Nagpur: City’s first community market, the brainchild of mayor Sandip Joshi, was started at Laxmi Nagar ground near Aath Rasta Square on Thursday.
With a view to ensure no chaos, only six retailers were allowed to set up shops at the ground, the mayor told TOI.
In order to observe social distancing, the civic administration marked squares on the ground. Chairs were also made available for senior citizens who had to wait for their turns.
“We have also deployed social workers and vigil residents to ensure people stand inside the marks in a queue,” Joshi said.
The civic administration had also launched temporary markets on open spaces across the city. These markets failed to ensure social distancing among other rules laid down to prevent the transmission of the novel coronavirus. Temporary market at Reshimbagh ground had to be shut due to this. Now, residents of Narendra Nagar and Dhantoli are demanding closing down of temporary markets in their areas.
Joshi said that if the response from citizens is satisfactory, similar community markets will be opened in 25 other places across the city.
Meanwhile, senior BJP corporator Dayashankar Tiwari demanded action against fruit vendors doing business in Bajeria.
“With the fruit market in Kalamna Agriculture Produce Market Committee prohibited, most wholesale fruit vendors have shifted their shops on roads of Bajeria,” he said.
Defying lockdown, over 2,500 people are visiting the market, stated Tiwari in a letter sent to municipal commissioner Tukaram Mundhe. “Despite informing the NMC, nothing has been done to stop the market,” he said.
Before shifting to Kalamna’s APMC market in 1990, the wholesale fruit market used to be operated from Bajeria.
With a view to ensure no chaos, only six retailers were allowed to set up shops at the ground, the mayor told TOI.
In order to observe social distancing, the civic administration marked squares on the ground. Chairs were also made available for senior citizens who had to wait for their turns.
“We have also deployed social workers and vigil residents to ensure people stand inside the marks in a queue,” Joshi said.
The civic administration had also launched temporary markets on open spaces across the city. These markets failed to ensure social distancing among other rules laid down to prevent the transmission of the novel coronavirus. Temporary market at Reshimbagh ground had to be shut due to this. Now, residents of Narendra Nagar and Dhantoli are demanding closing down of temporary markets in their areas.
Joshi said that if the response from citizens is satisfactory, similar community markets will be opened in 25 other places across the city.
Meanwhile, senior BJP corporator Dayashankar Tiwari demanded action against fruit vendors doing business in Bajeria.
“With the fruit market in Kalamna Agriculture Produce Market Committee prohibited, most wholesale fruit vendors have shifted their shops on roads of Bajeria,” he said.
Defying lockdown, over 2,500 people are visiting the market, stated Tiwari in a letter sent to municipal commissioner Tukaram Mundhe. “Despite informing the NMC, nothing has been done to stop the market,” he said.
Before shifting to Kalamna’s APMC market in 1990, the wholesale fruit market used to be operated from Bajeria.
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