Mysore/Mysuru: Pit digging work inside the century-old Devaraja Market at a time when it is still not decided whether to demolish the structure and construct a new heritage-like structure or to retain the Market in as-is where-is condition has irked the vendors and traders. They have said that the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has dug up a part of the Market without any information and this has caused inconvenience to traders and has risked their safety.
The traders at the Market said that the MCC had dug up select places inside the Market a couple of times and have not informed about this to the traders who do business there day in and day out. “Pits were dug at four places earlier and when we questioned, the MCC officials told us that they were testing the soil. The results of the soil test have however, not been conveyed to us,” said Devaraja Market Traders Association President S. Mahadev.
