kolkata acting promptly on a mishap that occurred four days ago at gol ghar in new market kolkata municipal corporation kmc on friday served notices to illegal occupants of the heritage market asking them to vacate its terrace without any delayon december 30 a sevenyearold girl had fallen through the ceiling from the markets terrace and landed on the ground floor of gol ghar a space inside the old complex of new market the girl however survived the accident a toi report on friday highlighted the sorry state of maintenance in several blocks of the centuryold market the report also focussed on the danger being posed by illegal occupants who stay in huts constructed on the terrace a senior official in kmc market department said an inspection by a group of civic officials from civil engineering and market departments revealed that the makeshift shelters constructed illegally are posing a threat to the 145yearold heritage structure what we saw there during the inspection made us nervous a large portion of the terrace has been taken over by illegal occupants who built makeshift shelters for them and their pets we are frightened as extra load will make the entire structure of the centuryold market building vulnerable we have issued notices to the occupants to vacate the terrace at the earliest said the the civic officialthe kmc market department has decided to fence the damaged ceiling with permanent nets to prevent untoward accidents in the future besides the civic body will conduct a massive repair work in the blocks which have been vulnerable so far as the structural safety is concerned we have started repairing the meat corner and a portion of flower range the rest of the portion of the flower range and its adjacent block need to be repaired without delay said a kmc market department officialhowever final restoration of the entire market will depend on a detailed survey to be conducted by a firm added the civic official uday sahoo generalsecretary of s s hogg market traders association said it was imperative for the kmc to adopt a permanent maintenance policy for the heritage market