A ROYAL MESS:Shopping at fish and meat section at Gandhi Market has been an unpleasant experience
Old slaughterhouse in Gandhi Market will be razed;new shops will come up there
Consumers visiting the fish and meat sections of the
Gandhi Market in the city could look forward to better amenities soon as
the Tiruchirapalli City Corporation has decided to build new shops to
accommodate the traders.
Built as part of the Gandhi
Market, established in 1940, the shops behind the main Gandhi Market
complex are in a dilapidated condition with decrepit walls and damaged
roofs.
The fish and meat sections of the market have
about 105 shops and the complex is situated amidst unhygienic
surroundings being located right in front of the garbage dumping area.
People had long been complaining over the lack of amenities and poor
sanitary conditions at the market. Traders had been demanding
construction of new shops to replace the existing ones.
The
corporation has decided to build a new fish-cum-meat market section at
the site where the old slaughterhouse had been functioning. A modern
slaughterhouse is coming up at the adjacent site. The old slaughterhouse
building would be demolished once the new facility is ready, paving the
way for the construction of new shops for fish/meat markets. This way,
the functioning of the fish and meat shops would continue unhindered
until the new building was ready.
Corporation sources
said the new market section would have better amenities. The civic body
would soon draw up a design and project report for construction of the
new shops. The corporation, a few months ago, had decided to renovate
the Gandhi Market in phases.
TURIP
Giving
a fillip to the corporation, attempts to improve the roads and drain
network in the city, the State government has sanctioned Rs. 20 crore
under the Tamil Nadu Urban Roads Infrastructure Project in 2013-14. The
civic body had forwarded proposals worth Rs. 23.12 crore to the
government and as per a government order, the corporation had been asked
to bear the remaining Rs. 3.12 crore from its general fund.
About 105 shops located amidst filth are dilapidated
There is proposal to provide modern facilities in new shops
No comments:
Post a Comment