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M'lore: `Operation Tiger' - Police Foil Street Vendors' Plan to Gherao Yogish Bhat's Residence

  •   Thu, Jun 23 2011 04:30:28 PM

M'lore: Oppn to 'Operation Tiger' - Police Foil Street Vendors' Plan to Gherao Yogish Bhat's Residence 

Pics: Dayanand Kukkaje
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (PS/SB)

Mangalore, Jun 23: The fight of street vendors opposing the 'operation tiger' to evict encroached shops reached its crescendo on Thursday June 23 after series of protest by the fraternity went unheard. The vendors were all set to gherao deputy speaker N Yogish Bhat's residence at MG Road, when they were stopped by the police midway near SDM College. 

Santhosh Kumar, one of the street vendors expressing grief in front of the media said that Mangalore City Corporation's administration is only for the rich, while we poor vendors are harassed by not letting us run the petty business enterprise.

On Wednesday June 22, honorary president of the Street Vendors' Union Sunil Kumar Bajal had announced that a procession will be carried out from State Bank of India terminal to the residence of Yogish Bhat.

On Wednesday morning when 'operation tiger' was carried out near State Bank area over a hundred activists attached to various unions, who got whiff of the operation gathered in support of the street vendors. The vehicle was stopped from going further and the goods were taken back from their possession. An argument between Pandeshwar police and protestors too ensued.

The protestors' plea to MCC to stop 'operation tiger' with immediate effect also did not receive favourable response.

However, it is gathered that Yogish Bhat is in Bangalore.
  

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  • Alwyn, Canada

    Sat, Jun 25 2011

    Many peoples daily bread is based on street side sale but walk ways are blocked which is unfortunate and the same token these people uneducated vendors will suffer. Every soul will start selling at the street side then better to call as mini market place and move the city to another location

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  • shenoy, mangalore

    Sat, Jun 25 2011

    Mr Adil,Will you provide free space in your shop to have their livelihood? So let them hire a shop and start doing their business.you cannot start running your business on streets.streets are meant for walking and driving.

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  • adil, mlore

    Thu, Jun 23 2011

    Dear Vendors pls stay united & steadfast in your fight.dont ever give up . U will definitely succeed one day for sure.
    After all This place cannnot be transformed into Singapore or any modern cities of the world ,thanks to the kind of money swindling politicians around . so WHY ROB these poor people of their HARD EARNED LIVELIHOOD ??????? .

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