 "Hauz Khas, Delhi")
Nearly 80 units in markets falling in north Delhi, and upper floors and basements of 38 properties in a south Delhi market were sealed on Monday of an alleged violation of civic norms, officials said.
The action by the North and South Delhi Municipal Corporations were initiated by a Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee.
Meanwhile, a group traders under the umbrella of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), have called for a bandh on Tuesday to lodge their protests against the ongoing sealing of business establishments in the city.
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The SDMC in a statement said, in Hauz Khas Market, the sealed properties included "basements of three PSU banks -- the SBI, UCO Bank and Bank of Baroda".
"We sealed upper floors and basements of 38 units in Hauz Khas Market," a senior SDMC official said.
Meanwhile, the BJP-led North Delhi Municipal Corporation on Monday called a special meeting of its House to discuss the sealing issue.
"I have asked the commissioner to look into the case and suggest from a legal stand point, how much relief we can give to traders. I have also asked him to see if the penalty and the interest on due conversion charges can be waived off," North Delhi Mayor Preety Agarwal said.
It is a 'trade bandh' and so shutters of the shops will remain closed in all markets and no commercial activity will take place, the CAIT said.
On January 15, the three-day session of the Delhi Assembly had begun on a stormy note, with the AAP legislators raising the issue of the sealing drive against properties which are allegedly in violation of municipal norms.
