New MCC ‘Alake Market’ at a Cost of Rs 1.4 Crore Replacing Old Junk Market on 5 October 2020, when it will be inaugurated by MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, MLA’s Vedavyas Kamtah and Dr Bharath Shetty, MCC Commissioner Akshy Sridhar, MCC Mayor Diwakar Pandeshwar, among other dignitaries at 10 am. Good news is that this new Alake Market will be Not open for business after the launching, unlike the Urwa and Kavoor Markets, both which were inaugurated in January 2019 and February 2019 respectively, and both are not Open till this day?
Mangaluru : The foundation stone for the Rs 1.4 crore ALAKE MARKET in the 42 Ward of Dongerekery was laid by rhen District in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai on 24 July 2016, and after four years, the Alake Market will be inaugurated and open for business effective Monday, 5 October 2020 at 10 am, unlike the Urwa and Kavoor Markets which were inaugurated in January 2019 and February 2019 respectively, and after inauguration both the two markets are still not open for business. Inauguration will be done by MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, along with both Mangaluru MLA’s Vedavyas Kamath and Dr Bharath Shetty, MCC Commissioner Akshy Sridhar, Mayor Diwakar Pandeshwar, Deputy Mayor Mrs Vedavathi, among others.
THE OLD DILAPIDATED ALAKE MARKET…..
THE NEW ALAKE MARKET……..
The dilapidated old Alake Market which was started in the year 1989, will be demolished once the new market is open. The new market will have six vegetable stalls, four general stores, four fruits 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 fulfill 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.
It is good that finally this market is taking shape. And hope that the district administration takes appropriate measures to ensure that there is no haphazard parking chaos. Parking issues have become a menace in Mangalore these days.