Open House: What steps should UT Administration take to address poor sanitation at the Sec-26 vegetable and grain market?
Set up CCTV cams for monitoring
The Sector-26 Vegetable and Grain Market in Chandigarh faces challenges with poor sanitation and unhygienic conditions. To improve, the market needs regular cleaning, proper waste management and adequate sanitation facilities. Additionally, vendors and customers should be educated on maintaining hygiene practices. Regular inspections and enforcement of cleanliness norms can also help. Improve the drainage system and bathrooms. Install CCTV cameras to monitor the market.
Captain Amar Jeet, Kharar
Allow only authorised vendors
The vegetable and grain market in Sector 26 has become overcrowded with unauthorised vendors, who occupy pavements and create unsanitary conditions. The market is often left in disarray, with slush and litter scattered around. To restore order, only authorised vendors should be allowed to operate. Strict fines should be imposed on those contributing to the mess, and regular cleaning is essential.
Vijay Katyal, Panchkula
Make use of Sector-39 market
Poor unhygienic conditions continue to prevail all through the year. They worsen during the monsoon and winter seasons. In fact, the market should be shifted to Sector-39 market place. Till it is shifted the rotten vegatables, fruits and muddy slush be cleaned twice a day. The MC should place big plastic dust bins and the vendors be strictly asked to put the wastages, rotten vegetables and fruits in those dust bins. The MC cleaning staff should replace the bins twice a day.
NPS Sohal, Chandigarh
Need access from all sides
The footfall at the grain market has increased manifold in recent times, resulting in hygiene/sanitary concerns. It is important to shift the grain/vegetable market to more open accessible from all sides. It will help in not only hygiene and sanitation conditions but will also improve traffic congestion and parking.
Col TBS Bedi, Mohali
Regular cleaning drives needed
The UT administration should prioritise cleaning the Sector 26 market by organising regular sanitation drives and deploying adequate staff for waste collection and disposal. Installing more dustbins and ensuring their timely emptying is essential. Enforcing strict hygiene regulations for vendors and penalising violators will help maintain cleanliness.
Harinder Singh Bhalla, Chandigarh
Outsource sweeping, monitor the process
The market should outsource sweeping, waste collection, segregation, lifting and transportation as it was done in 2023 and effectively monitored. Additional trolleys should be catered to collect the waste which remains piled up.
Brigadier Advitya Madan, Chandigarh
Ban vendors sitting roadside on daily basis
The Sector 26 grain and vegetable market has become the dirtiest place for sale of vegetables and fruit. Vendors purchase vegetables and fruits from the dealers and sit on the roads made for the commuting of people in the market. They throw the rotten waste of vegetables and fruit there itself. There is a need to ban the daily vendors sitting on the mandi roads. Also, shift grain market to Sector 39 for making more space in the market.
Wg Cdr JS Minhas (retd.), Mohali
Coordination between vendors, cleaners
The UT Administration should initiate a "Clean Market Campaign" where local vendors collaborate with sanitation teams for daily clean-ups, using innovative waste segregation bins designed like fruits and vegetables to educate and engage shoppers. Additionally, community-driven "Health Market Days" could promote awareness and accountability.
Gaganpreet Singh, Mohali
Round-the-clock cleaning required
Despite the fact that considerable market fee is charged, vendors and consumers are facing unhygienic conditions at the marketplace. Such a place needs round-the-clock cleaning. Unauthorised vendors should also be regulated to avoid such chaos.
Vijay Shukla, Chandigarh
Multi-pronged approach needed
Despite regular discussions about improving the conditions at the vegetable and grain market in Sector26, the situation continues to worsen. The encroachments on the inner roads of the market, the heaps of garbage and non-segregation of waste are major issues. The market committee officials and the UT administratoin take strong actions like inspecting the market regularly, deploying more sanitation staff and penalise the vendors encroaching upon the roads.
Dinesh Verma, Panchkula
Upgrade drainage near the market
The UT administration should take immediate steps to address the sanitation issues in the Sector-26 market. Regular cleaning and waste disposal schedules must be implemented, supported by strict monitoring. Provision of adequate dustbins and waste segregation facilities should be ensured, alongside penalties for littering. Upgrading drainage systems and improving water supply for cleaning purposes are critical.
Akash Kumar, Chandigarh
Need proper disposal bins on site
There should be proper bins to throw waste. Loading, unloading of trucks and parking of vehicles by the buyers should be restricted beyond a particular point to avoid traffic chaos. Regular cleaning of mandis should be done by the cleaners. The administration should issue license to keep illegal vendors at bay. The buyers should also be encouraged to bring cloth bags to avoid use of plastic.
Abhilasha Gupta, Mohali
systematic allotment of space needed
A proper drainage system, systematic allotment of space to vendors, employment of more safari karamcharis with garbage collecting trolleys and regular supervision of the area must be desired. Besides, the market committee has to become more active in ensuring cleanliness instead of sitting in their offices. Proper management of parking areas and allotment of vending sites is key.
Col KJ Singh (retd.), Chandigarh
Ensuring Community participation is crucial
Tackling hygiene, sanitation and chaos at the Sector-26 market in Chandigarh requires a multi-faceted approach. Regular waste collection and disposal, installation of additional dustbins and enforcing strict littering fines can improve cleanliness. Sanitation facilities should be upgraded, and toilets cleaned frequently. Effective enforcement and community participation are crucial to transforming the market.
Shruti K Chawla, Chandigarh
Strict directives can make a difference
The authorities should issue strict directives for shopkeepers and vendors to clear their surroundings before winding up and collect the garbage on a specific space or dustbin for further disposal by the corporation employee deputed for purpose. To get the routine sweeping of the surface is the duty of the sanitation wing of the administration. Sincere collective efforts are needed to preserve sanitariness.
Surinder Paul Wadhwa, Mohali
Improve waste disposal practices
Maintaining the hygiene of vegetables and fruits sold by vendors is crucial to prevent the spread of illness and ensure customer safety. Some measures like proper waste disposal, personal hygiene of vendors, keeping the area clean and implementing pest control measures can go a long way in this effort.
Malkeet Kaur, Patiala
Market in need of infra upgrade
The UT administration should implement a strict schedule for regular cleaning and maintenance of the market area, including waste disposal and pest control. Ensure the availability of toilets and handwashing stations for both vendors and customers. Above all, administration should invest in upgrading the market's infrastructure as paving pathways, improving drainage systems and providing adequate lighting.
Anita K Tandon, Mundi Kharar
Shift grain market elsewhere
Work has gone into improving the situation at the Sector-26 market, but the rules are beig flouted by the vendors and visitors alike. The administration must take strict actions against the defaulters. The grain market should also be shifted wholly to make more space for vegetable vendors and storage. Proper and timely repairs of roads must be ensured.
Bharat Bhushan Sharma, Chandigarh
Stop entry of personal vehicles
The entry of personal vehicles should be strictly banned. The timing of loaded vehicles should be administered strictly. The encroachment should be dealt with seriously. Each vendor should have a dustbin to ensure waist is not littered around. Littering around any vendor should attract him a heavy fine. . The charges of staff recruited for cleanliness of the area should be recoverable from vendors but managed by the civic body.
Ajay Sharma, New Chandigarh
Need to decongest the market
To cub, control and curtail health problems, half of the market should be shifted to the grain market in Sector 39. The decongestion plan might provide some space in both the areas to prevent any congestion leading to chaos, confusion, clamour and commotion.
Parisha Khatri, Chandigarh