Kozhikode
Seeking a reasonable compensation for the traders who are being evicted as part of the proposed Mananchira-Vellimadukunnu road widening project, the Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samithi (KVVES) staged a dharna in front of the collectorate here on Wednesday. The protesters claimed that the compensation demands of the traders and their workers in nearly 100 shops were remaining unaddressed.
KVVES leaders, who addressed the sit-in, made it clear that they would resist all the forcible attempts on the part of the Revenue Department to evacuate traders without clearing the compensation claims. According to them, each trader in the project area was entitled to receive a compensation of ₹2 lakh as per the government’s agreement apart from ₹36,000 for each worker who might lose the job.
