Traders’ bandh in support of jewellers

Coming in support of the ongoing strike by jewellers, traders in the city observed ‘bandh’ on Thursday and closed their shops.

Various market associations including the apex body of the traders — Chandigarh Beopar Mandal — had given a call to traders to shut shops in the Union Territory.

The Chandigarh Beopar Mandal had asked the traders to observe a bandh to show solidarity with the jewellers in the city.

“We want to make public aware that burden of excise will be passed on to customers, which will affect the customers and also hit our trade,” an office bearer of the Chandigarh Jewellers Association said.