Kochi: Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samithi (KVVES) will picket Thodupuzha Municipal office on November 5 in support of its demands including steps to regulateunauthorized vending in Thodupuzha and other towns in the district. Addressing a press conference, the KVVES office bearers called upon traders and the public to join the protest march to the Municipality office at 11 am to highlight the menace of unauthorised vendors, a press release said.The demands raised by the KVVES include identification and relocation of unauthorised vendors to a special categorized zone.Making license and registration mandatory, issue cleanliness guidelines, restrictions on vendors using vehicles, take legal action against those encroaching roads and footpaths, restrict benamis involved in doing street trade among others.The local bodies should set up street vending committees to study the problems faced by genuine traders and publish surveys of street vendors in Thodupuzha. Take legal action against those operating without legal certificates, set up non vending zones at busy commercial centres, footpaths, important roads, ensure representation for traders in town vending committees, protect the interest of genuine traders,R Ramesh, KVVES district treasurer, Thankachan Kottakkakam, district vice president, P S Mohandas, District vice president, Salih S Mohammed, district secretary, N P Chacko, Zonal president, P A Saleem Kutty, Thodupuzha unit president, Jimmy Kurian, unit secretary, and Martin Thomas Zonal secretary were present at the press conference.
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