The National Association of Street Vendors of India staged a dharna in front of memorial hall in Chennai to implement the National policy for street vendors in Tamilnadu immediately. Around 400 vendors from Chennai and different parts of the state participated in the dharna. The representatives of various trader association and trade union supported the dharna. Shri.Murugan and Shri.Mageswaran of NASVI took forefront of the Dharna.Shri.Vellaiyan,President of Tamilnadu Trader Association and Ms.R.Geetha of Unorganised Workers Federation participated and extended their support to implement the National Policy for street vendors. At end of the dharna, a delegation comprising of Shri.Murugan, Smt.leelvathi,Smt.Kamala,Shri.I.P.Murthy,Shri.Tamilanban from NASVI met Shri.T.P.Rajesh IAS, Special Officer of Chief Minister’s Cell and submitted a memorandum to implement the national policy in Tamilnadu and also briefed about the status of national policy in other states.
Demands
§Implement the National Policy for urban street vendors in Tamilnadu
§Set up the welfare board for street vendors
§Start the process of surveying vendors and issuing licences
§Set up Town Vending Committee in all the municipal bodies
§Implement the recommendations of Justice Kanakaraj committee
§Allot 244 shops for the remaining vendors in Allikulam(Moore Market).
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