TRICHY: Facing difficulties in moving vegetables to
Gandhi Market after the Trichy district administration imposed a ban on heavy vehicles entering the market,
traders on Friday threatened to go on an indefinite stir.
After the integrated vegetable and fruits market in Kallikudi was thrown open by the district administration on June 30, the city police have been preventing the entry of heavy vehicles into the Gandhi Market.
Following the ban, wholesale as well as retail traders claimed that their business had hit rock bottom.
Traders decided to keep Gandhi Market as a night market by operating heavy vehicles inside the century old facility only during night hours.
“We would ensure wholesale business in Gandhi Market will be carried out between 10pm and 6am. Likewise, retail sales of vegetables would be carried out between 6am and 10pm. By doing so, traffic congestion can be prevented,” Ve Govindarajalu, state general secretary of Tamil Nadu Vanigar Sangangalin Peramaippu, a federation of traders, said.
The traders on Friday passed eight resolutions reiterating that they will not to move out of Gandhi Market.
“If our demands are not met and if restrictions imposed continue to affect the wholesale business, we will launch an
indefinite strike. The city would not witness sales of any vegetables,” Govindarajalu added.
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