Over 1,200 decorators and tent house owners in the district are up in arms against the Dhanbad Municipal Corporation following a recent order making trade, labour and catering licenses mandatory for working in marriage halls in the area.
Disagreeing with the decision, a delegation of Dhanbad Zila Decorator Association on Thursday met the district municipal commissioner Satyendra Kumar. Traders will have to close their businesses if the decision is implemented, the delegation, led by its president Pradeep Kumar Singh, said.
The protesters are especially concerned over the DMC’s decision of imposing a registration charge of Rs 5,000 on the pandemic-battered businessmen.