Solar integrated market works to be completed in four months
The integrated vegetable and grocery market at Solar in Erode is 70% complete and is expected to be finished in the next three to four months. The project, which costs ₹18.48 crore, aims to accommodate over 700 traders with a total of 794 shops. Construction began in 2025 and includes various facilities such as godowns and parking areas.
- ▪The integrated market is being developed in three modules with a total of 794 shops.
- ▪Construction commenced in 2025 with an 18-month completion schedule.
- ▪The facility will also include four godowns for different types of goods.
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With 70% of the work on the ₹18.48-crore integrated vegetable and grocery market at Solar in Erode completed, officials expect the remaining works to be finished within the next three to four months.The Nethaji Vegetable and Fruit Market Complex on R.K.V. Road functioned for several years with over 580 shops. Owing to space constraints and traffic congestion, the market was shifted to the V.O.C. Park grounds in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Subsequently, the old market complex was demolished and a new facility with 268 shops was constructed at a cost of ₹29.85 crore. However, as the new complex could not accommodate over 700 traders, the Corporation proposed the construction of an integrated market at Solar. The then Chief Minister M.K.
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