Vendors have reoccupied the shoulders of the Charity Public Road.
Councillors of the Charity-Urasara Neighbour-hood Democratic Council (NDC) summoned a special meeting recently to address the situation, which resulted from the temporary permission granted during the Christmas holiday.
The clearing of the Charity road shoulders was done in October of last year with vendors being relocated to the new $21M tarmac located opposite the Pomeroon Oil Mill Inc.
At the special meeting, Chairman of the NDC Kenneth Persaud said vendors have once again erected makeshift stalls on the public road shoulders and resumed vending, in violation of the laws.
Persaud noted that this is going on despite the fact that the area was cleared by the NDC, in collaboration with the regional administration, the Public Works Ministry and the police force, in October of last year.
Permission for vending alongside the public road shoulder was given to stall holders by the regional administration and the NDC during the Christmas season, with the understanding that the area should be cleared within the first week in January.
However, this was not done.
Region 2 Chairman Ali Baksh, who was also present at the meeting, told the councillors to seek the intervention of the police force, which is responsible for the clearing of the road shoulders.
The Chairman also called on councillors to make the Charity Market area more appealing to the public by taking more actions against defaulters.
Baksh said should any vending be done on the tarmac alongside the public road, only collapsible stalls should be used and it should look attractive to the public. He added that vendors should clear the tarmac at a specific time and this should be monitored by the councillors.
