The stamp vendors in the Nimapara area went on an indefinite strike from Monday opposing the State Government’s e-stamping system at the call of the All Odisha Vendors’ Association.
Vendors of Nimapara, Gop, Konark, Astarang and Kakatpur are on the strike at the Nimapara tehsil gate. The registration work in the Sub-Registrar office, all types of affidavit works, income and residence certificates, I-bonds of banks and other stamp paper-related works have stopped.
The association demands that the Government implement the e-stamping system for use of stamps of Rs 2 lakh and above, identity card for every vendor, a 10-per cent commission system, etc.
Association president Debadatta Mohanty, vice-president Krushna Chandra Parida, secretary Bishnuprashad Mishra, assistant secretary Debaraj Dixit, treasurer Gangadhar Parida, Kailash Ojha and Arjun Sahoo are leading the strike.