Team Herald
PANJIM: Nearly 200 fish vendors, including fish cutters, will be accommodated in a temporary shed erected near the Panjim fish market starting Monday.
Bento Lorena, councilor of the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) and chairman of the market committee, informed O Heraldo that sufficient space will be provided for the vendors who are being relocated from the existing fish market.
“This is a temporary arrangement until the dilapidated Panjim fish market building is demolished. The building demolition contractor has assured us that the structure will be taken down within seven days. Once the demolition is complete, we will return the fish vendors to their original locations,” Lorena stated.
Lorena noted that there are approximately 250 fish vendors, including fish cutters, and the CCP is committed to accommodating as many as possible. Fish vendors have already identified their designated spaces in the makeshift shed located in the passage between Royal Foods and Dempo House, with the CCP having recorded their names.
In response to inquiries, Lorena mentioned that the CCP is also working to rehabilitate meat vendors who were evicted from the dilapidated fish market. They will be relocated as soon as an alternative site is identified.
Additionally, the High Court of Bombay at Goa is set to hear two writ petitions filed by meat vendors on Monday.
Last Thursday, the Court reprimanded the CCP commissioner for violating a status quo order issued by the Principal District Court, Panjim, under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1969. The Court has also directed the CCP to submit a relocation plan for the meat and fish vendors who were evacuated from the old Panjim Municipal fish market building.