MLA Vedavyas Kamath Inaugurates Rs 1.4 Crore New Alake Market Building
Mangaluru: After postponing twice (once on 2 October and again on 5 October) finally the inauguration of New Alake Market took place Today, Tuesday, 13 October 2020, and the inauguration was done by Mangaluru South MLA Vedavyasa Kamath, along with MCC Mayor Diwakar Pandeshwar, Deputy Mayor Mrs Vedavathi, corporators- Ms Jayashree J Kudva, Ms Shakeela Kava, Sudheer Shetty Kannur, Ms Poornima, Kiran, Jagadeesh Shetty, Premananda Shetty, Ms Chandravathi, among others. The foundation stone for this Rs 1.4 crore ALAKE MARKET in the 42 Ward of Dongerekery was laid by the then-District in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai on 24 July 2016. After four years, the Alake Market is all ready for business.
In his inaugural address, MLA Kamath said, “This will be good news for the traders who will be doing business at the new market, and also good news for the customers where they can shop in a nice and clean market. There is some more work to be done to upgrade, including a new interlock parking area in front of the market. Looking at the old, dilapidated Alake market, this new market will be more convenient and more hygienic, both for the traders and customers. During the last elections, foundation stones were laid at various places without proper planning, and therefore there has been a delay. The completed Urwa Market will be open for business. The stopped work at the construction of Kadri Market has started, and work is going on at the construction site of new Kankanady Market.
Also speaking on the occasion, Mayor Diwakar Pandeshwar said, “The construction of Alake market was slowed down for several years, but it was MLA Vedavyas Kamath who took up the initiative to complete the work soon, and therefore this market is open for business as of today. Further steps will be taken to upgrade the market, which will benefit the public and traders.”
The dilapidated old Alake Market, which was started in the year 1989, will be demolished. The new market has six vegetable stalls, four general stores, four fruit stalls, two mutton stalls, one beef stall, two dry fish stalls, four flower stalls, and 12 fish booths. There won’t be a pork stall, as initially planned. Alake is located in the heart of the city, where the majority of the business transactions take place. The new market will fulfil the needs of people as there was no full-fledged market at Alake earlier. Since this Market is also close to Kudroli Gokarananatheshwara Temple, where many visitors come there daily, could get extra business.
