In a joint operation, the Margao Municipal Council and the Fatorda police on Saturday cracked a whip against the illegal shanties that had come up along the Old market-KTC bus stand road adjoining the SGPDA grounds
Margao Municipal workers razed down the illegal shanties under the protection of Fatorda police on Saturday morning as part of the operation to clear the illegal shanties repeatedly coming up around the SGPDA market.
Sources said Fatorda Police station in-charge, PI Kapil Nayak drew attention of the Margao Municipality to illegal shanties raising its ugly head along the Old market-KTC bus stand near the SGPDA ground. MMC Chairperson Pooja Naik made available a team of MMC worker and market inspector to carry out the demolition drive.
PI Kapil informed that there’s been complaint received from the citizens that the inmates from the shanties are involved in begging at the Old market circle. “There have been complaints from motorists that children and adults are involved in begging and pose nuisance when vehicles stop at the traffic circle”, he added.
The Fatorda police and the MMC had in the past razed the shanties on the SGPDA ground, only to resurface again in defiance of the authorities.
