No entry’ to retail traders at Gandhi Market in Tiruchi
The Hindu
The gates of Gandhi Market were locked by authorities of Tiruchi Corporation on Tuesday morning, thereby preventing retail traders from doing business.On information that retail traders had resumed tr
The gates of Gandhi Market were locked by authorities of Tiruchi Corporation on Tuesday morning, thereby preventing retail traders from doing business. On information that retail traders had resumed trading along with their wholesale counterparts at Gandhi Market, the officials visited the market in the morning and locked some of the gates. They told the traders that permission had only been given to wholesale trading only at night. No one should trade during daytime.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.