The Qatar government is is set to build three central markets, which will each have sufficient car parking space, a mosque and an electricity substation, said a report.

These markets will have a bank branch, a florist shop, a grocery store and a warehouse, besides cold storage and administrative blocks and labour camps, reported The Peninsula.

The Ministry of Economy and Commerce signed a contract with state-owned Manateq (Economic Zones Company) to build these markets at Al Wakra, Umm Salal and Al Sailiyah area.

Each of the three market complexes will have a main market (selling fresh vegetables and fruits), a slaughter house, and markets selling meat, fish, chicken and other poultry products.

Of the three, the Al Wakra Market will be the largest, nearly three times larger than the other two, with an area covering 59,393 sq m, it stated.

The markets in Umm Salal and Al Sailiyah will cover 20,000 sq m each and will have all the submarkets and other amenities, said the report.

Manateq has awarded contracts to three different companies for the projects. The markets are expected to be ready for operation by the middle of 2016, it added.-TradeArabia News Service