Rajkot: Mosquito menace forced the shutdown of Saurashtra’s largest market yard near Bedi village in Rajkot on Tuesday. Mosquito breeding has been rampant near the market yard because of sewage water accumulating in the Aji riverbed flowing near it.Traders and labourers also blocked the Morbi-Rajkot highway for about an hour. So, there is a possibility that work could begin from Wednesday,” said Sakhiya.According to traders, farmers come to market yard with their produce during evening and labourers work till late night to unload it in the yard.Atul Kamani, president of the commission agents association at the market yard, said, “It became difficult for us to even have a cup of tea inside the market yard because of mosquitoes in the evening. People of Bedi village also joined them as they too have been complaining of the mosquito menace to the civic authority since long but no action was taken.Rajkot is among the smart cites in the race for cleanliness award in this year’s cleanliness survey. In the end, RMC said it is not under their jurisdiction.”
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