DW BUREAU / chandigarh Chandigarh Beopar Mandal (CBM) has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take attention towards the problems of the small and medium traders of the UT Chandigarh in the prevailing situation of Covid-19 in the entire City Beautiful. According to Anil Vohra, president of CBM, the business activity in the city, is totally vanished due to the lock down. And the small and medium traders are facing very bad time. In the representation to the PM, the CBM said that the business of small and medium traders and shopkeepers have faced been collapsed. All shops and offices have been shut for two months during lockdown and the business activities was totally vanished. Most of the small and medium traders have taken overdraft or term loan to run their business but they are not in position to pay back them. "We request the Government of India to take cognisance of the situation and allow waiver to such interest upto 30-9-2020 in order to help our traders to maintain their business continuity in this economic crises and a special package should be given to small and medium traders," he said. Charanjiv Singh, chairman of the CBM, said that small and medium tradersstill facing the big problem of C form and for that their VAT return and assessments are still pending, The traders are getting notices for the same and penalties are going to imposed to non depositing of C form. On behalf of the traders of the city we request that the deemed assessment scheme should be applicable and all the Cases of VAT should be deemed under the scheme as assessed with a reasonable and minimum amount of tax and penalty. (editor@dailyworld.in)