Fruit trade banned in Hyderabad's old vegetable market
SHC has revoked the stay order against shifting of traders to new market on March 19
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HYDERABAD:
The Hyderabad district administration on Saturday banned the trade of fruit in the old vegetable market near the railway station following Sindh High Court's March 19 decision to shift the market to the new vegetable market in Hala Naka.
Latifabad assistant commissioner Faraz Ahmed Siddiqui said that vehicles transporting fruit to the market were restricted from entering the old city area at six different locations.
He added that the vehicles parked in the old market were also asked to move to the new market.
The district administration has made this decision because of the prevailing emergency pertaining to the coronavirus outbreak. The old market is surrounded by a densely populated area, while the lack of civic facilities has turned the area into a heap of garbage.
Hyderabad's commissioner and deputy commissioner had pleaded the Sindh High Court last week to revoke the stay order issued on January 31 against shifting the traders to the new market. On Thursday, the Hyderabad Circuit Bench granted the plea and allowed the administration to take the necessary measures to prevent the contagion.
"... the official respondents can take adequate measures in view of the present national emergency," the SHC's order reads.
Advocate Riazat Ali Sehar, who represented the government respondents, apprised the court that infrastructural facilities have been provided in the new market, adding that several lawful allottees of the new market had already been shifted to the new market.
The fruit and vegetable traders in the old market have been reluctant to move to the new market for two reasons: weak infrastructure and the problem of the multiple allotments of a single space.
During the last few months, though, the district administration has expedited infrastructural development, also offering a temporary solution to issue of multiple allotments by handing over possession of a property to the first allottee.
It has been decided that all trade of fruits and 30 per cent of the trade of vegetables will be shifted to the new market.
The assistant commissioner said the police pickets at the six spots would remain in place until the move is complete.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 22nd, 2020.
The Hyderabad district administration on Saturday banned the trade of fruit in the old vegetable market near the railway station following Sindh High Court's March 19 decision to shift the market to the new vegetable market in Hala Naka.
Latifabad assistant commissioner Faraz Ahmed Siddiqui said that vehicles transporting fruit to the market were restricted from entering the old city area at six different locations.
He added that the vehicles parked in the old market were also asked to move to the new market.
The district administration has made this decision because of the prevailing emergency pertaining to the coronavirus outbreak. The old market is surrounded by a densely populated area, while the lack of civic facilities has turned the area into a heap of garbage.
Hyderabad's commissioner and deputy commissioner had pleaded the Sindh High Court last week to revoke the stay order issued on January 31 against shifting the traders to the new market. On Thursday, the Hyderabad Circuit Bench granted the plea and allowed the administration to take the necessary measures to prevent the contagion.
"... the official respondents can take adequate measures in view of the present national emergency," the SHC's order reads.
Advocate Riazat Ali Sehar, who represented the government respondents, apprised the court that infrastructural facilities have been provided in the new market, adding that several lawful allottees of the new market had already been shifted to the new market.
The fruit and vegetable traders in the old market have been reluctant to move to the new market for two reasons: weak infrastructure and the problem of the multiple allotments of a single space.
During the last few months, though, the district administration has expedited infrastructural development, also offering a temporary solution to issue of multiple allotments by handing over possession of a property to the first allottee.
It has been decided that all trade of fruits and 30 per cent of the trade of vegetables will be shifted to the new market.
The assistant commissioner said the police pickets at the six spots would remain in place until the move is complete.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 22nd, 2020.