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New market complex will replace Manning Market

Plans are underway to shift the Colombo Manning Market to Peliyagoda, where it would be re-established as a market complex with all facilities.


Plans are afoot to shift the Manning Market in Colombo to Peliyagoda where it will be re-established as a market complex with all facilities.The Urban Development Authority (UDA) is constructing the new market in a 25 acre-block of land near the Peliyagoda wholesale fish market on the advice of Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa.

The Urban Development Authority (UDA) is initiating constructions of the new market complex in a 25 acre-block of land close to the Peliyagoda Wholesale Fish Market, on the advice of Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa.

This market complex would meet the requirements of the farmer, consumer and the trader. It would comprise among other facilities, 100 two storeyed-wholesale vegetable stalls (each 120 square feet), 662 retail vegetable sales stalls, a processing centre for vegetables and fruits for export, employees rest rooms, restaurants, service centres, parking space for 135 lorries and 200 cars, according to Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa. The UDA has estimated the cost of the market complex to Rs. 1,357 million.

This was revealed at a meeting held at the Economic Development Ministry. Senior representatives of the Economic Development Ministry, the UDA, Co-operatives and Internal Trade Ministry, Ports and Highways Ministry, Western Provincial Council, Colombo Municipal Council, Peliyagoda Urban Council and Manning Market Traders Association participated in the meeting.

At present, the Manning Market is located in a three-and-a-half acre area in Colombo. Vegetables and fruits transported to the city from all parts of the island, are sold to wholesale traders at this market, which had been earlier situated at Kachcheri Road, Colombo. In 1983, it was shifted to the present Manning Stores which was built during the colonial era for storing sugar. Eight store rooms had been divided into small sections and handed over to wholesale and retail traders to be used as vegetable and meat stalls.

There are nearly 1,178 wholesale and retail stalls at Manning Market, where facilities were very limited. Around 200 lorry loads arrive at the market from around 4.00 a.m. daily. Almost 50,000 people and about 1,000 vehicles arrive daily to make purchases. In addition to nearly 2,000 labourers (‘naataamis’) working daily, about 5,000 others are also employed at the market, according to Manning Market Traders Association President Lal Hettige.

Manning Market Traders Association’s President says that the construction of the new market complex at Peliyagoda was a long-cherished dream of his come true.

He expressed his gratitude to Minister Basil Rajapaksa and Urban Development Ministry Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa for taking this very important initiative to build the new market with the President’s guidance.

After the Manning Market is shifted to Peliyagoda, the present market site would be used for building a new bus terminus with all facilities and a market complex for pavement hawkers. A cabinet decision on this had been taken in December 2011.

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