Following discussions with naval authorities, Salkar assured residents that the access would remain unchanged
Vasco: Tensions flared at Mangor Hill on Friday after naval authorities allegedly blocked the decades-old traditional access used by Ayyappa temple devotees and local residents, triggering heated arguments.Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar rushed to the spot and intervened. Deputy collector and sub-divisional magistrate Pratap Gaonkar, mamlatdar Pravinjay Pandit, SP Gurudas Kadam and Vasco PI Vaibhav Naik also reached the site.Following discussions with naval authorities, Salkar assured residents that the access would remain unchanged.“The existing access would remain unchanged. I will see that the religious sentiments of the devotees worshipping Lord Ayyappa and the locals residing here will fully be respected,” he said.
