KL mayor asks for tolerance in Brickfields
KUALA LUMPUR: KL mayor Tan Sri Ahmad Fuad Ismail said stalls in Brickfields would be allowed to continue operating for another month.
He was responding to a query by The Malay Mail on traders in Brickfields hogging walkways along Jalan Tun Sambathan, making it difficult for pedestrians, especially the blind, to move around the area.
He said while he understood the plight of pedestrians, traders should also be given a chance to do business.
“Give them a month. Give them a chance to work," he said.
He said tourists and locals flock to Little India in Brickfields, especially during Deepavali, and that City Hall had to allow the traders to set up stalls there.
“We allow this at other places during the Ramadan month and if we don’t do the same during Deepavali, people will complain and say we are being unfair.”
The walkways around Brickfields are marked extensively with raised lines and dots for the blind.
The Malay Mail had also received calls from the public claiming stalls in the area were causing traffic congestion as unloading of goods were done by the roadside.
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