of fish on the Western bypass, the police say that trucks that sell the staple food on the Seraulim stretch of the bypass have permits issued by the Executive Magistrate from North.
Even as sale of fish on the Western bypass, meters away from the wholesale fish market, continued without any restrictions, right under the nose of the authorities, the Colva police have now claimed that some of the fish transporting vehicles had permits issued by the Executive Magistrate, Pernem.
This has thrown up a question: Can the government authorities issue permits for the vehicles to come to Margao when the mega SGPDA-owned wholesale fish market stands shut down because of the ongoing lockdown?
When The Goan contacted the Colva police, they claimed that vehicles bringing the fish to the bypass have produced permits issued by the Executive Magistrate, Pernem.
While the police have expressed their helplessness in the matter, questions are raised whether wholesale fish can be sold on the bypass without permission from the authorities, be it the local panchayat body or the PWD, which has built the bypass.
Officials in the know say the district authorities should immediately intervene in the matter.
