Mapusa municipal chairperson says difficult to keep track of how vegetables are cleaned

The move follows a WhatsApp video that went viral showing  a migrant vegetable vendor allegedly washing coriander stalks in sewage water at a nearby drain.

He then took the coriander to the vegetable market for sale. 

Chairperson Rohan Kavlekar reacted to the video and said the video does not show the vendor washing the coriander in the dirty water.

he further said that vegetables come to Mapusa  from various places  and the municipality could not ascertain whether the vegetable has been washed in clean water or dirty water.