MARGAO
The Old market feast fair faced to brunt of the cyclonic winds and heavy overnight rains when the stalls were all drained in the downpour damaging goods.
Furniture stalls were the most affected after the pandal came crashing down during the cyclonic winds, causing huge losses. Furniture owners pointed out that besides furniture items, glass ware were damaged and destroyed in the incident. Some of the owners have complained to losses to the tune of lakhs of rupees.
Readymade garments and other hawkers have also complained of damage to goods at the fair.
In fact, the hawkers and vendors have pegged huge losses with customers not coming in large numbers for the fair on Thursday. Those who made it to the fair have complained of slippery conditions on both the grounds playing host to the week-long fair.
The Margao Municipal has so far earned revenue of over Rs 25 lakh from the fair by way of fees, with MMC Chairperson Damu Shirodkar exuding confidence that revenue from the fair would cross the Rs 30 lakh figure when curtains come down on the fair on Sunday.
