Ludhiana, September 30:
Committed to ensuring smooth movement of traffic across the city especially during the festival season, Municipal Corporation (MC) Commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal held a meeting with members of different markets associations of the city at MC Zone D office on Tuesday.
During the meeting, MC Commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal issued strict directions that the shopkeepers and vendors should remain within the yellow line. Strict action would be taken against encroachments on road portions beyond the yellow lines. Joint teams of Municipal Corporation and traffic police will take stern action against the violators.
Members of the market associations have been directed to deploy volunteers/traffic marshals to manage traffic during the festival season. Further they were also directed to submit proposals for establishing temporary parking sites in or near their respective markets, if needed.MC Joint Commissioner Vineet Kumar, Assistant Commissioner Gurpal Singh, DSP Raj Kumar Chaudhary, Inspector Satwant Singh representing Traffic police, tehbazaari superintendents and inspectors among others were present in the meeting.
Members of different market associations including Model Town Gol market, Field Ganj, Sarabha Nagar market, Ghumar Mandi, Guru Teg Bahadur market in Shastri Nagar among others participated in the meeting. Civic body officials also held meetings with representatives of Chaura Bazar, Shingar cinema road etc to ensure compliance of the directions issued by MC Commissioner.
The members of market associations have also been directed to ensure proper fire safety arrangements. The shopkeepers should ensure that fire safety equipment like fire extinguishers etc are in working condition. The concerned officials have also been directed to ensure cleanliness at public toilets situated in different markets of the city.
MC Commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal stated that the market associations have been directed to ensure that no shopkeeper or vendor encroach upon the road portion beyond the yellow line. Market associations have been directed to manage parking and traffic in their respective markets by deploying volunteers or traffic marshals. Joint teams of MC and traffic police will keep strict vigil especially in the market areas and strict action would be taken against the violators.
Dachalwal further stated that the civic body is open to announcing any market as no tolerance zone or allow one way traffic on demand of market associations. Dachalwal stated that the civic body does not wish to take action against shopkeepers or vendors during the festival season, but the shopkeepers and vendors should also support the authorities in ensuring smooth flow of traffic.
MC Commissioner Dachalwal also directed the members of market associations to ensure cleanliness in their markets. Littering by shopkeepers will invite challans. Shopkeepers/vendors should put dustbins outside their shops and no garbage should be dumped on the roadside after closing down the shops. The waste should be handed over to the garbage collectors or it should be dumped at the static compactor sites of the civic body. The civic body will issue hefty challans against the violators.
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