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Monday, Apr 03, 2006

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Delhi traders to meet L-G today

Staff Reporter

To seek his intervention in the issue of sealing shops in residential areas

NEW DELHI: Delhi traders have decided to meet Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi B.L. Joshi on Monday to urge him to intervene on the issue of commercialisation of residential areas in the Capital and provide them some relief in the wake of the ongoing sealing of illegal shops.

Various trade unions under the banner of the Confederation of All-India Trader (CAIT) would meet Mr. Joshi and brief him about the "facts" related to the issue, said CAIT general secretary Praveen Khandelwal, alleging that the traders were facing a tough time as the Delhi Government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi have failed to present correct picture to the Supreme Court on the issue.

"The Delhi Government and the civic body have misled the Apex Court by not presenting correct facts regarding the prevailing situation in the city. As a result, even decade-old shops and basements being used as storage spaces are being wrongly sealed. The MCD's sealing squads are not even sparing residences on floors that are above illegal shops and are disconnecting their water and power connections. Total anarchy is prevailing in the city," he alleged. Hoping that the court might take note of their pleas and consider the proposed petition of the Union Government on the issue seeking relief for traders, Mr. Khandelwal warned that if the sealing does not stop immediately, traders would hold a massive dharna at the MCD headquarters at Town Hall on Tuesday and seal the office as was done in its West zone office on Friday.

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