INDORE: City’s popular food street- Chhappan Dukan — will soon get a digital footprint. District administration will prepare a mobile application that will provide information about wide range of food items served by eateries here and let consumers rate them on quality, ambience and cleanliness.

The foodies can even get information about history of the market, famous personalities who have visited this place and what all makes these eateries so popular.

“With help of local food department, we have started mapping eateries at Chhappan Dukan for numbering the shops and collecting information about food items served by them. The same will be made available on a mobile application along with contact numbers of owners, nutrition levels of foods items and speciality of the eateries,” collector Lokesh Kumar Jatav told TOI.

The traders of the area have also moved a proposal to establish a common dish wash area, which is expected to cost around Rs 16 lakh. “If things go as planned, a common dish wash area will be set up at a vacant plot in the market. The traders have generated funds which are around 50 per cent of the total cost and have requested for subsidy from state government,” food safety officer, Manish Swami told TOI.

He said that a watchtower has been proposed at a police outpost at corner of market on MG Road to enhance security of the market and for this, collector’s help has been sought.

District administration will also help market association in its plan to make the whole area a no-vehicle zone and enhance its security and cleanliness.

“A major step that is expected to ease traffic congestion, facilitate visitors’ movement and increase footfalls on this food street is converting the are into a no-vehicle zone. The administration is contemplating to provide facility of paid/free parking at a ground of nearby Vivekanand Government School in evening,” Swami said.

The administration will discuss this proposal of Chhappan Dukan Vyapari Sangh with school education department and allow visitors to park vehicles in school ground on Sunday on trial basis. Based on its success, an arrangement is likely to be worked out for the whole week.

Enhancing food lovers’ experience.

Food items served by eateries at Chhappan Dukan, will have to pass a laboratory test of the food department before they are listed on the application.

The application will provide information about items served at each shop along with their nutrition levels. Consumers can rate them and leave comments too.

Foodies can even use the application to locate a particular shop and even place orders by contacting the owners whose number will be mentioned.

A watchtower is likely to come up at the police outpost. The market is already under CCTV surveillance.

The area may be converted into a complete no-vehicle zone.

