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MARGAO
In an interesting development, the South Goa Planning and Development Authority (SGPDA) has knocked the doors of South District Collector with a plea to re-open the PDA-owned wholesale fish market for the Goa registered trawler owners.
While the SGPDA Member Secretary Vertika Dagur had dispatched a letter to the office of the Collector on Wednesday by attaching a PDA resolution passed via circulation, she sent a fresh letter on Thursday giving details of the registration numbers of the trawlers owners.
The PDA resolution, however, was not signed by Margao MLA Digambar Kamat and Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai.
Till Thursday evening, the SGPDA officials were keeping their fingers crossed to see whether the District Collector would give the go-ahead to re-open the wholesale fish market, when the authorities have been on the move to shut down markets, including the Margao Municipal Council New Market.
When contacted, Dagur told The Goan that her office had not received any communication from the office of the Collector till evening.
Sources in the know informed that the SGPDA had adopted a resolution by circulation. Out of the 12 members, the resolution was not signed by Digambar Kamat and Vijai Sardesai.
Given that the resolution did not provide details on how the PDA will keep track of the vehicles of the trawler owners, on Thursday it sent a reminder attached with the registration numbers of the vehicles that would enter the wholesale fish market from the jetties and landing points.
Meanwhile, SGPDA Chairman,MLA Wilfred D’Sa has requested Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to re-open the PDA wholesale fish market so that fish from the jetties can be brought and sold by observing social distancing and other lockdown guidelines.
