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MARGAO
The South Goa Planning and Development Authority (SGPDA) has knocked the doors of the South Goa District Collector to rein in on the unauthorised trading activity in the PDA mega-market complex.
Given that fish, vegetables and meat are now freely available in the PDA market without permission from the planning body, SGPDA Member Secretary V Dagur on Wednesday dashed off a letter to the District Collector, Ajit Roy, seeking the intervention of the authorities to stop the unauthorized trade in the complex.
In the letter, the PDA Member Secretary drew to the notice of the Collector that fish, vegetable and other vendors are carrying out unauthorised business. “Since SGPDA has not granted any permission to any vendors to carry out any business, you are requested to take action as per the stipulated government guidelines,” the PDA Member Secretary said.
The Member Secretary’s letter to the Collector assumes significance and comes against the backdrop of reports of the large-scale sale of fish, vegetables and meat products in the PDA market when it is shut down because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The SGPDA has only allowed only the grocery shops to remain open since these come under essential services. However, while the fish and the vegetable markets have remained shut down since the enforcement of the lockdown, unauthorised and illegal vendors have been making hay.
