kolkata amid speculation over reconstruction of hatibagan market the traders on wednesday decided not to vacate the premises under any circumstances of the 530 stall owners in the centuryold market over 100 opened their shops turning a deaf ear to the warnings by kolkata municipal corporation kmc the civic body had asked the traders to wait till the unsafe part of the building is razed cleaning operations are on so that the traders can reopen shops soon come what may a majority of our traders will restart business by sunday we wont wait any longer for any agencies said ranjan pal secretary of the hatibagan bazar byabsayee samiti ranjan and others were seen supervising the operations on wednesday afternoon fish vegetable traders and grocers opened shops on wednesday and did brisk business till the kmc labourers arrived and told them to close their shops garments flower edible oil and ghee traders could not open their shops as debris on that part of the market were not cleared traders in the fireravaged market made it clear that they would run the show even if reconstruction of the market is planned let the reconstruction process take place in phases without shifting traders from this market said babu pal a fish merchant mayor sovan chatterjee however said traders had been advised not to risk their lives till the unsafe part is demolished we have requested the stall owners not to start business till the insecure part of the building is demolished if traders do not pay heed to our warnings it is up to them we cant take responsibility for the consequences chatterjee said he added that the civic top brass is trying to contact the markets owners to know if they are willing to go in for a joint venture for the marts reconstruction if the owners are not available we may acquire the land for reconstruction of the market chatterjee said meanwhile officials from the kmc building department visited the site on wednesday to expedite demolition works of the unsafe part though traders demanded that the entire market be handed over to them in a week a senior kmc official made it clear that it would take another three weeks to demolish the insecure part and clear the debris since we have a solitary demolition agency it will take three more weeks to pull down the unsafe portion of the building and clear the debris atin ghosh the local trinamool congress councillor and member mayorincouncil visited the market and asked the kmc officials to expedite the cleaning operations so that the traders could restart business in full swing