Mangaluru: Mangaluru City Corporation Commissioner Mohammed Nazeer said that the Surathkal market will be closed from January 21, to pave way for the construction the new market.

A press release said that the temporary and the old markets will be demolished in Surathkal to construct a new market. The MCC has now constructed a temporary market to accommodate the traders from these old markets.

The traders have to register their names at the Surathkal zonal office before December 19, with copies of stall allotment, photographs, voter IDs or Aadhaar numbers. All registered traders will be allotted new stalls at the temporary market on December 21. The traders have to shift to the temporary market by January 5.

As per the direction of the High Court, the work on new market has to be completed within two years, said the commissioner.