The Municipal Corporation of Gwalior has once again started shifting the hawkers from Hazira Square. Earlier, it had tried to shift the hawkers of Hazira area to particular hawkers’ zone last year but due to the strong opposition by them, the Municipal Corporation suspended the process.
At present, with the presence of hawkers in the area, posing problems to the residents as vehicular traffic gets jammed frequently at Hazira square. From Hazira Square road leads to Kilagate and other respective areas but as these hawkers occupied the space of roads which becomes hurdles to pass the vehicles.
During morning hours, the crowd of school buses and vehicles of office goers face problems due to the presence of hawkers illegally occupying parts of roads at the square. Municipal Corporation had developed the hawkers zone in Intak ground at Hazira, so that the people should not suffer while travelling through Hazira square.
The shifting process had started on March 2, 2016 but in the process one hawker’s cart was broken and dispute arose and it took an ugly turn. Hawkers indulged in fighting with Municipal Corporation employees and forced them to leave the area. Municipal Corporation had lodged a complaint with the Hazira Police station, while the hawkers blamed the police for not providing any help in this matter.
APS Bhadoriya, Additional Commissioner Municipal Corporation said that in Morar area the Corporation has started shifting of hawkers and also started providing facilities at the places they are being shifted. He further said that the process of shifting is going on peacefully and they would be relocated to hawkers’ zone without any hurdle.