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Daily market, a health hazard

Staff Reporter

Constructed over a sprawling pond at Aranthangi town

POLLUTION: The Vannankulam in Aranthangi with the daily market building above it.

ARANTHANGI: A market constructed over a pond has become a source of health hazard for the residents of the town.

The sprawling pond has been utilised for constructing the daily market. A number of pillars has been set up atop, where about 80 traders in vegetables, fruits and hardware have been doing their business for the last one decade.

A cross-section of the residents says the space below the building is being utilised for dumping the market garbage.

A senior councillor, V.R.S. Subramanian, says the tank is one of the major sources for re-charging the groundwater potential of the town till a few decades ago. But the construction of a number of residential houses in its periphery has choked the supply channels. Another councillor S. Ramesh points out that steps should be taken to put to use the vehicle shed at the market, which will help generate revenue for the municipality.

President of the Aranthangi Chamber of Commerce L. Kailasanathan says the municipality should ensure clearing of the garbage daily to check the breeding of mosquitoes and pigs in the area. Steps must be taken to construct an underground parking lot below the market.

Although several service organisations took some initiative to ensure hygienic environment in the area, nothing materialised so far, says the former president of Junior Chamber of India, Aranthangi, Sureshkumar.

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