The market is being built at a cost of 2.1 crore over 1,022 square metres. Officials said each shop will measure 31 sqft and have drainage systems for waste water.
“We are also setting up an effluent treatment plant to process the waste water.The treated water will be used to water the foliage on the centre medians and for other plants,” said officials. Currently, the Chintadripet fish market is working from a private complex where vendors pay higher rent. The corporation will be taking a census of fish vendors there, and the new market will have nominal rent, said officials.
The current fish market had come into a controversy when some activists complained to the NGT that the market was poorly maintained and did not have waste water treatment facilities. The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, which inspected the site following the case, said the waste was collected manually and also let into the sewers. The building was also hindered by approval issues.
Residents of Chintadripet said the old market was causing a persistent odour across interior streets, and that the waste disposal left much to be desired. “The new market must send its waste to the meat-waste processing unit run by GCC in Pulianthope. It must not be dumped in bins. Secondly, the water and other blood waste must be treated properly,” said Govindarajan M of Egmore, who frequents the market.
Currently, foundation and building work for the market are over, said officials.
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