BICHOLIM:The businessmen from Sankhali are under panic with the temporary shifting of their bus stand some one kilometer from the present location and have expressed that it would affect their business.
Speaking to Herald many businessmen from Sakhali stated that their business would be affected if the bus stand is temporary shifted near the Government college Sakhali. It may be stated that this arrangement is done with the intention of constructing a new bus stand at Sakhali. “It would have been good if the bus stand was to be constructed in the phased manner. Half of the bus stand should have been utilized for plying of the buses and on the other half the construction should have been carried out” businessman association chairman, Satyawan Kanekar told. The businessmen fear that if the bus stand is shifted to a new place their would be slack in their business. “Although it is a temporary arrangement the business activities would be shifted to a new place which is almost a kilometer from the main market” Kanekar complained “If this is done we would suffer losses as no one would come to the market.” “The construction of the bus stand would take atleast two years and it is a long time for us and there should be something done in this regard” Kanekar told. “Taking the bus stand near Government college is a wrong move as it is already a accident prone zone and would further lead to accidents in the area” a resident from Sakhali told. To avoid any further damage it is learnt that the authorities have now suggested to drop the passengers near the market and later go to the new bus stand.