C Shivakumar
Chennai:
The cancellation of allotments of 23 shops by Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority would have been stayed by the Madras High Court recently but despite the court order the traders were ignored by the planning body when lots were conducted to assign the shops.
“They conducted the lots for 445 shops but they ignored us despite getting a favourable order. When we asked a CMDA official, he replied that CMDA has yet to get the Madras High court order,” a trader, whose allotment was earlier cancelled by CMDA, told Express.
A CMDA official said that lots were conducted for the 445 of the 492 shops being built by CMDA. He however did not clarify on the status of the 23 people who got a favourable order from the High court. “We are yet to recieve the court order,” the official said.
A trader said that of the 23 allottees, 10 of them have paid the full amount of 27 lakh. “It is quite surprising that we have been left out,” the trader said.
Meanwhile, efforts are on to construct 800 more food grain shops as the newly opened Rs 69 crore market for foodgrains in Koyambedu is facing a identity crisis under Tamil Nadu Specified Commodities Markets Act of 1996.
The newly opened market in Koyambedu can’t be technically called a market under Section 21 of Tamil Nadu Specified Commodities Markets (Regulation and Location) Act as only 400 traders will be operating from Koyambedu, while the majority will continue with their trade in Georgetown.
Sources said that officials are now eyeing the 5.25 acres of land, which was meant to redevelop Chennai Contract Carriage Bus Terminal (CCCBT) near Koyambedu Wholesale Market Complex, to build some shops.
The multi-level storied CCCBT project is already facing a legal tussle over amalgamation of 3.05 acres of additional land for the operation of omni buses and passenger amenities.
Since the officials are planning to build additional shops on land parcel meant for the project, this could totally scupper the project, said sources.
Not only that, there is also a proposal to demolish the Market
Management Committee’s Common Amenity Building and use the 1.25 acre of land for constructing some of the shops. Even 3.35 acres of land area earmarked for Open Space area (OSR) adjacent to flower market could be used to construct some shops.
However, this could be done subject to de-notification of the area from notified boundary of perishables market.
But sources are wondering why CMDA has woken up now and raising the issue of technicality for food grains market. “The initial plan was only to construct 482 shops and that too was plagued with controversy when some of the allotments of traders were cancelled,” said a source.
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