Giving them a week notice in this regard, he told them not to put their belongings on the roadsides in front of their shops which was causing prolblem for pedestrians.

The Deputy Commissioner said a special barricades would also be erected near the Clock Tower to check the entry of vehicles in the main bazaar. In a press note issued here today the Deputy Commissioner, while holding a meeting with office-bearers of different business organisations, disclosed that a vegetable market would shortly be set up around Bhagat Singh Park to rehabilitate vegetable sellers on reasonable rent.

It was also decided to settle about 400 rehriwalas by establishing three markets on Sadiq Chowk, Circular and Talwandi Roads. The Deputy Commissioner asked them to furnish a complete list in this connection immediately in his office to do the needful at the earliest.

While directing rickshaw pullers to park their rickshaws around the bus stand, Mr Shekhar also took a serious view for the unauthorised encroachments by some taxi owners near Government Girls Senior Secondary School.

On a complaint by the vegetable office-bearers that earlier also only 17 out of 52 vegetable sellers had been settled and the cases of remaing were still hanging fire, the Deputy Commissioner promised that no such discriminatory attitude would be followed.

Assuring all sorts of funds, he also asked officers of the Nagar Council to prepare a plan for the beautification of the town named after Sufi Saint Baba Sheikh Farid. Many senior district officers were also present in the meeting.