Chandigarh knows its rights, but cares less about duties
TNN | Updated: Jan 18, 2019, 05:55 IST
If citizens decide not to buy a single item from street vendors, then they won’t exist, the HC saidCHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday observed that citizens of Chandigarh were upfront as far as rights were concerned, but when it came to duties, they were not responsible enough.
Chief Justice Krishna Murari said citizens require a “danda”. Hearing a bunch of petitions related to street vendors and city beautification, the high court division bench observed that in all the problems, be it parking, encroachment or street vendors, people have a role to play, but for solving them they knock the doors of the HC. The court observed that if people become responsible, then many problems could be solved.
If citizens decide not to buy a single item from street vendors, then they won’t exist, the HC said, adding that eating from them was also a health hazard, but people tend to ignore it. Similar was with parking. The court asked, “Who parks?”
The court clearly spelt out that in the bunch of petitions, all matters would be heard separately, be it Panchkula street vendors or Chandigarh beautification. The case would now be heard on March 6.
The court was hearing the case related to a PIL filed by a senior citizen from the city, RD Anand, who sought directions to restrain the administration from holding activities during festivals and take alternative measure so that beauty of the city was not marred. Poor state of Rose Garden after Rose Fest was highlighted in the petition. It was mentioned that the administration insensitively permitted stalls of eatables and other commodities in the garden, thus making it look like a huge flea market. The scope of this PIL was later extended and cases related to street vendors of Chandigarh and Panchkula were also clubbed to it.
Chief Justice Krishna Murari said citizens require a “danda”. Hearing a bunch of petitions related to street vendors and city beautification, the high court division bench observed that in all the problems, be it parking, encroachment or street vendors, people have a role to play, but for solving them they knock the doors of the HC. The court observed that if people become responsible, then many problems could be solved.
If citizens decide not to buy a single item from street vendors, then they won’t exist, the HC said, adding that eating from them was also a health hazard, but people tend to ignore it. Similar was with parking. The court asked, “Who parks?”
The court clearly spelt out that in the bunch of petitions, all matters would be heard separately, be it Panchkula street vendors or Chandigarh beautification. The case would now be heard on March 6.
The court was hearing the case related to a PIL filed by a senior citizen from the city, RD Anand, who sought directions to restrain the administration from holding activities during festivals and take alternative measure so that beauty of the city was not marred. Poor state of Rose Garden after Rose Fest was highlighted in the petition. It was mentioned that the administration insensitively permitted stalls of eatables and other commodities in the garden, thus making it look like a huge flea market. The scope of this PIL was later extended and cases related to street vendors of Chandigarh and Panchkula were also clubbed to it.
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