Kerala - Kochi
Private buses to run through market premises
Staff Reporter
Re-routing to be done within 15 days, says collector
KOCHI: Private buses will soon run through the Agricultural Urban Wholesale Market compound at Maradu, providing the public easy access to the market.
Re-routing of the buses through the market premises will be done within 15 days, according to District Collector A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish, chairman of the Maradu Market Society executive council.
The council, which met on Monday, decided to cancel the tenancy of seven traders, as they had not paid dues and delayed starting operations in the stalls allotted to them. They had taken the stalls in April-May 2005, but left them unused. As many as 130 shops were functioning in full swing in the market.
Infrastructure project
The council decided to redraft a project report for the improvement of infrastructure in the market. The project was drafted based on the promise of a subsidy of Rs. 2.5 crores made by the Horticulture Mission. However, since the mission could offer only a quarter of the project cost, a proposal for a Rs. 10-crore project had to be drawn up, with the market left to raise the remaining amount. Though the report was drafted, it was decided to revise the project after the new Government assumed office.
Order for giving 28 stalls to Geo Group, a Gulf-based exporter, had already been issued. The group was also planning to set up an agro-processing plant in the market. For this, it would have to be allotted vacant land and a lease amount fixed for the property.
Contract renewal
The council decided to serve notice to the traders who had not renewed their contract with the market even after the lapse of the contract period of one year.
The market would approach the District Cooperative Bank for opening an extension counter on the market premises for the convenience of the traders.
The meeting decided to expand greenery on vacant land within the market complex by planting trees, such as teak and ornamental shrubs and plants. The canteen in the market complex would be made functional soon. For this, obtaining water connection needed to be speeded up. A tank of 50,000-litre capacity had been built for rainwater harvesting. Another ground-level tank would also be constructed to collect rainwater.
Pass system
The council decided to implement a pass system for the traders and their staff to ensure that unauthorised persons did not enter the premises. It was also decided to release daily market data to the media, on the lines of the data released by the Vegetable and Fruit Promotion Council, Keralam.
Cooperation of Kudumbasree units would be sought to dispose of organic waste generated within the market by making organic manure.
The wasteland in the compound would be leased out for cultivation on a seasonal basis, to generate revenue.
(The Hindu - May 16, 2006)
Private buses to run through market premises
Staff Reporter
Re-routing to be done within 15 days, says collector
KOCHI: Private buses will soon run through the Agricultural Urban Wholesale Market compound at Maradu, providing the public easy access to the market.
Re-routing of the buses through the market premises will be done within 15 days, according to District Collector A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish, chairman of the Maradu Market Society executive council.
The council, which met on Monday, decided to cancel the tenancy of seven traders, as they had not paid dues and delayed starting operations in the stalls allotted to them. They had taken the stalls in April-May 2005, but left them unused. As many as 130 shops were functioning in full swing in the market.
Infrastructure project
The council decided to redraft a project report for the improvement of infrastructure in the market. The project was drafted based on the promise of a subsidy of Rs. 2.5 crores made by the Horticulture Mission. However, since the mission could offer only a quarter of the project cost, a proposal for a Rs. 10-crore project had to be drawn up, with the market left to raise the remaining amount. Though the report was drafted, it was decided to revise the project after the new Government assumed office.
Order for giving 28 stalls to Geo Group, a Gulf-based exporter, had already been issued. The group was also planning to set up an agro-processing plant in the market. For this, it would have to be allotted vacant land and a lease amount fixed for the property.
Contract renewal
The council decided to serve notice to the traders who had not renewed their contract with the market even after the lapse of the contract period of one year.
The market would approach the District Cooperative Bank for opening an extension counter on the market premises for the convenience of the traders.
The meeting decided to expand greenery on vacant land within the market complex by planting trees, such as teak and ornamental shrubs and plants. The canteen in the market complex would be made functional soon. For this, obtaining water connection needed to be speeded up. A tank of 50,000-litre capacity had been built for rainwater harvesting. Another ground-level tank would also be constructed to collect rainwater.
Pass system
The council decided to implement a pass system for the traders and their staff to ensure that unauthorised persons did not enter the premises. It was also decided to release daily market data to the media, on the lines of the data released by the Vegetable and Fruit Promotion Council, Keralam.
Cooperation of Kudumbasree units would be sought to dispose of organic waste generated within the market by making organic manure.
The wasteland in the compound would be leased out for cultivation on a seasonal basis, to generate revenue.
(The Hindu - May 16, 2006)
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