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Seven months aft its inauguration, the motortruck terminal astatine Panjapur continues to stay underutilised, prompting the Tiruchi Corporation to interval a re-tender for leasing retired shops connected the premises.
The motortruck terminal, constructed astatine a outgo of ₹110.97 crore connected a 13.09 acres of onshore adjacent the Integrated Bus Terminus, was inaugurated connected May 9. It tin accommodate 246 trucks, including 231 two-axle trucks, 10 three- and four-axle trucks and 5 five- and six-axle trucks astatine a time.
The installation houses 79 shops — 51 connected the crushed level and 28 shop-cum-office spaces connected the archetypal level — ranging successful size from 250 sq. ft. to 1,001 sq. ft. The rent has been fixed astatine ₹132 per sq. ft., with deposits ranging from ₹4 lakh to ₹10 lakh, depending connected the store size.
So far, astir 12 shops person been auctioned and the remaining volition beryllium leased retired done a re-tender process. Although the civic assemblage has floated aggregate tenders implicit the past fewer months, it has not received a due response.
With the integrated rootlike and effect marketplace analyzable coming up successful the vicinity, the motortruck terminal is expected to beryllium precise utile for motortruck operators from the neighbouring districts. Officials accidental they program to implicit a information of the ongoing marketplace wrong 2 months and expect this to pull involvement successful the tender.
“We are readying to committee astir 100 shops astatine the marketplace analyzable by the extremity of January and past interval a tender. It volition go operational erstwhile the shops are leased out,” said Corporation Commissioner L. Madhubalan.
Apart from shops, the terminal offers amenities, including dormitories with 84 beds connected some floors, drinking h2o facilities, and abstracted sanitation complexes for men, women, and persons with disabilities. Parking abstraction has been created for 46 four-wheelers and 102 two-wheelers.
However, respective trucks and dense vehicles are seen parked on the Madurai-Tiruchi National Highway adjacent Mannarpuram and different parts of the city, posing a hazard to roadworthy users, particularly astatine night.
