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GHMC to construct four fish markets
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has decided to construct four fish markets at an estimated cost of Rs 11.89 crore. The four fish markets will come up at Kukatpally, Begum Bazaar, Nacharam and Chilkalaguda. The civic body has been losing revenue to the tune of Rs 8 crore a day because of non-existent of more number of fish markets.
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has decided to construct four fish markets at an estimated cost of Rs 11.89 crore. The four fish markets will come up at Kukatpally, Begum Bazaar, Nacharam and Chilkalaguda. The civic body has been losing revenue to the tune of Rs 8 crore a day because of non-existent of more number of fish markets.
Highlights:
- The modern markets are coming up at Kukatpally, Begum Bazaar, Nacharam and Chilkalaguda
- It is the first time that markets are built since Independence
According to GHMC official, at present there are only two fish markets at Begum Bazaar and Monda market in Secunderabad, which were constructed by City Improvement Board (CIB) in the 1930s during the erstwhile Nizam rule. They are in a dilapidated condition. Interestingly, not even a single fish market was constructed since independence in the Hyderabad, a city with highest consumption of fish.
According to the official records of Telangana Fisheries Department, on an average around 100 tonnes of fish a day arrive in Hyderabad from Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal and about 10,000 fishermen are eking out a living by selling them. Currently, the city requires at least four wholesale and about 100 retail fish markets in all 150 divisions in the GHMC limits. Due to lack of markets to sell fishes, they are sold on the roadside and on bicycles in very unhygienic conditions.
When queried about the absence of markets, a senior GHMC official told The Hans India that the civic body has decided to construct fish markets at Kukatpally, Begum Bazar, Nacharam and Chilkalaguda. He said three fish markets at Kukatpally, Begum Bazar and Chilkalaguda are at tender stage.
He said fish market work at Nacharam is in progress. He said the tenders would be finalised in a week and complete the construction of fish markets in eight months. He attributed the delay in construction of the markets to the resistance put up by the residents in the vicinity of these markets because of smell of fish pervading around the areas.
By Maddy Deekshith
