Vendors of Ima Keithel on Saturday demanded the government to frame a policy for the survival of their business. They said sales inside the three Ima Keithel in Imphal have immensely declined due to the rapid increase in the number of street vendors in the surrounding areas of the markets,

Ima Keithel vendors are all set to launch various forms of agitations if the government fails to take up appropriate steps at the earliest, said co-convenor of the Working Committee of Ima Keithel, Asem Nirmala, while speaking to the media in Imphal.

Pointing out that the street vendors outside Ima Keithel are selling the same products which are sold inside Ima Keithel, she said that as a result, customers rarely enter Ima Keithel leading to decaying of the fruits, vegetables and fresh fishes they sell.

This drawback leads to difficulties in running the family of those vendors vending inside the Ima Keithel, she added.