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On learning that Deputy Chief Minister Francis D’Souza was to lay a foundation stone for the fish market at Headland Sada, the workers carrying placards gathered at the junction to seek the Minister’s intervention.
Speaking to The Goan, union vice-president Alex Pacheco said about 150 families from Headland Sada are affected due to non-payment
of salaries.
“We have loan repayments, and the banks are after us as we cannot pay the installments. We also have to pay school fees of our children and meet their other expenses,” said Pacheco.
“We have been told that the shipyard is being sold to a coal handling company, and it’s surprising that by allowing a non-polluting company to shut down, the government is encouraging a polluting company to take over. Residents of Sada are already facing pollution from a coal handling company at the port,”
added Pacheco.
“The government is least concerned about the health of the residents of Sada. It is campaigning for ‘Swacch Bharat’ and ‘Nitol Goa’, and allowing polluting industries through the back door,”
stated Pacheco.
Pacheco alleged that a local politician had used the employees during the assembly, parliament and council elections and when the workers needed his help, he turned his back on them.
