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No entry for veggie, fruit trucks at Gandhi market

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As the curtain goes up on the Rs 77-crore Kallikudi integrated vegetable market after a long delay, the district administration along with various stakeholders is determined to streamline the existing Gandhi market from Saturday. Official sources said that only heavy vehicles carrying vegetable and fruit produce would be banned from entering the congested market vicinity while load vehicles with grocery products would be permitted to access the market.

With the agriculture business and agriculture marketing department allotting close to 290 of the 830 shops available at the integrated market, built with financial support from Nabard, wholesale traders who have been identified for relocation from Gandhi market will move to the new facility on the outskirts of the city from Saturday. The relocation initiative has also brought about some confusion among members of the public and the traders who fear that even retail vegetable traders would be asked to move to Kallikudi market. “Certain trade organisations believe that even retail vegetable sellers will be relocated from Gandhi market. Officials should clarify the worries,” K Suresh, CPI district secretary, said. Various stakeholder departments have made it clear that only the wholesale vegetable and fruit traders operating in bulk will be shifted to the integrated market facility. “Retail traders will stay in Gandhi market catering to the needs of the locals. We are focusing only on wholesale traders for the relocation. Soon, phase II of shop allotment will commence to fill up the remaining shops in Kallikudi market,” an official source said.

Traffic police personnel, based on instructions received from the district administration, said that surveillance would be stepped up at all entry and exit points of the market. “We will not permit heavy vehicles carrying vegetables towards the Gandhi market from Saturday. The initial penalties will be quite harsh and severe warning will be issued to heavy vehicles with vegetables trying to enter the market,” a senior police officer said. All the 290 traders identified to occupy the ground floor shops at Kallikudi market were verified and their relocation is touted to decongest the 150-year-old Gandhi market.
Trichy corporation has said that the proposal to redevelop Gandhi market as part of the smart city project will be expedited so as to streamline the facility which has been causing bottlenecks. The decongestion of Gandhi market will have a ripple effect on the East Boulevard road whose development was throttled because of parking by heavy vehicles reaching Gandhi market. The district administration has instructed the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) to resume bus services on East Boulevard road locality.
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Entry/exit points to come under surveillance of traffic police
Palpannai junction | Palakkarai roundabout | East Boulevard road | West Boulevard road | Madurai road
Vehicle statistics
Total number of trucks in district - 4,500 to 6,000
Number of trucks visiting Gandhi market a day - 1,500 to 2,000
(includes for metal, vegetable, fruits, and grocery business operations)
Onion traders to relocate operation

Onion wholesale traders would also move out simultaneously instead of utilising the Kallikudi integrated market space as they have built a market on their own near Palpannai
a) Inflow of heavy vehicles with onion loads: 95 per day
b) Outflow of vehicles after purchasing onions: 50 per day
Vehicles after unloading vegetables and fruits were parked near: Banana auction centre | Dharbarmedu | EB road | Quaide-millet road | Thanjavur main road

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