Charity vendors to be relocated for market demolition

Vendors at the According to the Regional Charity Market Chairperson of Region Two, will soon be Ms. Velma Da Silva, all relocated to vendors, affected or not, alternative areas following a should relocate to facilitate major fire at the facility last clean-up efforts and week Thursday that complete demolition of the damagedanumberofstalls. market.

This decision to relocate, In an invited comment however, is not going down the Regional Chairperson well with vendors, and even said, “the fastest thing we sparked a picketing exercise can try to do is to find an onWednesday area that we can relocate

The centre of the market you guys to They don’t had suffered extensive want that; they want a shed damage from the fire immediately Becauseofthe According to the Fire amount of work done, we Department, some twenty- have to disconnect the five of eighty-five stalls electricity to remove and weredestroyed. clearthatarea ”

Stall holders, who She went on to say: “the suffered little to no damage roof was burnt and thechairpersonsaid. One vendor who has been stalls.” He added: “They western section of the during the fire, are everything has to come Kaieteur News learntthat plying her trade within the ain’t talking about market, vending should contending that they should down. They want to vend; displaced vendors will be Charity Market for the past compensation or nothing if continue. This publication be allowed to vend in the we have to cater for their accommodated on the 25 years said: “at the back they’retobreakdownallour observedthatquiteanumber area, as their livelihoods are safety because of the work market tarmac, which is street stalls breaking and investments. All they keep ofstallsinthewesternendof atstake. that has to be done; we have anotherlocationinCharity entering every night. The saying is the place gotta do; the market indeed were

Regional authorities on to break. If you’re vending This nonetheless raises tarmac and the back does they gotta clear This is our untouchedbythefire. the other hand, have a and all these machineries additional concerns for floodalltheytalkingaboutis only source of income; we A small section of the completely different have to go on the ground, it vendors, particularly in the bulldozing this place and are pleading with President roof above this location, perspective on the matter. will not be safe for them…” areaofsecurityandflooding. putting up a double-decker Ali to come and have a first- however,waspartiallyburnt. market. All these stalls, hand look…” the vendor While plans for a new people build them privately, related. facility had been announced, we paying rent to the spot to Vendors believe that no timeframe has been given the NDC. All these tables, since little to no structural on when works will people build from tables to damage was done to the commence.