Holidays Year: 3500 Vendors In The Capital

In fact, each year, from mid-November to late December, the capital was stormed by more than a thousand seasonal merchants. The most popular places are the John Kennedy Street , North Station and Victoria Station . Thus, if we add the number of vendors currently operating in Port Louis than seasonal merchants , they will be about 3,500 merchants selling goods on the streets of the capital during the next two months.
" This is a difficult situation to manage , recognize inspectors Hall. They ask all road users , motorists , pedestrians , traders and consumers to be cautious . The side of the police, it is said that more officers will be deployed in the most popular locations to ensure public safety while advocating collective responsibility.
Officials improvised merchants
The year -end holidays are a particularly important time for business, hawkers and seasonal benefit to fill their pockets . Having received their year -end bonuses , Mauritian consumers ferront their purchases. Thus, the money in circulation during the month of December usually around Rs 25 billion , an injection of Rs 3 billion in the system during this period of the payment of premiums year-end , the declaration of dividends .
Some officials and private employees do not hesitate to convert to seasonal merchants to make ends meet. Raj, a shoe salesman in the streets of the capital , argues that its revenues amounted to Rs 200,000 for the month of December. "Before, things were going better, but in recent years , the Mauritian consumers are showing more restraint because of the high cost of living . Still we manage to get along , " he says .
Since last year , the vendors are within the scope of an injunction from the Supreme Court forbidding them to operate within a radius of 500 meters around the central market. The mayor of Port -Louis tries to stay in the North Station and Victoria Station where two sites have been developed specifically for them.
However, the vendors refuse to sign contracts for new stalls have been allocated . They demand that the municipality revises the attached conditions, including one that allow them to work only three times a week . A compromise seems to be hard to find for nowbecause both parties are standing their ground .