Shift to G. Corner immediately, Gandhi Market traders told

As part of its efforts to avoid overcrowding at the Gandhi Market so as to check the spread of COVID-19 virus, the Tiruchi Corporation has once again decided to shift all operations to G. Corner on Ti

As part of its efforts to avoid overcrowding at the Gandhi Market so as to check the spread of COVID-19 virus, the Tiruchi Corporation has once again decided to shift all operations to G. Corner on Tiruchi-Chennai highway from Friday. A senior official of the Corporation, who visited the Gandhi Market on Thursday morning, met the office bearers of various vegetable, fruits and flower traders’ associations and conveyed the decision of closure of the Gandhi Market with immediate effect in view of the exponential surge in cases of COVID-19. He told them that the market would function from G. Corner from Friday and all necessary arrangements were being made to set up shops. Taking strong exception, a group of traders told the official that it was not possible to shift the operations within a day. Moreover, it was unfair to ask them to move to the new place, when the traders stuck to the business hours between 4 am to 12 noon. However, the official told them that he had no choice.