Many customers and vendors at the 295 acre-large market, one of the
largest Asia, have been complaining to civic body authorities about the
unhygienic conditions at the market. “They mainly complained about the
presence of too many flies and the place stinking of rotten vegetables
which are not cleared for days together,” said a corporation official.

Acknowledging the fact that flies carry diseases like cholera and could
cause stomach disorders, they health department decided to spray
medicines in the area for one month to destroy insects entirely. “We are
going to focus on the market, areas around garbage bins, slaughter
house and garbage collection points in the area,” said a corporation
official.

The civic body has procured more than 300 manual
sprays and 33 mechanical sprays, and has appointed 600 workers to carry
out this operation. “They include 21 sanitary officers, 124 conservancy
workers and 114 basic workers,” stated a press release issued by the
corporation. Entomologists and zonal officers will also monitor the
work.

The mayor also instructed people to attend to complaints
regarding mosquitoes and flies in the area during weekdays. They were
also told to spray disinfectant once before the private conservancy
agency Ramky begins their garbage clearing operations and once after the
place is cleared.

Senior corporation officials also invited
petitions from all the 3,000 vendors who frequent the market on the
problems they face.