Bhatkal: Fish vendors in Bhatkal staged a protest on Tuesday and submitted a memorandum to the Town Municipal Council (TMC) Chief Officer, alleging that garbage from nearby houses was being dumped on the pathway leading to the old fish market.

Led by the president of the Fishermen and Fish Vendors’ Association, Khaja Kalaiwala, the vendors gathered at the TMC office demanding immediate action against those responsible. They also expressed anger over photographs of garbage piles near the old market being circulated on social media, accompanied by messages urging people not to buy fish there. The vendors described this as a deliberate attempt to defame them.

The memorandum further alleged that negative propaganda against the old market had intensified after the establishment of the new fi

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