Calcutta, July 17 :
Calcutta, July 17 :
Nothing fishy will be tolerated in transactions at the Gariahat fish market. Aiming to send this message across to their colleagues, a section of the fish-mongers kept their shutters down for 24 hours, in protest against other sellers cheating buyers on weight.
Bhanu Sarkar, spokesperson for the rebelling group, said on Tuesday: 'A section of the traders was deceiving unsuspecting customers. Our repeated requests to them fell on deaf ears. We live off the profit in our business and for the sake of our reputation, we should give the buyers exactly what they have paid for.'
Sarkar expressed surprise that the enforcement branch of Calcutta Municipal Corporation did not take any action despite complaints. 'They did not even enquire why the market remained closed from 12 noon on Monday to 12.30 pm on Tuesday.'
There were protests on Tuesday when a fishmonger tried to pass off a lesser quantity of fish to a customer. 'Seventeen of us have formed a committee to stop customers from being cheated,' Sarkar said. The committee will soon be registered.
The committee has threatened to launch an agitation to protest the CMC's 'highhandedness'.