India, Jan. 22 -- The Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran on Wednesday said work on developing an alternative site for marble traders displaced from Sector 33 will be completed by the end of February. The authority is developing 62 plots across seven acres, including parking facilities, for traders who were evicted from land allotted for a metro depot under the Gurugram metro extension project.

The assurance comes a day after the Supreme Court, while hearing a petition filed by two marble traders who own shops in the market, stayed further demolition of the property till January 31.

HSVP had demolished 61 shops in the Sector 33 marble market on December 29 amid protests by traders. The marble market traders association has been demanding ...