The Vellore City Corporation has taken steps to restore the crumbled British-era Netaji Market and a nearby primary healthcare centre (PHC) by seeking permission from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for the work as both the facilities are located near the 16 th Century fort, a protected monument.
Officials said the market, spread over 1.5 acres at the centre of the fort town, had not been renovated since 1947, except for occasional internal modifications by traders associations.
“After much thought, we finally wrote to the Director General of ASI based in New Delhi seeking a nod for the work,” Corporation Commissioner P. Ashok Kumar told The Hindu.
