National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) on Wednesday stepped up its campaign to bring relief to thousands of vendors, as well as the visitors, who had been denied access to India Gate, by sending letters to the Union home ministers Sushil Kumar Shinde and RPN Singh, minister of housing and urban poverty alleviation Ajay Maken, minister of tourism K Chiranjeevi, Delhi Lt Governor Tejendra Khanna, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Delhi police commissioner Neeraj Kumar demanding immediate resolution of the crisis being faced by the visitors and vendors in the national capital.
The aggrieved vendors associated with the NASVI also threatened to march to the Delhi police headquarters on 22 May in case their crisis is not resolved within seven days by 21 May.
In the letter sent to the union ministers, the Delhi LG and the Chief Minister, NASVI national coordinator Arbind Singh said, 'We have time and again taken up the matter with the Delhi police. Initially we took up the matter with the SHO of concerned police station, but nothing happened. Last month, on 9 April, 2013, we wrote to the Delhi police commissioner and urged him to ensure that the vendors were restored at their old vending areas. After submitting the letter to the police commissioner, we received a formal email communication from his office acknowledging the receipt of our letter and we were communicated that the letter had been referred to the joint commissioner, Central Range for further necessary action. We also received the reference number 5470/ dated 9 April.'
The letter demand action by the union ministers, the LG and the Delhi Chief Minister and want them to ensure that the street vendors in and around the India Gate in Delhi are allowed to restore their vending at their old sites.
The aggrieved vendors associated with the NASVI also threatened to march to the Delhi police headquarters on 22 May in case their crisis is not resolved within seven days by 21 May.
In the letter sent to the union ministers, the Delhi LG and the Chief Minister, NASVI national coordinator Arbind Singh said, 'We have time and again taken up the matter with the Delhi police. Initially we took up the matter with the SHO of concerned police station, but nothing happened. Last month, on 9 April, 2013, we wrote to the Delhi police commissioner and urged him to ensure that the vendors were restored at their old vending areas. After submitting the letter to the police commissioner, we received a formal email communication from his office acknowledging the receipt of our letter and we were communicated that the letter had been referred to the joint commissioner, Central Range for further necessary action. We also received the reference number 5470/ dated 9 April.'
The letter demand action by the union ministers, the LG and the Delhi Chief Minister and want them to ensure that the street vendors in and around the India Gate in Delhi are allowed to restore their vending at their old sites.