Ahmedabad: No health card, veggie vendor booked

AHMEDABAD: Sola police on Tuesday held a vegetable vendor, Hasmukh Dantani, 32, of Gota, for selling vegetables from his handcart near Sola vegetable market without having a health card issued by AMC, and for allowing more than four people to gather around his cart.
He was booked for violation of lockdown norms and under Epidemic Diseases Act.
Sola police officials said that a patrol team noticed more than four people gathered around Dantani’s handcart.
When inquired, Dantani said he didn’t have any AMC-issued health card.
“We seized his handcart and booked him for violation of Section 144 and also under the Epidemic Diseases Act . AMC has started screening vegetable vendors for their health and issued health cards to those found fit.