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VASCO
While buyers and sellers in another part of the State may have recently got a state-of-art fish market, there has been no such luck for people in Baina as the fish market there has been crying for attention.
Slippery floors, leaking roofs and unbearable stench confront fish sellers and customers on a daily basis, almost compelling many to return without purchasing fish.
The Baina fish market once catered to a large number of citizens in Baina and neighbouring areas like Mestawada, Bhutebhat and Mangor, but it is now in a decrepit condition.
A huge pile of garbage is usually found dumped near the premises causing an unbearable stench. The entry gate of the small market is badly corroded and damaged, inviting anti-social elements to steal fish and other things from the market after the market is closed at night.
According to fish vendors, the fish market lacks proper ventilation and there is no one from MMC who is entrusted to clean the market.
They also claim there is no water connection to clean fish or the market premises and mosquitoes in the evening make it difficult for fish vendors to sit and sell fish. “Nowadays, there are not many customers. We ourselves are unable to sit here for long. Our fish is sometimes stolen at nights and rainwater falls on us through the damaged ceilings,” complained a fish vendor requesting anonymity.
“I have fallen twice while attempting to clean the floor and we have no water nor any other basic facilities. The place is stinking because of garbage and no person in the Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) is bothered about us.”
