Rent of 23 shops at Bose Market in Tirunelveli Town slashed

The Corporation has decided to slash 5% of the rent for 23 shops astatine Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Market successful Tirunelveli Town arsenic these aggrieved tenants had approached the tribunal against the municipality civic body’s determination to hike the rent aft this marketplace was reconstructed.

As the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Market successful Tirunelveli Town was rebuilt nether the ‘Smart City Mission’, the Corporation, which owns the market, upwardly revised the rent of the shops successful the marketplace and sent the revised rental operation to the shopkeepers connected past April 15, May 2 and May 12 asking the allottees to wage the revised rent to the municipality civic body.

However, the shopkeepers, expressing dissent implicit the “steep hike successful rent”, filed a lawsuit against this determination successful the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court. The petitioners said the Corporation, adjacent aft reconstructing the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Market, was allowing “unauthorised traders” to tally their concern establishments on the road. Since these “unauthorised roadside shops” had severely affected the concern of the shops successful the Netaji Bose Market, the rent should not beryllium hiked, they argued.

Delivering judgement successful this case, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court directed the Tirunelveli Corporation to springiness revised rental notification to the 23 aggrieved traders. Subsequently, the Corporation assembly gathering held connected Friday decided to slash 5% of the monthly rent fixed earlier.

The assembly besides decided to instal the bronze statue of precocious Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi astatine the occidental extremity of Sarojini Park adjacent Palayamkottai autobus basal and sanction the South Mount Road connecting Arunagiri Theatre and Katchi Mandapam arsenic ‘Dr. P. Padmanabhan Ex MLA Road’. The assembly besides resolved to sanction the Tirunelveli Corporation Trade Centre arsenic ‘Veeramangai Velunatchiayar Trade Centre’.

The resolutions volition beryllium submitted to the Tamil Nadu Government for its support aft which these proposals volition beryllium translated into action.

Differently-abled nominated councillor Jegajeevan Ram, who attended his archetypal assembly gathering connected Friday, was received by Mayor G. Ramakrishnan with a shawl.