A few days after the entire Puri Municipality Market complex on the Bada Danda (Grand Road) was demolished, eviction of the Mahodadhi Market near Mochisahi here began on Tuesday.
Municipality Executive Officer Bijay Kumar Dash supervised the demotion work held in the presence of a platoon of police force. Three bulldozers were engaged in dismantling the market complex.
According to Dash, a total of 58 shops would be demolished from the complex where as multistoried building has been planned to be constructed. Around 200 shops, including various facilities, would be developed there.
The four-decade old market complex has already been declared unsafe by the PWD.
The evicted shoppers would be accommodated in the proposed market complex on a priority basis.
The new building would have a big parking space to accommodate vehicles.