Vendors from Mapusa market have taken a unified stand against the proposed increase in shop rent by the Mapusa Municipality. As a form of protest, the vendors kept their shutters down and gathered in the market to organize a morcha, expressing their dissatisfaction with the municipality’s decision. 

The dispute revolves around the municipality’s intention to raise the rent for the shops in the market, a move that the vendors find disagreeable. The collective protest, with shutters down, is a visible demonstration of their opposition to the rent hike and a call for the municipality to reconsider its decision.