TEAM HERALD
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MARGAO: Fisheries Minister Avertano Furtado on Sunday said plans to build rest rooms at the Cutbona Jetty for the migrant workers employed on fishing vessels have been adversely affected following the scrapping of the proceedings to acquire land admeasuring 30,000 sq.mts near the fishing jetty.
He, however, said the government is constructing the 50 toilets at the jetty on a priority and has promised to work out a solution to the issue of rest rooms for the migrant workers. The rest rooms and accommodation for the migrant at the jetty has come to the fore with locals suspecting the presence of migrants in the residential locality being the cause of the dengue at Cutbona.
Velim Sarpanch Melvyn Sanches said the Fisheries Minister told him during his visit to Betul that his department has already got the sanction to build the 50 toilets at the Cutbona jetty. “The fisheries Minister was of the opinion that land constraint has come in the way of setting up of rest rooms at the jetty itself. We need to find out a solution”, Sanches said.
The Velim panchayat body will hold an awareness camp on Monday at 10.30 am in the village Panchayat hall on dengue and the measures ought to be taken by the people on its prevention. He said the panchayat has invited teams from the health department to guide the people on the issue.
Replying to a question, Sanches said that no fresh case of dengue has been reported from Cutbona on Sunday. He said a health team will be visiting the area for the next one week to take up measures to stop dengue from further spreading in the locality.
