Mangaluru: A modern market-cum-commercial complex of Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) is all set to be opened at Kavoor this month.

It will be the first market in the city to have a sewage treatment plant (STP) and a biodegradable waste crusher unit. The unit will crush non-vegetarian and vegetable waste as fine particles and flush it into the drain to join the STP. It will crush fruit and vegetable peels, leftover banana, and other leaves, leftover food, bones, eggshells and the like.

The market has been designed for zero-waste disposal.

Built with an estimated cost of ₹5.2 crore, the complex has a basement plus three floors. It is the second modern market which has come up in the city, after the one at Bejai.

A senior official in the corporation told that the basement has a provision for parking 16 cars and two-wheelers. The lower ground floor will have the vegetable market while the upper ground floor will have non-vegetarian stalls. It has a provision for 12 raw fish stalls, two egg stalls, and a stall each for selling dry fish, chicken, and mutton.

The official said the complex has 57 commercial shops to be renting out on auction basis on the front side. Of them, the lower ground and upper ground floors will have 42 shops (at 21 each) while the first (third) floor will have the remaining shops.

In addition to 15 commercial shops on the first (third) floor, about 3,000 sqft will be available as office space. This will be rented out only to government departments. The area of the 57 commercial shops varies from 150 sqft to 200 sqft.

The STP, which will have a processing capacity of 10,000 litres, can supply treated water for gardening and other purposes. The building has two elevators and is disabled-friendly.