‘Goa government trying to permit fishing by April 15’

TNN | Updated: Apr 9, 2020, 11:09 IST

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PANAJI: The government will soon take a decision on permitting fishing and letting meat products into the market during the lockdown, it assured the high court of Bombay at Goa on Wednesday.
Advocate general Devidas Pangam told the high court that no sooner the government takes the decision, it will try and implement it without waiting for the next date of the hearing of the public interest petition which is April 15.
Advocate John Abreu Lobo approached the high court stating the public is being deprived of quality protein as there has been an absolute ban on fishing and other meat products.
He pointed to the blanket ban on fishing which is against the Union government’s directives on the lockdown and is seeking the court’s intervention to make fish, chicken, meat and other sources of protein as part of the food.The case is being heard by Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu.