Goa withdraws controversial municipal ordinance amid pressure from merchants
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Sat, Jan 23 2021 18:03 IST |
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Panaji, Jan 23 : The Goa government on Saturday withdrew a controversial amendment made last month to the state s municipal act, which would phase out the existing leases of stores and shops in municipality run markets in Goa to only ten years.
The amendment had been opposed by merchants across the state, who had even threatened the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government with a day-long strike in protest earlier this week.
The Goa Municipalities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020, which was promulgated last month, had aimed to streamline and restrict the lease of a shop or store in municipal markets, between a merchant and the local municipality to ten years only.