The South Goa Collector and the District Police chief going hammer and tongs on the roadside vendors selling fish due to the closure of the wholesale fish market and the retail outlet at SGPDA is the most uncalled for action in these pandemic times.
The IAS officers of non-Goan origin sit in the ivory towers and make decisions to ban the Goan staple which is the main culinary ingredient of the ubiquitous Goan Fish Curry Rice.
Even the cutting and cleaning section has been barricaded by the adventurous men-in-uniform to enforce the dictats of their bosses.
To make matters worse we have a truncated fishing season commencing in June by default due to the raging corona pandemic and the devastating cyclone Tauktae.
We have to patronize and support these roadside fish vendors in the commercial capital and its outskirts who sell good quality fish at affordable prices.
Some of the displaced Goan diaspora working on ships and Cayman Islands have also joined the bandwagon to supplement their loss of income due to Covid-19.
The bureaucrats and police chief should be appointed from the Goan cadre rather than foisting outsiders who are not aware of the customs, culture and traditions of the local populace.
