Kalyani, Sept. 22: A new modern fish market for the people of Kalyani was inaugurated today by state fisheries minister Chandranath Sinha. The new market has been constructed at the Market No.2 in theb town, dismantling the old market by Kalyani Municipality with the financial support of Benfish, an organisation under West Bengal State Fishermen’s Co-operative Federation Ltd. A multipurpose cold
The outside view of the new fish market. Picture by TAPAN DAS
store was also inaugurated by the minister during the occasion. The minister said that an amount of Rupees five crore was spent for the entire project. Kalyani Municipality chairman Sushil Talukdar said: “This market will help the fish traders in Kalyani to a great extent. The old market was in a dilapidated and unhygienic condition. The traders have a long standing demand to repair the market. So we talked to the state fisheries department which extended its cooperation through Benfish. The cold store will also be quite helpful as the fish traders and vegetable sellers suffer huge loss regularly in absence of any storage facility. But, they can now store their goods with a nominal rent at the new cold store”. Fisheries minister Chandranath Sinha said that the state government has been mooting a plan to open a Benfish counter in the new market in Kalyani very soon.