chandigarh the engineering department of the municipal corporation mc has planned to renovate the fish and meat market in sector 41 at rs 80 lakh an agenda item in this regard will come up for approval before members of the general house meeting of the mc on thursdaythe market was constructed in 2006 by the engineering department of the ut administration and handed over to the civic body in 2009 most of the shops in the market are empty due to people unwilling to take them on rentin 2020 the mc had rented out 33 shops in an open auction after reducing the rent but after a few months the allottees vacated them while citing poor sale and bad condition of the shops as of now only six to seven shops are rented outthe shops are in a bad condition the main reason behind no takers for them i had raised the issue of repairs in the past too but the authorities paid no heed i am thankful now an agenda for improving the market is coming to the house for approval due to illegal fish and meat vendors people are not interested in taking up the shops in the market there is a dire need to remove these illegal vendors said hardeep singh the area councillor singh further said he has asked senior ut officials to convert the fish and meat market into one for general trade but the request was rejectedsources in the mc said during a recent site visit by the higher authorities along with the area councillor it was observed that the market was in a bad shape and required major repairs parking space was found meagre it was then decided that the open area may converted into a parking lot by laying a concrete flooring