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Chandigarh Sector 19 traders rally against street vendors Chandigarh Sector 19 traders rally against street vendorsBy Akanksha BudhirajaSHOPKEEPERS AND traders on Saturday downed shutters from morning till 1 pm in protest against the demarcation of space for allotment to 285 vendors at the Sector 19 market. But after revaluating the decision recently, space was allotted to street vendors. The market association has even threatened to go on an indefinite hunger strike if the decision to allot space to street vendors was not rolled back by Monday. She also assured us of preparing a detailed factual report following the order will be prepared.”The MC commissioner said, “The demarcation of spaces for vendors in Sector 19 is in the initial stage. Arvinder Singh Bedi, president of the Shopkeeper Market Association and owner of Noordeep Collections, at Sector 19, said, “We are already struggling and have been victims of the street vendors’ nuisance outside our shops for years..