pune traders on monday demanded that action should not be taken against the business establishments owners taking stock tallying business and keeping valuables in strong rooms after pulling down shutters at 8pmtoday i received a video clipping of a police officer announcing through the publicaddress system that no light should be seen nor anybody should be there in shops after 8pm said fatechand ranka the president of the pune vyapari mahasangh in a statement issued on mondaythe order of the commissioner of pune municipal corporation pmc is very much clear that shops can remain open up to 8pm and restaurants can give takeaways on behalf of the traders of pune our request is that no action be taken against any traders tallying the balance and the stock after the shutters are pulled down said rankathe federation has given a letter to the commissioner of police we have received the pmcs order stating that all shops will remain open till 8 pm it means we must pull down the shutters at 8pm after that we have to take stock and keep jewellery in the strong room before leaving the premises ranka said in the letterhe said all businesses have been badly affected and nowadays it is a problem of survival the traders are not in a position to pay their emisthe federation also appealed to traders to complete their daily work by 7pm they should also make sure that the staff members leave the workplace by 730 pm so that they can reach home by 8pmmadhav jagtap the head of pmcs antiencroachment department said they had formed 30 squads to act against the rule violators these squads would be placed across 15 ward offices each squad would have 45 people he said