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{{Short description|Perishable goods market complex in Chennai, India}} | |||
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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}} | {{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}} | ||
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| date = 28 August 2017 | | date = 28 August 2017 | ||
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/australian-delegates-visit-koyambedu/article19573986.ece | | url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/australian-delegates-visit-koyambedu/article19573986.ece | ||
| access-date = 30 September 2017}}</ref> It abuts the [[Poonamallee High Road]] and [[Nesapakkam]] Road. In Phase I, a wholesale market for perishables was developed in an area of around {{convert|70|acre|m2}} by constructing 3,194 shops. The market has two blocks for vegetable shops and one each for fruit and flower shops. In Phase II, a textile market<ref>[http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/textile_market.html] Textile market in Koyambedu</ref> and in Phase III, a food grain market<ref>[http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/development_of_wholesale.html] Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA), Development of Wholesale Food-grains Market-[[Government of India]]</ref> have been planned to be developed in the complex. | | access-date = 30 September 2017}}</ref> It abuts the [[Poonamallee High Road]] and [[Nesapakkam]] Road. In Phase I, a wholesale market for perishables was developed in an area of around {{convert|70|acre|m2}} by constructing 3,194 shops. The market has two blocks for vegetable shops and one each for fruit and flower shops. In Phase II, a textile market<ref>[http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/textile_market.html] Textile market in Koyambedu</ref> and in Phase III, a food [[grain trade|grain market]]<ref>[http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/development_of_wholesale.html] Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA), Development of Wholesale Food-grains Market-[[Government of India]]</ref> have been planned to be developed in the complex. | ||
The food grain market will be built on a seven to eight acres of land belonging to the [[Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority]], adjacent to the Koyambedu fire service station and opposite the vegetable market, and will have about 500 shops.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-11/chennai/28221496_1_koyambedu-textile-market-foodgrains | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104043809/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-11/chennai/28221496_1_koyambedu-textile-market-foodgrains | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 November 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Koyambedu to have separate market for foodgrains | date=11 December 2010}}</ref> | The food grain market will be built on a seven to eight acres of land belonging to the [[Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority]], adjacent to the Koyambedu fire service station and opposite the vegetable market, and will have about 500 shops.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-11/chennai/28221496_1_koyambedu-textile-market-foodgrains | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104043809/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-11/chennai/28221496_1_koyambedu-textile-market-foodgrains | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 November 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Koyambedu to have separate market for foodgrains | date=11 December 2010}}</ref> | ||
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==Covid 19 Epicenter== | ==Covid 19 Epicenter== | ||
During the [[2020 pandemic]], Koyambedu Market became the epicenter of largest cluster of the novel coronavirus disease ([[COVID-19]]) in Tamil Nadu.<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/coronavirus-what-turned-koyambedu-chennais-popular-wholesale-complex-market-into-a-covid-19-hotspot/article31546292.ece</ref> | During the [[2020 pandemic]], Koyambedu Market became the epicenter of largest cluster of the novel coronavirus disease ([[COVID-19]]) in Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/coronavirus-what-turned-koyambedu-chennais-popular-wholesale-complex-market-into-a-covid-19-hotspot/article31546292.ece| title = Coronavirus {{!}} What turned Koyambedu, Chennai’s popular wholesale complex market, into a COVID-19 hotspot? - The Hindu}} </ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
{{Commons category|Koyambedu Wholesale Market Complex}} | {{Commons category|Koyambedu Wholesale Market Complex}} | ||
* [https://www.koyambedumarket.in/ Koyambedu Market] | |||
* {{cite book | title=Madras Rediscovered| last=Muthiah| first=S.|author-link=S. Muthiah |year=2004| publisher=East West Books (Madras) Pvt Ltd| isbn=81-88661-24-4|page=312}} | * {{cite book | title=Madras Rediscovered| last=Muthiah| first=S.|author-link=S. Muthiah |year=2004| publisher=East West Books (Madras) Pvt Ltd| isbn=81-88661-24-4|page=312}} | ||