{"id":99074,"date":"2021-12-07T14:51:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T09:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveltriangle.com\/blog\/?p=99074"},"modified":"2021-12-08T16:57:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T11:27:16","slug":"floating-market-comes-up-in-kolkata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveltriangle.com\/blog\/floating-market-comes-up-in-kolkata\/","title":{"rendered":"The Floating Market Comes Up In Kolkata Selling A Range Of Grocery On 114 Boats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kolkata has an all new floating market<\/strong> and it becomes the first Indian metro city to have such attraction.\u00a0Certainly, we are overjoyed\u00a0to share this exciting development with you! In a bid to rehabilitate the vendors who lost their space during the widening of EM Bypass<\/strong>, the government has set up a floating market and it looks like a\u00a0promising tourist attraction already. With this market, India joins the league of countries having similar markets like Bangkok, Singapore<\/strong>, and the very own Dal Lake in Kashmir<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The decision to shift the market located on the EM Bypass was taken by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA)<\/strong> 3 years ago so that the roads could be widened.<\/p>\n

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\nThe KMDA has set up a floating market in the south of the Kolkata city to compensate all the traders who lost their business space. The entire floating market space would be set up on a water body close to Patauli<\/strong> and would cost the government around 9 crores<\/strong>. In total there will be 114 boats<\/strong> having stalls selling vegetables, fruits, fish, meat, cereals, rice, edible oils, and tea<\/strong>. And this market will remain from 6 pm\u00a0to 9 pm. This development not only makes floating market in Kolkata the first in the state but also the first metro city in the country to have such market place.<\/p>\n

Suggested Read:<\/strong> 23 Reasons Why I Would Rather Be From Kolkata Than Anywhere Else In The World<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n\u201cThere are many sellers who have been displaced because of the widening programme of the EM Bypass taken up at Patuli area near Garia. Our principal idea is to rehabilitate those who were having their business at the Baishnabghata-Patuli market on the EM Bypass to the floating market,<\/em>\u201d a senior official of the KMDA said in a press release.<\/p>\n

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\nHighlights of the floating market in Kolkata:<\/strong><\/p>\n