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Protesting traders take to the pavement

Staff Reporter

DEMANDING ATTENTION: Traders from different markets holding a `patri bazar' at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Thursday. - Photo: PTI

NEW DELHI: Under the banner of the Confederation of All-India Traders (CAIT), a number of traders staged a unique demonstration at Jantar Mantar here on Thursday to protest against the move to seal shops in residential areas.

Waving black flags and placards, the traders set up their shops on the pavements near Jantar Mantar.

"Delhi Traders organised the patri bazaar to focus attention of the Government on the situation that is likely to arise when shops will be sealed. It is an irony that traders who have made a significant contribution to the development of Delhi and are revenue generators for the Government have been targeted to be uprooted without even thinking of their rehabilitation," said CAIT Secretary General Praveeen Khandelwal, in a statement.

The protest demonstration saw the participation of traders belonging to Delhi Traders Sangharsh Morcha, Karol Bagh Traders Federation, Jail Road Shopkeepers Association, Federation of Rohini Traders Association and Federation of South Delhi.

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