Here's good news for the workers and vegetable/fruit traders at the Koyambedu market — they could soon relish the affordable food served at the Amma Unavagams, as the Market Management Committee is planning to open a canteen in Asia’s largest perishable goods market.

A Market Management Committee official told City Express that plans are on convert the existing dilapidated canteen to an Amma Unavagam. "We have begun talks with the Chennai Corporation in this regard," he said.

One of the major impacts that this will have on the food situation inside the market is that it could put an end to mobile eateries that are currently thriving inside. “Once the canteen, which would be set up abutting ‘A’ road of the market, comes up, all the illegal eateries inside the market should be closed,” he said.

One of the major reasons for proposing this plan is that many of the workers can’t afford to pay a major chunk of their daily wage for food — whereas the Amma canteens are affordable and centrally managed, thus ensuring a certain measure of quality.