TEZPUR, Oct 29 � Buoyed by the rising growth in fish marketing sector here in Sonitpur and its adjoining areas and to boost the traders in this direction, the Tezpur Municipal Board has taken up a major initiative to build a market shed here at Kekurapool Bus stand with an expenditure of Rs 2.50 crore.
It is to be stated here that the Tezpur Municipality Board has been able to attract the people here by giving a facelift to the historic city repairing most of its deplorable roads.
However, it is worthmentioning that an action plan was made by the TMC in 2009-10 to build a market shed for retailers and wholesalers of fish. Following the same on September 19 last a consensus decision was taken at joint meting held between Tezpur Municipality Board and the Fish Traders Association and it was forwarded to concerned agencies of Fishery department. After that a survey team has visited the proposed area for the big budget scheme.
Meanwhile, the chairperson of Tezpur Municipality Board, Allauddin Ahmed while talking to this reporter said that a section of negative minded people have been trying to break the project for their vested interest. However, as it would be a part of the beautification of the historic town, we would like to address all sections of the people to come forward to join hand in this direction reflecting an overall development of the district, he added.
