Traders vow to fight to save Sultan Bazaar - Reject HMR offer

Metro corridor: traders sound note of warning

The Hindu, 9 July 2011

The Traders Joint Action Committee and Sultan Bazar Parirakshan Samiti have rejected the announcement to build a new commercial complex at Putlibowli to accommodate businessmen affected by the elevated metro rail's second corridor passing through the area.

In a press statement on Friday, JAC chairman Govind Rathi and president V. Kishan Yadav warned that unless the corridor route (JBS-Falaknuma) is re-routed as demanded, they would ‘gherao' the metro rail authorities. Stating that there was a lot of opposition to the metro line by various sections of the society and political parties, they wondered why the government was bent on crushing shopkeepers of Sultan Bazar and Badichowdi.

Sultan Bazar was a 200-year-old heritage totally pedestrian market with temples and a masjid, they claimed and pointed out that the livelihood of shopkeepers and property owners was at stake because of the project. They urged the city Ministers -- Mukesh Goud and D. Nagender -- to hold a dialogue with the affected shopkeepers and also people managing the religious shrines.

The JAC also faulted the metro line authorities, particularly Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMR) MD N.V.S. Reddy for lacking knowledge about Sultan Bazar and going ahead with the project only to please the government and L&T. For the full news item, click here. 

HMRL move to rehabilitate displaced traders condemned

Times of India | Jul 9, 2011.Sultan Bazaar traders have condemned the Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited's (HMRL) move to set up a commercial complex at Putlibowli to rehabilitate the displaced traders. The traders have demanded that local MLA, Mukesh Goud, hold a public dialogue with the affected shopkeepers and show some regard for the 200-year-old heritage market. For the full news item, click here.

Traders reject HMR packageJuly 9, 2011, Deccan Chronicle, Hyderabad

"shopping malls cannot be an alternative to pedestrian markets like Sultan Bazaar which cater to the needs of people from lower income groups". Click here for the full news item.