Women vendors stop construction of canteen inside Ima Keithel No 3
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, August 01, 2011:
Hundreds of women vendors of Ima Keithel No 3 today rose against the construction of a canteen inside the shed and stopped the construction work.
Members of the Nupi Keithel Semgat Sagat Lup and other women vendors strongly opposed the construction inside the shed and condemned the authority for giving approval to a man to run the canteen.
Paonam Ibemu, secretary Nupi Keithel Semgat Sagat Lup told Hueiyen Lanpao that a MoU was signed on April 19, 2005 between the women vendors and the government not to allow any man to sell things inside the shed.
Unfortunately, the government is bringing down the image and identity of the market.