Deccan Herald 26.12.2013
KR Market will be revamped: Mayor
Mayor B S Satyanarayana on Tuesday said that KR Market would be reorganised in the coming days.
He
was speaking after the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)
demolished a grill on the median along Sethurao Street near the west
gate of the KR Market on Monday night.
Satyanarayana told Deccan
Herald: “We have prepared a report to improve the lanes and surrounding
areas of the market. The report will be taken up for discussion in the
BBMP Council meeting scheduled for December 30.”
The Palike decided to raze the grill as street vendors and hawkers had encroached upon the median space.
“The median is built above the drainage. Once the
median is removed, the sanitary lines will be shifted and the existing
road widened for the benefit of public. We will take up demolition
systematically,” he said.
The Palike officials maintained that
there was no question of providing any compensation to the affected
vendors or hawkers as they were occupying the place illegally.
Earthmover
On
Monday night, the Palike officials along with an earthmover, arrived at
the market around 8.30 pm and demolished the grill, vendors said.
“We
have been told by the Palike that the grill on the other side of the
stretch too would also be razed soon. Had they informed us earlier, we
would have shifted to some other place,” said Mohammed Shah, a fruit
vendor.
Another vendor, Kala, said that no notices were given to them about the demolition. “We are planning to carry out protests in the coming days if they tell us to move out,” she added.
Apart
from the grill, a structure, SWCNCS (Southwest Newly Corner Newly
Constructed Shops), which housed 17 shops, was also demolished. Palike
Commissioner M Lakshminarayana said the traders were informed earlier
about the demolition.
“The 50-year-old structure was weak and
hence it was brought down. The traders from there will be shifted to
some other place inside the market.”
