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Mumbai Port Authority announced the auction of 18 sealed godowns at the Sassoon dock, impacting hundreds of traders and workers.

Maharashtra Fisheries Dept stands accused of siphoning funds and subletting units to locals without due payment to the Port Authority.

The Port Authority plans to build a modern, AC market to replace the current bustling markets of the local fishing community.

The ink was barely dry on seals slapped on 18 godowns at Sassoon Dock, when the Mumbai Port Authority (MbPA) announced plans to auction the premises through a ‘transparent tendering process’.

The move has panicked the local fishing community, who believe their 150-year-old lifeline is being auctioned away for profit.

In a desperate bid to halt the impending auction of evicted g

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