Monday market menace: Locals battle snarls and sanitation woesDiscover the issues caused by an unauthorised weekly market at Prateek Grand City, Ghaziabad.
Residents face traffic jams, sanitation problems, and noise disturbances due to the market operating without proper amenities.
Residents said the local civic authorities have been informed about the pitiable condition of the floating market but nothing has been done.
Officials said that an inspection was recently conducted to take stock of the condition of the floating market.
It is being checked if there is any possibility to renovate and revive the market,” said a KMDA official.
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Kolkata: Patuli floating market off EM Bypass, which was developed and inaugurated six years ago with much fanfare, has now turned into a potential mosquito-breeding site .Set up at a cost of Rs 10 crore by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), the market had started off with around 112 boats and over 100 hawkers rehabilitated from the road sides off Bypass.However, lack of maintenance and gradual decrease in interest among buyers, along with the Covid lockdown in 2020 and 2021, have turned the place into a mess. The water body is full of hyacinth, littered with broken wooden platforms and damaged boats.“Dengue cases can happen any time here. There has been no maintenance and the place has turned into a complete mess,” said Sunanda Chakraborty, who lives in a cooperative housing complex near the market.The situation is such that most of the residents in the cooperative housing complex next to the floating market are forced to shut their doors and windows every evening to prevent mosquitoes from entering their homes. “There is fear of a possible dengue outbreak here. With garbage strewn around and the water turning putrid, we can hardly bear the stench,” said Somasree Datta Basu, a professor who lives nearby.Dengue cases have been reported in the localities around the floating market in the last few years. Residents said the local civic authorities have been informed about the pitiable condition of the floating market but nothing has been done. “There seems to be complete apathy from the authorities to keep the water body and its surroundings clean. Garbage and waste are piling up,” said another local resident.KMDA had taken up renovation of the floating market a few years after it was opened but its condition again deteriorated due to lack of maintenance. Officials said that an inspection was recently conducted to take stock of the condition of the floating market. “The condition of the market has been discussed with the local civic authorities. It is being checked if there is any possibility to renovate and revive the market,” said a KMDA official.
