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Fish stalls at newly-constructed market on Marina beach Loop Road to be allotted from Monday, GCC tells Madras High Court
The Hindu
Greater Chennai Corporation begins allotment of fish market stalls on Marina beach Loop Road, addressing encroachment and vending issues.
The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) on Thursday informed the Madras High Court that the allotment of 357 out of 360 stalls at the newly constructed fish market on the Marina beach Loop Road would begin from Monday and that the allottees’ list had also been finalised.
Appearing before a Division Bench of Justices R. Sureshkumar and A.D. Jagadish Chandira who were seized of a suo motu writ petition taken up in 2023 against the encroachment of both sides of the Loop Road by fish sellers, Additional Advocate General J. Ravindran said the market was fully ready.
The GCC had begun constructing the fish market complex, with vehicle parking facilities, in April 2023 after the High Court had taken serious note of the traffic chaos created on the Loop Road because of the fish sellers squatting on both sides of the road thereby prevening free movement of motor vehicles.
When the suo motu case was listed for hearing on Thursday pursuant to a long break for over a year, the AAG reported that the construction of the new fish market complex on the Loop Road had been completed in all respects and that a list of 357 eligible allottees too had been drawn by the GCC.
On being asked by the judges as to whether the new fish market would put an end to the menace of fish sellers squatting on the public road without there being any hue and cry alleging non allotment to any more fish sellers, the AAG said alternative arrangements would be made even if someone had been left out.
After recording his submissions, the judges granted two weeks time for the GCC to continue with the process of allotment of fish stall in the market complex and file a status report before the court along with a list of the allottees in order to enable the court to pass further orders in the case.
While hearing another writ petition pending in the court since 2021 seeking 5% reservation for the physically challenged in the allotment of 900 modern pushcarts to the vendors on Marina beach, the Division Bench wanted to know the present status of the push cart scheme.