Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, December 31
Demanding a fresh survey, street vendors staged a protest against the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh. A large number of vendors assembled at Sector 45 on a call given by the Chandigarh Ki Awaj Party.
The police stopped them from marching towards the Raj Bhavan under the leadership of Avinash Sharma. While addressing the vendors, Sharma alleged that the street vending committee was formed without giving voting rights to its members. He said that MC had cheated the vendors, creating a rift betweem them and traders. Later, a delegation of the vendors submitted a memorandum to the UT Administrator.
In another protest at Sector 20, Ram Milan Gaur, president of the Footpath Cycle and Rehri Workers’ Union announced that the vendors would gheroa the MC office, if the authorities failed to initiate a fresh survey.
Addressing the gathering, Gaur said the own vending committee was illegal as it lacked representatives from street vendors .He said that the space allotted to the vendors are not sufficient and the town vending Committee was formed without their consultation. He said there were many irregularities in the survey conducted by the agency, which needed probe.
Bone of contention
- A large number of vendors assembled at Sector 45 on a call given by the Chandigarh Ki Awaj Party.
- The police stopped them from marching towards the Raj Bhavan
- They alleged that the street vending committee was formed without giving voting rights to its members.
- He said that MC had cheated the vendors, creating a rift betweem them and traders.