CHENNAI: Greater Chennai Corporation has regulated the two,000-odd vendors on Marina Beach, however Loop Road remains to be littered with particles, rubbish and offal.
Corporation officers held a meeting remaining week with the fishermen association and asked them to shift retail outlets from the roads to in the back of the railings. “The fish vendors have agreed. We will start the paintings soon. We are setting up a brief fish marketplace on 1,2000sqft in the back of St Bede’s School. But, the fishermen have now not agreed to shift there,” an respectable said. The case will arise on the Madras prime courtroom for hearing on April 25.
The 2.5km-long Loop Road stretches from the light space until Foreshore Estate bus stand. Civic frame officers say a big worry of fishermen is that they can not carry their heavy boats and nets to the seaside daily from another location. “They said they'd most effective position [the gear] just about the seaside. We suggested offering them space to retailer nets inside the marketplace area, however they haven’t agreed to that either,” a company engineer said.
Fishermen at Loop Road said they were not chargeable for the dumping of particles and rubbish. “This has been dumped by means of the government for the reason that seaside was once under the general public works division. Until lately, even the company was once dumping particles right here. After a public outcry, they began the cleansing procedure. We are taken with cleansing the seaside. But we can't be shifted to another location,” said Ok Bharathi, president of the South Indian Fishermen Welfare Association. “When vendors may also be allotted space on Marina seaside then why not us,” he asked.
“We have clearly put ahead our demands before the company commissioner, police commissioner and the fisheries division. For several years, many such native markets had been shifted and department shops were arrange in their position. Fishermen have now not simply misplaced their livelihood but also their identification. This is our village and we've been working right here for many a long time,” he said.
Corporation officers said not one of the 5 associations was once prepared to take part in the conferences and was once now not able to implead in the case as smartly. “We wish to keep watch over them and transparent the seaside But they would like the fisheries division to interfere. The division, on the other hand, has asked us to take over the problem. Only discussions can unravel this. We are hopeful of discovering an answer soon,” said an respectable.
Corporation officers held a meeting remaining week with the fishermen association and asked them to shift retail outlets from the roads to in the back of the railings. “The fish vendors have agreed. We will start the paintings soon. We are setting up a brief fish marketplace on 1,2000sqft in the back of St Bede’s School. But, the fishermen have now not agreed to shift there,” an respectable said. The case will arise on the Madras prime courtroom for hearing on April 25.
The 2.5km-long Loop Road stretches from the light space until Foreshore Estate bus stand. Civic frame officers say a big worry of fishermen is that they can not carry their heavy boats and nets to the seaside daily from another location. “They said they'd most effective position [the gear] just about the seaside. We suggested offering them space to retailer nets inside the marketplace area, however they haven’t agreed to that either,” a company engineer said.
Fishermen at Loop Road said they were not chargeable for the dumping of particles and rubbish. “This has been dumped by means of the government for the reason that seaside was once under the general public works division. Until lately, even the company was once dumping particles right here. After a public outcry, they began the cleansing procedure. We are taken with cleansing the seaside. But we can't be shifted to another location,” said Ok Bharathi, president of the South Indian Fishermen Welfare Association. “When vendors may also be allotted space on Marina seaside then why not us,” he asked.
“We have clearly put ahead our demands before the company commissioner, police commissioner and the fisheries division. For several years, many such native markets had been shifted and department shops were arrange in their position. Fishermen have now not simply misplaced their livelihood but also their identification. This is our village and we've been working right here for many a long time,” he said.
Corporation officers said not one of the 5 associations was once prepared to take part in the conferences and was once now not able to implead in the case as smartly. “We wish to keep watch over them and transparent the seaside But they would like the fisheries division to interfere. The division, on the other hand, has asked us to take over the problem. Only discussions can unravel this. We are hopeful of discovering an answer soon,” said an respectable.
Close to Marina, Loop Road still a dump
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