BHOPAL: The BJP-ruled Ujjain Municipal Company has directed store homeowners to show their names and cell numbers exterior their institutions within the historic metropolis, a directive approaching the heels of the same order by the BJP authorities in UP for eateries alongside the Kanwar Yatra route. Violators should pay a Rs 2,000 positive for the primary offence and Rs 5,000 in the event that they defy this order for the second time, Ujjain Mayor Mukesh Tatwal stated on Saturday. This order is geared toward making certain security and transparency and never supposed to focus on Muslim shop-keepers, the mayor stated.
Ujjain, the hometown of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, is thought for its sacred Mahakal temple, attracting devotees from across the globe, particularly in the course of the Savaan month, which begins on Monday. Tatwal stated the Mayor-in-Council of Ujjain had permitted a proposal for shopkeepers to show their names on September 26, 2002, adopted by the Company Home, and subsequently despatched it to the state authorities for objections and formalities.
“All formalities have been already accomplished. The implementation was delayed because the nameplates had been initially required to be of the identical dimension and color. Now, we now have relaxed these phrases. Displaying the names and cell numbers of shopkeepers will suffice,” he advised PTI over the cellphone. He confused that the measure is rooted within the MP Store Institution Act or Gumasta License, and it serves to boost buyer security.
“Ujjain is a non secular and holy metropolis. Individuals come right here with spiritual aastha (religion). They’ve the fitting to know in regards to the shopkeeper whose companies they’re availing. If a buyer is dissatisfied or cheated, realizing the shopkeeper’s particulars permits them to hunt redress,” the mayor stated.
Ujjain is ready to host the Simhastha (Kumbh) Mela in 2028, a big spiritual truthful held each 12 years. This motion mirrors the latest directive in Uttar Pradesh, the place all eateries alongside the Kanwar Yatra route had been requested to show homeowners’ names. The Uttar Pradesh authorities prolonged this order statewide on Friday, whereas Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami stated related directions are already in place his state. The order has confronted criticism from opposition events and a few members of the ruling alliance, who argue it targets Muslim merchants.
