New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- The Chandni Chowk Sarv Vyapar Mandal on Monday launched a protest march from Sunheri Masjid to the Red Fort, flagging rampant encroachment by squatters and unauthorised hawkers in the area, and alleging neglect by civic authorities.

Members of the traders' group said the government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) had failed to enforce a series of Supreme Court and Delhi High Court orders, allowing the situation to deteriorate.

The group has announced that it will continue to hold one-hour protest marches every day until August 14 unless corrective action is taken.

"A number of court orders have been passed since 2001 - on clearing footpath encroachments, maintaining the area, restricting non-motorised ...