Ghaziabad, Feb. 14 -- The Ghaziabad municipal corporation held a meeting of the town vending committee on Thursday with an aim to end the standoff between vendors and Ghaziabad police who had ordered the shifting of weekly markets away from roadsides with an aim to end congestion caused by hawkers and shoppers.

Municipal officials who attended the meeting said the civic body took four key decisions, which included directions to vendors to register themselves at the respective zonal offices, and that weekly markets will not be allowed to operate beyond a line marked on the roadside.

Besides members of the town vending committee, the meeting was attended by officials from the municipal corporation, district administration, NCR cell, fire ...