by admin | May 25, 2021 | Economy, Markets, News
Traders call for Bharat bandh against Pulwama attack (Image: Zee News)
New Delhi : The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Monday said that business worth about Rs 25,000 crore was hit due to the “Bharat Trade Bandh” that was called to protest against the recent Pulwama terror attack.
According to CAIT, the day-long bandh saw seven crore business establishments remain closed across the country, including Delhi.
“Business of about Rs 25,000 crore was hit due to today’s ‘Bharat Trade Bandh’,” the confederation said in a statement.
“In the wake of tremendous and spontaneous voluntary response from traders across the country, the CAIT has decided to create a Special Relief Fund exclusively for the welfare of the forces,” it said.
In the worst-ever terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir since militancy erupted in 1989, a suicide bomber on Thursday rammed his SUV packed with explosives into a CRPF bus on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Pulwama district, killing as many as 40 troopers and leaving many injured.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | News, Politics
New Delhi : The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Thursday said a day-long “Delhi Trade Bandh” will be held on March 13 to protest against the sealing drive across the national capital.
“The sealing of commercial establishments in Delhi is gaining momentum, as a consequence of which the Delhi traders are highly perturbed. They have called for a day-long trade bandh on March 13 to lodge a strong protest against sealing drive,” CAIT said in a statement here.
The decision was taken at a meeting of trade leaders of Delhi, convened by the CAIT, which was attended by leaders of more than 250 prominent trade associations of the city.
The CAIT said traders demanded presentation of a bill in the current Parliament session by the Centre to put an end to the sealing of business establishments operating from residential premises.
“… on the other hand, the Delhi Chief Minister should convene a one-day special session of the Assembly and get passed a bill to stop the sealing drive in Delhi and forward the same to the Union government for approval,” it said.
Earlier, the CAIT had declared that markets in the national capital would remain open till midnight on March 8 as a mark of protest against the sealing drive.
On February 2-3, the traders union had called for a 48-hour ‘Delhi Trade Bandh’ over the sealing drive, which CAIT dubbed as “in violation of statutory provisions of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act”.
—IANS
