Gaddiannaram fruit market to be shifted
The Hindu
To move to logistics park at Batasingaram
The fruit market at Gaddiannaram, the only wholesale fruit market in the city, will be shifted to the logistics park at Batasingaram, 25 km away, by month end. The marketing department held a meeting with 340 commission agents a couple of days ago where they were told that the government had transferred the 21-acre facility to the health department for construction of a super speciality hospital. The hospital was one of the five for super speciality healthcare proposed by the government in the city. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet recently. At the meeting with the commission agents at NTR vegetable market, which ended abruptly amid arguments and counter arguments, senior grade market secretary Padma Harsha faced stiff resistance to the move to shift the fruit market as adequate facilities were lacking at the alternate site at Batasingaram. She explained to them that Batasingaram was only a temporary market till the market at Koheda over 170 acres was constructed. She set a deadline of August 23 to vacate but the agents insisted that they were willing to go to Koheda anytime and not Batasingaram if adequate facilities were provided at the former. They also highlighted that Batasingaram was too small for farmers to bring their produce and store.More Related News