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Mentioning only a few of the traders having set up temporary shops and the majority awaiting the complex’s opening to make a livelihood, he added that the matter was also raised with the

Chief Minister during his visit to the city. K Jayachandran, a city-based activist, blamed the delay in securing environmental clearance from the TNPCB for keeping the bus stand complex

closed for use. The delay has not only affected the livelihood of the hundreds of traders who have been waiting for nearly five years for shop allotment but it is also affecting the

corporation’s revenue generation from the complex. Further, the corporation is yet to get the fire department’s clearance for the building, he added. “The city corporation should take

immediate action to open the complex which will also address parking issues.” Senior corporation officials said that efforts are underway to secure environmental clearance for the complex

before the end of June. Currently fire tests are being carried out at the facility, they added. In regard to shop allotment, traders who operated out of the old complex will be allotted

shops and the remaining ones will be let out through package tendering process.