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Kolhar Merchants Shut Market, Burn BMC Money in Protest Against Ceiling Policy
✍️ Amar Ujala · Madhya Pradesh
🗓 02 Sep 2026, 02:36 PM
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In Kolhar, traders halted market operations and set fire to a municipal money box to protest a new ceiling policy that threatens thousands of families' livelihoods.
In the town of Kolhar, traders halted market operations as a protest against a newly introduced ceiling policy that they say threatens the livelihoods of thousands of families.
The merchants staged a symbolic act by burning a municipal money box, claiming it represented the financial burden imposed by the policy. They warned that if the policy is not reversed, they would consider self‑immolation with their families.
Local authorities have yet to respond to the protest, and the market remains closed as merchants continue to demand a review of the ceiling measures.
The merchants staged a symbolic act by burning a municipal money box, claiming it represented the financial burden imposed by the policy. They warned that if the policy is not reversed, they would consider self‑immolation with their families.
Local authorities have yet to respond to the protest, and the market remains closed as merchants continue to demand a review of the ceiling measures.