Deadline for removing the Farangipete Fish Market ends today
Temporary market alongside the national highway has been constructed
# Traders demand to identify a location and set up a permanent market
Bantwala, Jan 15: The deadline given by the Railway Department to clear the fish market that was in operation on the land belonging to the Railway Department near Farangipete national highway in the limits of Pudu gram panchayat will end on January 15.
The fish market was operating in the Pudu gram panchayat area on the old road of Farangpete for few years. However, the panchayat, on the pretext of constructing a new panchayat building, shifted the fish market near bus stand on the highway side.
The market was again shifted to a vacant land of the Railway Department on the other side of the road while clearing the highway side shops by the Deputy Commissioner. The life of fish traders is hit as the railway department has now issued a deadline to remove the market from its land.
Site inspection near the tenth milestone: Deputy Commissioner Sasikant Senthil, who had recently visited Farangipet to identify a location for constructing the fish market, inspected a place near the tenth milestone here. However, due to unavailability of a permanent land for the fish market, the Deputy Commissioner instructed to temporarily shift the fish market on the area near the existing one. However, it is not appropriate for fish sellers. Moreover, the land belongs to the highway. Gram panchayat president Ramlan says that a temporary market is now being built near the highway.
The fish traders, who were hoping for a permanent fish market, have once again disappointed as a temporary market is being constructed as of now.
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Lebanon appoints new representative for talks with Israel, rejects linkage to Iran
Beirut: Lebanon’s has moved to underline its independent position in ongoing regional developments, amid attempts to link the country to the broader conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel.
President Joseph Aoun, while announcing the appointment of former US ambassador Simon Karam as Lebanon’s representative in talks with Israel, made it clear that Karam would be the sole representative for Lebanon and that there would be no substitute.
The move comes in response to what the Lebanese officials see as efforts by Iran to tie Lebanon’s situation to the wider regional conflict. Iran had indicated that there would be no ceasefire involving the US, Israel and Iran unless it also included a ceasefire in Lebanon.
Some groups, including Hezbollah and its supporters, had expressed support for linking the situations, citing concerns that the Lebanese government has limited leverage in negotiations with Israel. Lebanon is not formally a party to the conflict, and its army is considered weak.
However, others, including Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, have opposed this approach. They view Iran’s stance as an attempt to influence Lebanon’s internal affairs and see it as undermining the country’s sovereignty.
Officials backing the government’s position say the move is aimed at reaffirming Lebanon’s sovereignty and ensuring that decisions about peace and ceasefire within the country are not dictated externally.
They also see it as a safeguard, so that any breakdown in talks between the US, Israel and Iran does not automatically lead to renewed conflict in Lebanon.
