Daijiworld Media Network - Karwar (MS)

Karwar, Dec 9: Goa health minister Vishwajit Rane had earlier said that permission will be granted to fishermen around 60 km area from the state to transport fish to Goa. However, the police officers of Goa-Karnataka border check post have stopped seven trucks of the city, filled with fish, for not possessing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) license by the supplying agents.

On the Saturday, December 8, ten trucks filled with fish had approached the Pole check post on the border of Goa. Among these, the police of Goa permitted three trucks, who were carrying fishes for fish mill were allowed to enter Goa. The rest seven trucks were sent back. In addition, three trucks coming from Maharashtra to Goa have been detained at Patradevi check post for not carrying the FDA licence as per the information given by Canacona police.

It is being accused that Goa FDA is bringing new acts every day. FDA had brought a rule that fish needs to be brought to Goa only in insulated trucks. Accordingly, fish was being transported from Karnataka in insulated trucks to Goa. However, now the trucks carrying fish from Karnataka and Maharashtra are being sent back from the border itself for not having FDA licence. Because of this rule, fishermen and fishing business people of outstation states are facing difficulty.