SHILLONG: Meghalaya and Greater Shillong progressive hawkers and street vendors association (MGSPHSVA), along with TUR came to the aid of passersby, pedestrians and hawkers at Jingkieng here on Saturday evening by clearing out boulders and rubble that had been intentionally put at the spot where two persons belonging to Mawkynrew block have been selling vegetables for the past eight years.
The boulders and rubble were posing a danger to passersby and preventing the vendors from selling their goods since Friday.
A statement issued by TUR said that MGSPHSVA reiterated that the struggle is not of hawkers against pedestrians as highlighted by a section of the media. But rather a struggle to secure the rights of the struggling section of the society that includes hawkers as well as pedestrians by ensuring a more humane and participatory law as well as exploring policies and action to widen footpaths, ease vehicular congestion, ensure that constructions do not encroach on walking spaces and have their own legal parking facilities, create vendor friendly zones, better public transport and make the city a more livable for all.
