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Preparatory enactment is nether mode astatine Yanaikulam crushed successful Tiruchi for relocation of Burma Bazaar traders arsenic portion of the City Corporation’s inaugural to organise thoroughfare vending and decongest cardinal commercialized areas astir Rockfort Teppakulam.
The civic assemblage has identified a two-acre Yanaikulam crushed adjacent Singarathope to accommodate traders who person agelong operated on the congested stretches. The relocation is aimed astatine easing postulation congestion successful engaged commercialized streets and improving pedestrian safety. In the archetypal phase, traders from Burma Bazaar, peculiarly those operating adjacent Vanapattarai Street, person been allotted space.
A full of 158 shops is planned astatine astir 30,000 sq. ft. Of these, 95 shops, each measuring 80 sq. ft., are allotted to Burma Bazaar traders astatine a monthly rent of ₹4,400, excluding GST, with a refundable information deposit of ₹50,000. The remaining 63 shops, each measuring 64 sq. ft., are earmarked for different traders operating adjacent the Main Guard Gate and Teppakulam areas now.
Earlier, the Corporation had assured traders that imperishable shops would beryllium constructed aft collecting operation charges and deposits. However, traders were aboriginal instructed to relocate their existing metal-box shops to the caller site. Following a survey, boundaries person been demarcated, and immoderate traders person begun constructing their shops. Traders person besides sought the proviso of basal amenities, including toilets and parking facilities, astatine the site.
Meanwhile, vendors who were relocated from the Teppakulam country to Old Madurai Road connected November 13 are inactive successful the process of mounting up their shops. The vendors are installing metallic frames and tent-like structures to support their merchandise, resulting successful a hold successful the commencement of business.
They said they expect to implicit the enactment and statesman operations wrong a week.
