Summary:
The Mormugao municipal council has strictly set its guidelines, discussed the matter in meetings and informed all vendors at the time of issuing stalls,” Fernandes said.In lieu of plastic bags, the council will be distributing 4,000 paper bags among these vendors. VASCO: Vendor at the Vasco Saptah fair found with plastic bags will not only have to pay a fine of Rs 5,000, but will also be not allowed to participate in the fair for the next three years, chief officer Mormugao municipal council Agnelo Fernandes said.“We need to be thinking from the point of environment conservation. Fernandes said that the council got the bags readied well in advance with the help of voluntary organisations who roped in schoolchildren and senior citizens to make them. We can’t be taking such serious issues for granted. Some bags were bought.The municipality, Fernandes said, will try and get more paper bags.A team from the municipal council will conduct surprise inspections to ensure that vendors are not using plastic bags.Meanwhile, Vasco police has installed 25 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras and ten watchtowers at the Saptah fair.Besides police, 30 commandos and three male and two female IRBn platoons will be stationed at the fair from Thursday..