The authorities in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, have approved a comprehensive plan to dissolve market places and divide them, in addition to removing randomly assigned public transport stops.
AlTaghyeer: Khartoum
A meeting presided by Ayman Khalid Nimr, the governor of Khartoum, with members of his cabinet, approved a comprehensive strategy to remove randomly placed market places and stops in the state, and to organize all market places within the state’s various localities.
The Sudanese capital suffers from the phenomena of randomly set-up market places, travelling vendors, and vendors who set up rugs on the streets to sell off of, around public transport stops.
The official Twitter account for the state of Khartoum tweeted today, Friday, that the meeting had also recommended that market places should be organized into sectors, with permanent presence from Khartoum’s traffic police around the state’s various raods.
The Khartoum state authorities have organized many campaigns aiming at curbing these transgressions, with the main “Jackson” public transport stop having witnessed, during the past few days, extensive campaigns aimed at removing said encroachments.
The campaigns often succeed in eliminating street vendors for a short while before the merchants make their way back to these areas once the law presence diminishes.
Several groups have called on the authorities to provide alternatives for the street merchants instead of removing them off the scene and disrupting their livelihoods, as they mainly rely on their trade activities in providing for their day to day needs.
Recently, the Sudanese police forces had initiated the “Rapid Lightning” campaign all around Khartoum’s localities, aimed at curbing encroachments at marketplaces and public streets, and arresting repeat criminal offenders.
