Tan Ky town clears encroachment on traffic corridors, flea markets, and temporary markets

A temporary market area on Nguyen Xuan On Street, although Tan Ky town has put up a sign "No Market Area", some people still deliberately violate it. Photo: Xuan Hoang

The situation of some people encroaching on sidewalks for business and trading; temporary markets and flea markets operating at some locations in the areaTan Ky town(Tan Ky) has created an ugly image and caused disorder, traffic safety, affecting food hygiene and environmental hygiene, in which, the most prominent are the flea market area on Nguyen Xuan On street and some sidewalk encroachment points in the Ho Chi Minh roundabout area.

Tan Ky residents have repeatedly requested local authorities and sectors to find solutions to eliminate this situation so that the town area can be truly clean, beautiful and have a safer business environment.

Faced with that situation, in early December 2022, the People's Committee of Tan Ky town planned to launch the campaign "Cadres, party members, and people go to the market at the right place", contributing to building a civilized urban area.

The authorities of Tan Ky town regularly propagate and remind people to go to the market in the right place. Photo: XH

Mr. Nguyen Cong Trung - Chairman of Tan Ky Town People's Committee said: Implementing Plan No. 108/KH-UBND, dated December 8, 2022 of the Town People's Committee, each cadre, party member and citizen joins handsbuilding civilized citiesin the area with the aim of creating a strong change in awareness and perception of the entire political system and all classes of people in complying with legal regulations on traffic safety corridors.

Do not support acts of encroachment or re-encroachment of traffic safety corridors for business and trading purposes; eliminate temporary markets, spontaneous markets, street vendors, and markets that are not in the right places. Participate in going to the market, buying and selling, and exchanging goods in the right places, ensuring order, traffic safety, fire prevention and fighting, food safety, and environmental sanitation.

A sales point encroaches on the traffic corridor at the Ho Chi Minh roundabout. Photo: XH

Accordingly, each person has a job, an action to join hands in building Tan Ky town to meet urban civilized standards; building behaviors, cultural and civilized lifestyles of urban residents; making everyone and every community have a lifestyle that respects the law, respects the regulations and conventions of the community.

Thereby, promoting socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security, building the town to develop rapidly and sustainably. Building a civilized urban lifestyle, creating a change in urban awareness among the people through compliance with urban management regulations, so that Tan Ky town is truly "Bright - Green - Clean - Beautiful".

Tan Ky Market has been invested in and built to be spacious and impressive. Photo: XH

This is also a practical action to promote emulation movements and achievements to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the founding of Tan Ky town (March 1, 1988 - March 1, 2023); 60th anniversary of the founding of Tan Ky district (April 19, 1963 - April 19, 2023)", Mr. Nguyen Cong Trung shared.

In order for each citizen to understand and properly implement the issued plan, the campaign was launched and implemented extensively, regularly, continuously, persistently and synchronously. The entire political system participated, promoting self-awareness and community awareness in each agency, organization, cadre, party member and the masses.

100% of cadres, party members, union members, association members, and households in the town signed a commitment and implemented the "go to the market at the right place". The campaign started from December 9, 2022, focusing on the peak of the Lunar New Year of Quy Mao in 2023, the whole year of 2023 and the following years.

Mr. Nguyen Cong Trung - Chairman of Tan Ky Town People's Committee

"100% of cadres, party members, union members, association members, and households in the town signed a commitment and went to the market at the right place. The campaign started on December 9, 2022, focusing on the Lunar New Year of Quy Mao in 2023, the whole year of 2023 and the following years," Mr. Nguyen Cong Trung added.

The fresh food buying and selling area of ​​Tan Ky market is mostly empty. Photo: XH

In recent years, Tan Ky district has attracted businesses to invest in many effectively operating factories; especiallyTan Ky markethas been invested in building spacious and impressive, creating a convenient place for people to do business and trade. However, currently, the area for buying and selling fresh food and vegetables, fruits, etc. at Tan Ky market is still rarely used, the reason is that businesses in the town have not yet come in./.