Vendors and makeshift stalls have occupied footpaths in many areas of the capital city in the absence of monitoring by the authorities concerned. Vendors most often set up their shops on the footpaths, hampering pedestrians’ movement and forcing them to walk through roads amid risk of accidents,
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Prices rein in Eid shoppers on city footpaths
Eid shopping at roadside makeshift shops, where mostly the lower and middle-income group people go, in the capital did not gain momentum till Friday as most of the blue-collar and pink-collar workers were yet to get their festival allowances, with about 18 days left for Eid-ul Fitr. Footpath vendors and other people concerned have also ... Read more