Madurai: Officials shut down fish and meat stalls

MADURAI: A team of officials from Madurai corporation shut down four stalls selling fish and meat on Sunday for violating the district collector’s order to keep the shops closed on weekends. Around 250 kg of fish and meat that were seized from the shops were destroyed. The stalls were functioning in Karimedu and Manjalmettu Colony falling under ward number 13 and 14.
A health team lead by sanitary officer Vijayakumar and sanitary inspector Ramanathan closed the shops based on the instructions from corporation commissioner, S Visakan.The officials said that similar teams have been formed in all the four zones of the corporation to shut down shops operating in violation of the collector’s order.
Meat and fish stalls in the city have remained closed on weekends since seven weeks as a measure to prevent the Covid-19 due to crowding. Nelpettai and Karimedu fish markets have remained shut and the wholesale fish market at Karimedu was shifted to MGR bus terminal in Mattuthavani.