Police disperse striking traders in New Delhi
{{date|November 1, 2006}}
{{India}}
The Delhi Police used lathi(baton)-charges to disrupt striking traders when they gathered  in large numbers and attempted to block traffic on the city's streets  on Wednesday morning. The 2-day old strike, protesting a Supreme Court order to [[w:Delhi Sealing Drive|seal unauthorised commercial establishments]] in the city, turned to a more violent note with protestors  stranded several buses by puncturing their tyres.

The Supreme Court's Monitoring committee sent a notice to the [[w:Municipal Corporation of Delhi|Municipal Corporation of Delhi]] (MCD) on Tuesday to resume the sealing of unauthorised shops from November 2. Initially, the sealing drive was to resume on November 1.

Private medical practitioners also joined the protest on its final day, which affected health services in the [[w:New Delhi|city]]. The traders threatened to extend their strike if MCD resumes its sealing drive.

The first two days of the strike went peacefully without having any serious violence. Traders were expecting the government to meet their demands. They met [[w:List of Chief Ministers of Delhi|Delhi chief minister]] [[w:Sheila Dikshit|Sheila Dikshit]] to resolve this dispute.

== Related news ==

*{{wikinews|title= Sealing in New Delhi put off until Monday|date= November 2,2006}}

== Sources ==

*{{source|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200611011101.htm
|title=Police lathicharge traders in Delhi
|author=Press Trust of India
|pub=The Hindu
|date=November 1, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1833234,001302490000.htm
|title=Chaos and stoning on Day 3 of Delhi traders strike
|author=Indo-Asian News Service
|pub=Hindustan Times
|date=November 1, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template=Delhidemolitions&slug=Traders+threaten+to+extend+strike&id=20629&callid=0&category=National
|title=Delhi sealing: Traders threaten to extend strike
|author=
|pub=NDTV
|date=November 1, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/nov/01trader.htm
|title=Delhi: Traders block traffic, face cane music
|author=
|pub=Rediff
|date=November 1, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/resume-sealing-from-nov-2-sc-to-mcd/25142-3.html
|title=SC panel to MCD: Resume sealing
|author=
|pub=CNN-IBN
|date=October 31, 2006}}

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The Delhi Police used lathi(baton)-charges to disrupt striking traders when they gathered  in large numbers and attempted to block traffic on the city's streets  on Wednesday morning. The 2-day old strike, protesting a Supreme Court order to seal unauthorised commercial establishments in the city, turned to a more violent note with protestors  stranded several buses by puncturing their tyres.

The Supreme Court's Monitoring committee sent a notice to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Tuesday to resume the sealing of unauthorised shops from November 2. Initially, the sealing drive was to resume on November 1.

Private medical practitioners also joined the protest on its final day, which affected health services in the city. The traders threatened to extend their strike if MCD resumes its sealing drive.

The first two days of the strike went peacefully without having any serious violence. Traders were expecting the government to meet their demands. They met Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit to resolve this dispute.
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