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.
