State Government of Tamil Nadu can take pride that it had created a large marketing complex for the whole-sale trade in vegetables, fruits and flowers in Koyambedu, Chennai sometime back and it is reported to be the the biggest trade centre for perishables in the whole of Asia. We, the Indians, are good at creating infrastructures and utilities by spending huge sums of money but we are the poorest in thinking and action for maintaining such facilities. One such classic example is the Koyambedu market complex. If one happens to visit this complex anytime of the day or night you will see the most hopeless management at work as far as its sanitation and up-keep are concerned. Such a hopeless condition is strengthened by anti-social elements roaming and induging in pick-pocketing, stealing the belongings of the customers and eave-teasing of women by the drunken hooligans. Security is there for name-sake and 22 exits on all sides of the market are unmanageable by any standards. It seems to be the best example of bad management of a public utility in the State of Tamil Nadu.
Who is to correct this situation? Some expert from the World Bank?
