The Aminjikarai Market hosts very fresh vegetables, some roadside makeshift vegetable shops offer very fresh vegetables at nominal rates. The market complex lacks basic amenities such as drinking water taps, separate toilets for men and women, proper fencing, uninterrupted power supply and security.
In fact, the existing small building, in which the market operates now, is in a dilapidated condition, resembling a godown. As fish and meat stalls are operated on the premises, the meat wastes, in addition to the rotten vegetables, are dumped near the premises, making it nauseating for consumers to visit the market. Every day, on an average, at least a tonne of garbage is generated by the market. But, the accumulated garbage is collected only once in a week or a fortnight depending upon the availability of the civic body’s garbage truck.
“Traditionally, the market is also known for selling ayurvedic medicines and herbs. A handful of traders have such outlets in the market and a variety of cereals and pulses are also available here,” Ajay and vignesh, a traders in Aminjikarai, says.
Longer than it is wide, the brightly lit market is lined with raised platforms, selling big and little fish. A mini-lorry parks itself just outside and several men stand around with iron hooks, to drag down thermacol boxes.But it’s not easy to give way; the passage is filled with salesmen and customers crowding around crates and trays of fish; men tear unopened boxes and unpack the fish; they part a layer of ice, lift the fish with both hands, and gently place them on the cleaned cement platforms.
In fact, the existing small building, in which the market operates now, is in a dilapidated condition, resembling a godown. As fish and meat stalls are operated on the premises, the meat wastes, in addition to the rotten vegetables, are dumped near the premises, making it nauseating for consumers to visit the market. Every day, on an average, at least a tonne of garbage is generated by the market. But, the accumulated garbage is collected only once in a week or a fortnight depending upon the availability of the civic body’s garbage truck.
“Traditionally, the market is also known for selling ayurvedic medicines and herbs. A handful of traders have such outlets in the market and a variety of cereals and pulses are also available here,” Ajay and vignesh, a traders in Aminjikarai, says.
Longer than it is wide, the brightly lit market is lined with raised platforms, selling big and little fish. A mini-lorry parks itself just outside and several men stand around with iron hooks, to drag down thermacol boxes.But it’s not easy to give way; the passage is filled with salesmen and customers crowding around crates and trays of fish; men tear unopened boxes and unpack the fish; they part a layer of ice, lift the fish with both hands, and gently place them on the cleaned cement platforms.
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