Summary:
Following this, the decision to collect the fee was temporarily stalled.On July 11, the contractors who were given the lease for the Ponmalai market had gone to collect Rs100 as user fee (fee for daily market) from the traders and vendors. Trichy: Tension prevailed at Ponmalai weekly market as traders confronted the contractors who had come there to collect user fee in Trichy on Sunday.Hundreds of police personnel were deputed at the spot for security. According to the vendors, they had firmly opposed it and said that they would be willing to pay a maximum fee of only Rs 20. The traders organised a strike and closed the market from June 8 to 10. They also alleged that the private contractors assured that they would conduct a meeting regarding this before the collection of the next fee.On Sunday, the contractors arrived at the market to collect Rs 175 (fee for Sunday market), without holding any prior meeting, according to the traders..