The oldest market in the capital constructed with a mix of Islamic and Indo-European style architecture would soon get a facelift. KCR is ever first CM who visited the oldest market and heard the problems of vendors.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao visited the Market and interacted with the vendors and heard their grievances on Saturday. He assured the vendors that the market would be modernized and all essential convenience, including toilets, would be provided. KCR had directed officials to improve the facilities on priority basis.
The market comprises of 380 shops with a total built-up area of 13,712 sqm in an area of 26,230 sqm has seen better days. The market was constructed to cater British Army units stationed in Secunderabad. A meat vendor, Mohammed Ishaq, said the market needed a renovation immediately as there was no development activity taken up all these years.
Deputy CM Mohammed Ali and ministers Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Naini Narsimha Reddy, GHMC Commissioner & Special Officer Somesh Kumar, Government Advisor V Prakash and other were accompanied the CM during his visit to the market.