To Meet JNAC Officials on March 12
Jamshedpur: Traders across the city have opposed the recent rent hike for shops in Sairat Bazaars and alleged that authorities increased the rates without consulting the trading community.
The Jamshedpur All Market Association organised a meeting that brought together representatives from all 10 Sairat Bazaars in the city to discuss the issue and plan their response.
Association President Harvinder Singh Mantu chaired the meeting, while General Secretary Naseem Ansari conducted the proceedings. During the discussion, traders unanimously rejected the rent hike imposed by the Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC) and described the decision as unfair and unacceptable.
Speaking at the meeting, Harvinder Singh Mantu said JNAC had implemented the rent increase unilaterally without taking traders into confidence. He added that the trading community strongly objects to the decision and will not accept the hike in its current form.
The association also decided to send a delegation of traders to meet the Special Officer of JNAC on March 12 to formally convey their concerns and register their protest against the proposed rent hike.
Several traders attended the meeting, including Brijesh Goyal, Durgadas Sahu, Somnath Tiwari, Suresh Kumar Gupta, Shankar Prasad, Munna Agarwal, Ranjeet Gupta, Dharmesh Kumar, Sanjay Singh, Subhash Chand, Shamim Rahmani, Ranjeet Singh, Rajesh Gupta, Kartik Rai, Rahul Burman, Naveen Kumar and Mustafa Raza.
About Sairat Bazaars:
Sairat Bazaars refer to marketplaces or shops owned by a civic body or government authority and rented out to traders through an auction or licensing system. In Jamshedpur, the Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee constructs and owns these commercial stalls and leases them to traders. The traders run businesses such as grocery stores, vegetable shops, eateries and repair shops but do not own the property.
The civic body fixes or revises the rent for these shops, and such revisions often trigger disputes or protests from traders when the rates increase.
