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Delhi traders meet Kalam, seek intervention in demolition drive

A delegation of Delhi traders met President A P J Abdul Kalam today and sought his intervention in the ongoing demolition drive against illegal constructions in the capital. They claimed that the business community was neither a petitioner nor respondent in the public interest litigation against illegal constructions in the capital. "The Supreme Court order to shutdown business premises by June 30, 2006 hits traders who have not been even called for a hearing. It deprives us our livelihood and snatches natural justice," Confederation of All India Traders secretary general Praveen Khandelwal told reporters at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. "The President

Delhi traders to continue stir on sealing issue

New Delhi : Demanding status quo ante, traders of Delhi will continue their agitation against the municipal corporations sealing and demolition drive, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) said today after organising a meeting on the issue. A unanimous resolution passed at the meeting -- called in the wake of the enactment of The Delhi Laws (Special Provision) Bill, 2006 -- demanded that the Centre and the Delhi Government immediately restore the electricity and water connections disconnected during the drive. The MCD should de-seal the sealed establishments in order to restore normal trading activities in Delhi, CAIT said. A traders delegation

Delhi traders to meet CM to press demand of power, water restoration

New Delhi : Traders in the National Capital will meet Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today to press for their demands to take steps to restore electricity and water connections in shops and offices which were disconnected during the MCD sealing drive. They also asked the civic body to de-seal all commercial establishments so that normal trading activities can be resumed in the wake of a central notification putting a one year moratorium on the court-ordered sealing drive. The Confederation of All India Traders at a meeting here decided to conduct a door-to-door survey to understand the basic difficulties faced by

Shops in Delhi down shutters against sealing

All major markets in the national capital remained closed on Thursday as thousands of traders observed a Delhi bandh demanding regularisation of shops and offices operating in residential areas. Responding to the shutdown call given by various trade bodies, shops in Greater Kailash, Karol Bagh, Lajpat Nagar, South Extension, Moti Nagar, Patel Nagar, Rajendra Nagar, Naraina, Rohini remained closed. Other markets like Pitampura, Paharganj, Green Park, Shahdara, Nehru Place, Hauz Khas, Uttam Nagar, Mayur Vihar, Gandhi Nagar Patparganj, Connaught Place and Chandni Chowk also downed their shutters. The bandh call has been given by among others the Confederation of All India Traders, Delhi

Sealing drive: Delhi traders, politicians appeal for amnesty

New Delhi : A day after the Supreme Court ordered resumption of the drive to seal commercial units in Delhis residential areas, traders and politicians Friday said that the government should bring out an amnesty scheme to help the affected businessmen. It is a huge humanitarian issue and the urban development ministry should bring in an amnesty scheme and incorporate it in the (yet to be notified) Delhi Master Plan 2021, said Harsh Vardhan, chief of the Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). A Supreme Court bench Thursday stayed the urban development ministrys May 20 notification that