Gzb: Police to relocate weekly markets to ease traffic snarls

The Ghaziabad police have started the process of relocating weekly markets, which are held on different days of the week in different localities of the district, with the aim of easing traffic movement on city roads.

- Peeyush Khandelwal

GHAZIABAD:

Such weekly markets are held in each locality for decades now, and vendors put up temporary carts and stalls to sell daily use items such as vegetables, clothes, utensils, household ware, and more.

"All weekly markets that are held on roads in three police zones will be relocated. We have asked vendors to move to open areas or some place that does not hinder traffic movement. We are also searching for open areas, large plots, or government land to which these markets can be relocated. We have about 22-24 such markets in the city zone," said Rajesh Kumar, deputy commissioner of police (city).

Nimish Patil, DCP, trans-Hindon, said the zone has about 23 such markets, and 19 of them are set up on different roads.