After a gap of nearly eight months, stalls were set up as part of the Sunday Market albeit in a new location- Sahastradhara Road. However, the vendors stated that there was negligible business on the first day in the new location which is in the suburban area of the city.

About 70 vendors set up their stalls in the area near Him Jyoti school on Sunday. However, the head of the Sunday Market association stated that no profit was made by the vendors mainly because the area is far away from the city which resulted in few visitors.

The Sunday market association head Margoob Ali said, “After so much of struggle we were finally assigned a place along Sahastradhara Road. However, we earned nothing on the first day. The public has very less knowledge about the Sunday market being set up along Sahastradhara Road. The area is so far from the city centre that we received no buyers and suffered a loss on the first day.”

He further elaborated that “There is already markets which get set up every Sunday near the Clock Tower and Parade Ground. There are vendors who don’t even pay any amount to Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD). However, we on the other hand pay MCD Rs 300 per vendor every Sunday.

Officials should do something for our relief as soon as possible.”

It is pertinent to mention that MCD first identified three locations in the city for the Sunday market which was then reduced to one near Bindal on Haridwar bypass road leading to the ISBT.

As the assigned land belongs to the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA), the Sunday market was removed from the place. After this, the vendors are finally given a spot in Sahastradhara Road. However, the first day of business in the new location has not been positive for the vendors.