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“Around the three sheds, the street vendors are selling the same things including the vegetables, fruits which are being sold inside the keithel. Because of them, sales inside the three sheds are affected,” protesters said
Ima Panthoibi Street Vendors Union called off the blockade along the Imphal-Ukhrul Road following authorities’ assurance to survey land for construction of street vendors’ market shed at Apex godown, Dingku Road, Imphal.
The Ima Panthoibi Street Vendors Union have long been demanding a market shed at Khuman Lampak area, lamenting that they were often harassed and chased away by police personnel on several occasions.
The Roadside Vendors’ Welfare Association (RSVWA) celebrated its silver jubilee at GM Hall in Imphal West on Wednesday.
Due to space limitation in Nupi Keithel at Khwairamband in Imphal, there is a need to develop vending zones in the suburbs and other parts of Imphal city to decongest the main market area.
The street vendors under KKSVWU are reeling under extreme hardship due to absence of proper vending space, KKSVWU assistant secretary L Nandit said.
“We were chased out using violence by the police and vendors under two associations while we were trying to vend at the Temporary Market as per the notification issued by the IMC on October 16.”
A new crop of leaders have come up among the women vendors Khwairamband Keithel at and they somehow maintain good relations with the present dispensation. Yet, their silence to the new development is indeed surprising given the legacy and spirit of our market women throughout history..
JAC of the street vendors has demanded concerned authorities to identify original street vendors that have been using Ima Market premises for their survival for the last many years.
IFP Editorial: Street vendors are an integral part of urban economies around the world, offering easy access to a wide range of goods and services in public spaces.
"Held a meeting with Hon'ble Ministers, Shri Yumnam Khemchand, Shri Kashim Vashum and Shri Letpao Haokip, CS, DGP and other senior government officials to discuss issues related to street vendors..."
IFP Editorial: The Manipur MAHUD directorate is still to come up with a definite plan of giving protection to the street vendors where they could be provided space without hindering public movement or traffic and most importantly harassment.
Condemning the prohibition of the ‘8 am street vendors of Khwairamband Keithel’, AITUC-MSC urged the minister concerned to withdraw the transfer of the street vendors to Lamphel Supermarket.
Speaking as a resource person, Imphal Free Press reporter Babie Shirin said that the proceedings of many cases of crime against women in the state moves very slowly in the court until a public movement is launched against the crime.
The All India Trade Union Congress, Manipur State Committee suggested that the vacant space available in the 1st floor of Ima Market Khwairamband Bazaar may be allotted to the street vendors which would address the grievances of the street vendors.
The state and its agencies simply refused to understand that, it was because of the very harassment by police and municipal authorities that the Union government came up with the idea of having a law to give the street vendors protection.
The members of ‘Roadside Vendors Welfare Association, Street vendors of Ima Market’ were unable to meet the caretaker of IMC and in response, the street vendors forcibly continued to sell at the surrounding areas of Khwairamband Ima market.
Announcement was made on Monday to ban street vendors from 8 am in and around Khwairamband bazaar.
Assistant secretary of Khwairamband Keithel Street Vendor Welfare Union L Nandita said that concerning the allocations of seats, the IMC authority has ignored the fourth market shed which is being constructed at Khwairamband Keithel temporary market.
IFP Editorial: The otherwise hyperactive market women had been lying dull without any activity or social life due to the Covid 19 pandemic restrictions.
