Traders write to Prime Minister, seek relief package

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 4

With the UT Administration deciding to close down all shops dealing in non-essential items for a week, the Chandigarh Traders Association, Sector 17, today sought a relief package from the government.

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, association president Kamaljit Singh Panchhi stated that they strictly followed Covid norms and rendered the best cooperation to the Administration during these hard days.

He said there had been a complete lockdown for months last year and they had suffered huge financial losses.

“Since business is already at an all-time low, the government must immediately provide some relief measures for the traders, otherwise there will be total collapse of the city’s economic fiber,” said Panchhi.

He requested the PM to direct the Administration to allow rebate in property tax, waiver of fixed and miscellaneous charges in electricity bills, discount in school fee, waiver of EMI, bank interest and loans.