Summary:
Copycat projectsThe success of the floating market however, has set off other ventures in land-scarce Bengal. Thus began work to transform a storm-water drainage canal into the city’s first floating market. But the city’s first floating market is creating ripples alright. Vector controlAround ?10 crore was spent by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), to set up the market. Located on the Patuli lake in south-east of the city, the market is a rehabilitation project with few parallels..