Kanwar Yatra: Unaware of SC stay, eatery owners rush to display names

It is for the first time in 15 years of his business of hawking tender coconuts that Mohammad Tariq had to put up a banner on his temporary cart near Morta in Ghaziabad. On the day Tariq put up the board as directed, the Supreme Court took a serious view of the matter on Monday and issued an interim stay on directives from the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments, which mandated eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to prominently display the names of their owners. Many street vendors, Dhaba and restaurant owners on the Delhi-Meerut Road have started to ”comply” with the ”verbal instructions” issued by the Ghaziabad police. Another street vendor, Ravi Chauhan, said he put up a banner indicating in big letters the name of his son, “Aditya Chauhan, shudh shakahari chole kulche ”. Other senior officials of the Ghaziabad police said only the dhaba/restaurant owners were asked to put up rate lists as per provisions of the Food Safety Act and such instructions were not meant for any street vendor or roadside cart owners.