NEW DELHI: Hundreds of street vendors from across the capital staged a demonstration outside the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) office against the “astronomical increase in unlawful evictions” of their businesses. According to the vendors, the MCD has increased its anti-encroachment efforts ahead of the G20 summit later this year.#Delhi: The demolition drive going on at #Mehrauli . https://t.co/XxIEvcfvu6— TOI Delhi (@TOIDelhi) 1676282382000Mohammed Imran Khan, a street vendor, said that he and others are facing challenges in conducting their business due to imposed restrictions. Despite possessing the required paperwork, vendors are being compelled to abandon their spots without being provided any alternative sites to sell their goods.Ruckus during DDA’s anti-encroachment drive in #Mehrauli | Locals say, “We told them to wait for an hour during whi… https://t.co/IcTzzpZpLr— TOI Delhi (@TOIDelhi) 1676278595000The vendors raised slogans against MCD and demanded that they should be provided with dedicated, alternative spots to run their businesses.”They called us encroachers but we are not. How can they be so cruel to us? Nobody is listening to us,” said Santosh, another street vendor. #Delhi | Day-4 of anti-encroachment drive by DDA in Mehrauli (ANI) https://t.co/y2txnKjeR0— TOI Delhi (@TOIDelhi) 1676277615000The vendors alleged that they have not been able to run their businesses since last year due to the MCD’s atrocities. “We told them to wait for an hour during which the stay order will come. We had applied for a stay order. This is h… https://t.co/yTk1ikONuQ— TOI Delhi (@TOIDelhi) 1676277750000″There are around five lakh street vendors in Delhi and all of them have faced losses due to Covid. Now, when things have turned better, the MCD is removing us,” Santosh added. There was a heavy police deployment outside the MCD office to maintain law and order. MCD officials did not respond to calls and texts from PTI for a response.(With inputs from PTI)Watch DDA’s drive to clear ‘unauthorised constructions’ on government land in Mehrauli continues
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