Traders to go on peace march on Nov 15

Good evening friends. I just read some news in referenced to The Times of India that there will be a peaceful march will going to have. Let me share it with you so that you have knowledge what is happening in different part of our country.

More than a lakh traders and shopkeepers in Mumbai plan to take out a peace march on November 15 to Shivaji Park__situated opposite the

Penthouse of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Raj Thackeray.

Said Federation of Retail Traders Welfare Association joint secretary Viren Shah, "I want every shopkeeper in Mumbai to come there at 3 pm and express solidarity with the Bombay Catholic Sabha which is organizing a communal harmony & Peace rally on November 15.'' Shah said that shopkeepers and traders will be dressed in white and will raise their voice against the recent violence. "We want peace in Mumbai and this is the message which we want to give at Shivaji Park.'' Sabha general secretary Dolphy D'Souza has appealed to all secular organizations to join the peace rally.

Shah, who addressed a meeting of various traders' associations on Wednesday evening, said, "Those who indulge in violence should be dealt with sternly. We are distributing posters and pamphlets which will be pasted outside every shop. They will have messages on communal harmony.''

The meeting was attended by members of the Federation of Associations of Maharashtra, AHAR, and the All India Business Council. Issues pertaining to hawkers squatting in no-hawking zones and the shortage of coins in banks were also discussed at the meeting. "We will move the court on the issue of hawkers not being removed from no-hawking zones. Despite an apex court order, nothing has been done for the past four years,'' said Shah.

He said that 14 banks were designated by RBI to provide coins to traders. "But sadly, none of the banks have loose change. We will be taking a representation to the RBI governor, and demand that coins be supplied at banks where traders have their business accounts. If this is not done, we will take up the issue on a larger scale.''