Clashes erupt over Senjam Chirang death in Imphal
IFP Bureau29 Jun 2023
Manipur police, along with the Rapid Action Force, fired several rounds of stun bombs and teargas shells to disperse an irate mob at Khwairamband Ima Market.
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Manipur police, along with the Rapid Action Force, fired several rounds of stun bombs and teargas shells to disperse an irate mob at Khwairamband Ima Market.
Sharing the grief of innocent people affected by the violence in Manipur, women vendors decided to close shops at Khwairamband Keithel till Thursday.
Failure to frame a policy within the month of April will compel all the Imas of the state to take up different forms of agitation, said committee.
Altogether, 49 students from different parts of Madhya Pradesh are on tour to Manipur under Yuva Sangam, Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat programme.
The women street vendors in Manipur launched the fast-unto death protest condemning the Imphal Municipal Corporation (IMC) order which limits the vending hours at the temporary Ima Market in Imphal West to six hours, from 6 am to 12 noon
The IMC order restricting market hours for women street vendors has affected many of them whose survival is dependent on their daily earnings.
Manipur women street vendors staged a sit-in protest at Temporary Ima Market in Imphal in protest against government order on specific timing for selling goods.
The Kh KSVWU withdrew their movement over vending space in Ima Market as women vendors of three Ima Market extended solidarity, assuring to stand for truth.
The protesting street vendors to intensify agitation if the member vendors are not provided space at the Temporary Ima Market in Imphal.
Ima market cleanliness drive was conducted in implementation of the government order for the markets to be closed every first day of the lunar calendar month for cleaning of the market areas.
A new crop of leaders have come up among the women vendors Khwairamband Keithel at and they somehow maintain good relations with the present dispensation. Yet, their silence to the new development is indeed surprising given the legacy and spirit of our market women throughout history..
JAC of the street vendors has demanded concerned authorities to identify original street vendors that have been using Ima Market premises for their survival for the last many years.
IFP Editorial: Street vendors are an integral part of urban economies around the world, offering easy access to a wide range of goods and services in public spaces.
The two thieves who were apprehended on Thursday seemed to be drug users and appeared to be under the influence of drugs at the time of being caught, sources said.
The All India Trade Union Congress, Manipur State Committee suggested that the vacant space available in the 1st floor of Ima Market Khwairamband Bazaar may be allotted to the street vendors which would address the grievances of the street vendors.
The members of ‘Roadside Vendors Welfare Association, Street vendors of Ima Market’ were unable to meet the caretaker of IMC and in response, the street vendors forcibly continued to sell at the surrounding areas of Khwairamband Ima market.
The festive thrill of Yaoshang festival was back in Manipur and this was clearly evident with the huge crowd of buyers thronging the Khwairamband Ima market and in other shopping malls in the state capital, Imphal.
The temporary market, a part of Khwairamband Ima Market, is currently undergoing repair.
Almost a year after the closing down Khwairamband Ima Market due to COVID-19 pandemic, it was reopen on February 15 but women own food stalls and tea shops are still not allowed to resume their business till date, one Mayengbam Phajabi said.
There is no proper electrification inside the market and the market shed has been used for illegal activities at night, said a women vendor in Imphal.