Street vendors stage sit-in at Ambala MC office over eviction

Street vendors from the Ambala’s old cloth market were protesting against their eviction from hawking site near the bus stand

Street vendors from the city’s old cloth market on Friday staged a sit-in at the municipal corporation office against their eviction from hawking site near the bus stand.

Street vendors staging a sit-in at the Ambala MC office. (HT Photo)

They had been protesting under the leadership of JJP state spokesperson Vivek Chaudhary Lallana for the past 43 days at the bus stand.

Lallana also inquired the MC officials about the issue not being listed in the proceedings of the meeting, when it was raised by the house members last month.

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