Sale beyond allotted area costs 25 vendors licence

Ravinder Saini

Tribune News Service

Rewari, April 8

Rewari District Market Committee has cancelled the licence of 25 vendors for selling vegetables and fruits outside the allotted area.

It has also imposed a penalty of Rs 6,600 on six vendors for charging rates higher than the prescribed ones.

The action has been taken on the basis of inspection conducted on getting complaints from the local residents in this respect.

A team of the market committee is now keeping a close watch on the vendors for proper implementation of guidelines issued by the district administrative authorities to make vegetables and fruits available in the residential localities at fixed rates.

The district administration issued licence to around 500 vendors for selling vegetables and fruits in both urban and rural areas of the district after shutting the main local vegetable market for retailers in order to prevent the spread of Covid as visitors failed to maintain distancing despite several warnings.

The market is now opened for three hours in the morning only for whole-sellers who provide vegetables and fruits to registered vendors.

Satya Prakash, secretary, Rewari Market Committee, said before issuing the licence, every vendor was asked to give option for specific area where they would like to sell vegetables/fruits. The licence was issued according to their choice.

“Despite this, some vendors were found selling vegetables/ fruits in other areas in violation of guidelines. The licence of 25 such vendors has already been cancelled while penalty has been imposed on six others for charging arbitrary rates of vegetables/ fruits,” pointed out the secretary, adding that rates of all vegetables/ fruits had been fixed by the district administration.