Mumbai, Aug. 22 -- The Mumbai Port Authority's (MbPA) plan to lease 28 plots of over 217 acres along the city's Eastern Water Front has left the fishing community at Sassoon Dock concerned. The properties along the eastern coast include eight plots in the premises of Sassoon Dock, home to the fishing industry. On Thursday, the Save Sassoon Dock Fishing Port Committee wrote a letter to the state fisheries minister Nitesh Rane and the MbPA requesting that land parcels in the Sassoon dock premises be leased out only to commercial units involved in the fishing trade. Although anyone can submit an Expression of Interest (EOI), an MbPA official said, "As per the policy, companies and industries involved in fishing trade get a 40% discount on the ready reckoner prices." Shreya jachak...