PANAJI
The Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) which began giving out the application forms for allotment of stalls at the annual Ashtami fair along the Mandovi river Promenade faced a deluge on Friday.
Vendors were seen queuing up since early morning to purchase the forms which the CCP sold for Rs 500 each.
Some 400-odd stalls are expected to be set up along the river promenade stretching from the Panaji-Betim ferry wharf right up to the Kala Academy-Forest Department area in Campal.
The fair will begin from Monday (August 26) and stretch up to September 6, a day ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi for which hundreds of Goans visit to make their festival purchases.
The CCP has this year fixed a daily rent fee of Rs 250 per square meter.
Additionally, each stall allottee vendor will be charged a lump sum of Rs 2,400 as a fee to take care of the waste and general sanitation in the fair.
