Chennai: Chennai mayor Saidai S. Duraisamy on Tuesday inspected the proposed site to set up Amma market at Chief Minister’s R.K. Nagar assembly constituency in north Chennai.
The facility will have parking lot for about 100 metres with a dedicated play area for children and 45 display counters for traders to sell consumer products.
Duraisamy, during his inspection, also instructed officials to ensure that ambulance and fire services were available near the site, once the market is thrown open for public.
The weekly market needs sprawling space running to a length of about one kilometer with a width of 20 metres. Several places were studied and the site near Manali B. Canal road has been finalised for setting up the first weekly market, a corporation official said. Initially about 60 shops are planned and the approach roads will soon be re-laid and the area will be spruced up by next week.
The site below the Mint junction was also examined for the setting up the market but fearing traffic congestion this idea has been put on hold. The pet project will function under the module called as ‘Ammaa’ - All Manufacture Material Available Avenue, which will procure wholesale materials from manufacturers and sell the items at 30 to 40 per cent cheaper rates, the official said adding that about ten places were studied for setting up Amma weekly markets, of this Manali B. Canal road and the Chetpet corporation asphalt godown are likely to have the markets in the first phase, the official added.
