Women vendors stage protest against IMC order
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, December 27 2011:
Women vendors of Imoinu Ima Keithel (Nupi Keithel-2) today ceased their normal business transaction and staged a Wakat Meepham in protest against the order issued by Imphal Municipal Council for allotting plots to 25 women vendors selling bed nets in Shed no.7 and 8 of the market.
Talking to mediapersons on the sideline of the protest demonstration, Joint Secretary of Imoinu Ima Keithel (Nupi Market-2) K Pakpi asserted that allotment of plots to bed net sellers in Shed no.7 and 8 which are reserved for women vendors selling utensils and garments is objectionable.
For the women bed net sellers, Shed no.13 and 14 have been reserved for them.
She demanded that the order issued by IMC Chairman L Raghumani should be revoked at once.