Deputy Chief Minister in-charge Home (Police) Prestone Tynsong has emphasized that the government's decision to relocate hawkers at Khyndailad area is aimed at benefiting them, rather than victimizing them.
MDA government spokesperson and cabinet minister Paul Lyngdoh has slammed the leaders of the Meghalaya and Greater Shillong Progressive Hawkers and Street Vendors Association (MGSPHSVA) for allegedly having some hidden agenda to delay the relocation of hawkers and street vendors to the MUDA’s upper floor parking lot, which has been declared as a vending zone.
Members of the Meghalaya and Greater Shillong Progressive Hawkers and Street Vendors Association (MGSPHSVA) staged a protest in front of the secretariat against the alleged illegal eviction drive at Khyndailad and demanded an emergency meeting of the provisional town vending committee (PTVC) to rectify the flaws.
Hawkers and street vendors refused to move from the Khyndailad area in protest against the eviction drive conducted by the Shillong Municipal Board (SMB) on Monday morning.
The Meghalaya and Greater Shillong Progressive Hawkers and Street Vendors Association (MGSPHSVA) on Sunday said it will not allow forceful evictions of hawkers in the Khyndailad area till flaws that include issuing licenses to persons having shops, are rectified.
Tourism Minister Paul Lyngdoh on Wednesday reassured that the State government remains steadfast in balancing public interests and fulfilling its mandate, despite facing criticism over concerns on the delay in relocating hawkers from the Khyndailad area.
Tourism Minister Paul Lyngdoh on Wednesday said relocation of hawkers will take time in view of the ongoing elections to the autonomous district councils (ADCs) in the Khasi and Jaintia regions.
