Roll back new guidelines of imposing heavy penalties on traders: NVCC
   Date :05-Dec-2021

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The latest decision of the State Government to impose heavy penalties for not following COVID Appropriate Behaviour (CAB) is not going down well with the traders here in the city. A delegation of the traders under the banner of Nag Vidarbha Chamber of Commerce (NVCC) recently took up the matter with Nagpur Guardian Minister Nitin Raut and urged the Government to roll back the decision. As per the new guidelines issued by the Government, a person not following the CAB will be fined Rs 500. But if the violation by a person takes place on the premises of an organisation, the organisation will be fined Rs 10,000. In addition to this, if any organisation itself fails to follow the CAB, the fine will be Rs 50,000. Further, frequent violations of rules will lead to its closure of the organisation. The guidelines are applicable for the traders who are opposing it.
 
President of the NVCC Ashwin Mehadia said the new guidelines are not justifiable. “It seems that that the Government is not targeting the traders only. We are open for new rules that will prevent spread of the virus but they should be equal for all,” he said. Vice President of the chamber Swapnil Ahirkar said that the traders should not be held responsible for others’s mitsake,” he said. Secretary Ramavatar Totla said that the traders are already bearing the brunt of the recent lockdowns. Vice President of the chamber Arjundas Ahuja, Joint Secretary Rajwantpal Singh Tuli and others were also present on the occasion.