Runoffs from fish shops leave Ayya Mudali Street in Chintadripet waterlogged

The fish market at Chintadripet is “scaling” its reach (pun intended). No longer restricted to Arunachlam Street, insulated fish boxes are showing up on Ayya Mudali Street. The shops on this street are changing their trade, the switch being to sale of fish. In case the reader familiar with Ayya Mudali Street’s long-time dalliance with lace garlands and temple umbrellas thinks shops engaged in trade of these hallowed products are making the switch, the answer is a comforting ‘no’. Notable switches to the fish trade involve a stationery shop, a hotel and a fast food eatery. These newly established fish shops do not seem to believe in conducting their trade quietly: they make their presence felt powerfully, so powerful that people have to stop their noses to resist it.