The Nikhil Utkal Khyudra Byabasayee Mahasangha here observed the National Vendors’ Day here on Thursday.
Thousands of vendors took out a procession from the Ram Mandir Square to the Drishtihin Sangh followed by a meeting. Joining as guest, Mayor Anant Narayan Jena requested all the vendors to cooperate to make the Bhubaneswar a Smart City.
MlA Bijaya Mohanty assured the vendors to solve the displacement problem of the vendors soon. MlA Priyadarshi Mishra, Vendors’ Association’s State president Pratap Kumar Sahu, Corporator Mamata Sahoo and Shaswati Mishra also spoke.
Mahasangha’s working president Pramod Kumar Mohapatra submitted an eight-point charter of demands to the BMC. The demands include implementation of the Street Vendors Act, provision of ID cards, setting up of toilets in vending zones along with water supply and street lights etc. Mahasangh president Subhranshu Sekhar Patnaik chaired the meeting.