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MARGAO: The wholesale fruit vendors who operate early morning in Margao met the municipal chief and complained that they are given very little time to operate.
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The traders requested the chief officer to allow them operate till 8 am and not a minute more after that. This request was and was granted by the chief officer.
The traders told Chief Officer Ajit Panchwadkar that their business begins only at 7 am as retailers from distant places like Canacona, Sanguem, Quepem reach the market only 7 am. “Municipal staffers are raiding and confiscating our stock at 7.30 am which is unfair,” traders’ representative Mehboob Thakker complained.
“Eight o’clock is a good time as vehicles reach at 7 am,” Thakker said thanking the chief officer for allowing them to operate till 8 am.
Temporarily agreeing for 8 am and not a minute after that, the chief officer said, “The issue needs to be studied. There is school traffic; others too have their businesses there.”
