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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Go back to middle school or consult eye doctor: Chidambaram to BJP leaders criticising manifesto
New Delhi (PTI): Taking a swipe at the BJP for criticising the Congress manifesto, party leader P Chidambaram on Monday said that if the ruling party leaders read the words 'generation of wealth' as 'redistribution of wealth', they should either go back to middle school or consult an eye doctor.
Chidambaram, who headed the committee that drafted the Congress manifesto, said his party is committed to rapid growth and generation of wealth.
"Congress' Manifesto makes the following statements and promises on wealth - industrial and business policies and regulations will be designed to facilitate the production of goods and services in larger volumes and higher values," the former finance minister said.
All laws and rules that inhibit free and fair trade will be reviewed and changed, he said.
"If the UPA had continued in office, the economy would have doubled again and stood at Rs 200 lakh crore in 2023-24," Chidambaram said.
The Congress is committed to rapid growth and generation of wealth, he said.
"We have set a target of doubling the GDP in the next 10 years," the Congress leader said.
"If the BJP leaders read the words 'generation of wealth' as 'redistribution of wealth', they should either go back to middle school or consult an eye doctor," Chidambaram said, taking a dig at the BJP.
Last week, Chidambaram had said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has imagined a Congress manifesto written by one of his ghost speech writers and he should debate the real issues included in the document.
Chidambaram's remarks come amid repeated attacks by the prime minister over Congress leader Sam Pitroda's 'inheritance tax' comments amid the row on the issue of 'wealth redistribution'.
