chennai the greater chennai corporation has identified two acres facing the beach on loop road to build a modern fish market to end traffic congestion on the stretch and ensure hygiene of the fish sold but the local fishermen are unhappy about shifting to the western side of the road on friday morning corporation commissioner g prakash and chennai police commissioner mahesh aggarwal did a site recce with senior officials prakash told reporters local fishermen now sold their catch by setting up stalls on both sides of the road in a haphazard manner those who crowd to buy the fish park their vehicles all over the road causing traffic congestion the fish market will have 300 shops each of 15sqft with a water connection and a roof like the one opened recently at kasimedu harbour gcc engineers say they are looking to recreate designs of foreign fish markets including those in singapore the market would move all the fishermen to the western side of the road we shall be constructing a parking facility which will be able to host a few hundred two and four wheelers this is to ensure that there is no congestion on the road prakash said once this is constructed the police and corporation team would crack down on haphazard parking however local fishermen are unhappy and see the move to shift the market to the western side of the road as an encroachment of their traditional space members of the community said the corporation and police had conducted three meetings with them and the fishermen had demanded construction of the market on the eastern side of the road where the beach is the fishermen claim that then they do not need to cross the road with their catch and will be safe from speeding vehicles gcc officials said the project would be completed in four months and that the file has gone for getting crz coastal regulation zone clearance