Delhi Vyapari Bandh on Tuesday

New Delhi, Mar 19 (UNI) Traders in the national capital will down their shutters on Tuesday in a 'Delhi Vyapari Bandh' to protest sealing of shops in residential areas.

The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) and the Delhi Traders Sangarsh Morcha have called the bandh, which will keep all markets in the city closed on Tuesday, CAIT secretary general Praveen Khandelwal said today.

The traders will also take out a 'vyapari march' tomorrow, which will begin from the Red Fort and pass through several major markets like Bhagirath Place, Chandni Chowk and Khari Baoli before ending in a rally at the Lahori Gate, Mr Khandelwal said.

According to Mr Ramesh Khanna, president of the Delhi Traders Sangarsh Morcha, the leading trade organisations in the capital have decided to join the bandh on Tuesday. The trade bodies include the Karol Bagh Traders Federation, Yamuna Paar Traders Federation, Federation of Rohini Traders, Paschimi Delhi Vyapar Mahasangh and Federation of South Delhi and New Delhi Traders.

''We are angry that the government is not doing anything to protect the traders from the order of sealing of shops in residential areas,'' said Mr Khandelwal.

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