Traders welcome Cabinet approval of sealing ordinance

New Delhi, Sep 13 (UNI) The Delhi traders today welcomed the Union Cabinet's ordinance seeking to extend by one more year the moratorium on sealing in various areas of the city.

Welcoming the Cabinet's approval to the proposed Ordinance, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) also urged the Government to draw a policy of rehabilitation to all such traders whose business establishments remained sealed since a long time in order to protect their livelihood.

The CAIT also demanded formation of a 'special task force' for implementation of Master Plan 2021.

In a statement here, CAIT Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal expressed happiness that the Centre accepted the demand of trading community to bring unauthorised colonies under the domain of one year moratorium bill.

At the same time, he urged that the Government should accelerate the process of regularisation of such colonies and needed guidelines should be framed without any loss of time, so that the sword of sealing may not fall on such colonies.

UNI