Chandigarh traders raise issues with Mayor, MC Commissioner

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 20

Members of various trade organisations today raised their issues with Mayor Sarbjit Kaur and Municipal Corporation (MC) Commissioner Anindita Mitra.

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Sanjeev Chadha, general secretary, CBM, demanded the removal of vendors from markets and shifting them to the vendor zones, and allowing a reasonable space for keeping products within the pillars by shopkeepers.

A delegation of the Chandigarh Beopar Mandal (CBM) gave a memorandum highlighting the issues being faced by markets to the Mayor and the Commissioner.

Charanjjiv Singh, president, CBM, took up the issue of beautification and upgrade of markets and permitting signboards for upper floors of showrooms. “To compete with shopping malls, the traditional sector markets of the city need to be further beautified and markets provided with LED lights, sitting benches, free WiFi and CCTV cameras for curbing crimes,” he said. He also pleaded for the waiver of Rs 10 per day penalty on the late transfer of property in MC records. On the expansion of parking facility in the markets, he said expansion of parking facility was required either by way of community parking at the back of the markets or by constructing multi-storey parking or underground parking beneath the existing parking areas in busy markets, he added.

Sanjeev Chadha, general secretary, CBM, demanded the removal of vendors from markets and shifting them to the vendor zones, and allowing a reasonable space for keeping products within the pillars by shopkeepers.

Meanwhile, members of the Chandigarh Business Council (CBC) raised issues pertaining to infrastructure development or firefighting system, property tax in parking areas in converted plots, and demanded a draft policy with new designs and concepts of display boards in front of shops.

Chander Verma, president, CBC, stated buildings in the city were more than 45 years old and these were constructed as per plans applicable at that time. As per the fire norms, every building must have its own overhead water tank of 50,000-litre capacity.

He submitted that these buildings could take the load of that huge tank capacity on one roof. The authorities should adopt community firefighting system for each block of the buildings. There is a need to plan a huge underground water tank with a good capacity at the end of the buildings with a pump house room fully equipped with the fire tools along with two-three fire men deputed for a round-the-clock inspection. The traders are ready for the community firefighting system, he said.

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