Street vendors protest Govt's failure to construct women market
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 07 2019:
Putting forth its prolonged demand to construct a women market for all communities, street vendors of Khuman Lampak organised a protest demonstration near ISBT by blocking half the road today.
Speaking to media persons, Ima Panthoibi Street Vendors Union president Y Indrani said that repeated memo were submitted to the State Govt to construct a women market for all communities at the 100 point area of Government's land inside Apex fertilizer godown, opposite to Khuman Lampak ISBT.
She maintained that the market has not been constructed even though the fund for the construction work has already been sanctioned.
She went on to state that the street vendors will continue to hold protests if the State Govt decides not to start the construction work soon.
Indrani further stated that the Govt should construct a market for women who are opening their vendors from Khongnang Ani Karak till Laifam Khunou.