24-05-2025
15 in fray for Trichy street vending panel poll
Trichy: Trichy corporation on Thursday said that a total of 15 candidates are in the fray, after scrutiny, for the maiden election to constitute the street vending committee in Trichy city.
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Six representatives of street vendors are to be elected under six categories, at one representative per category, to the committee to earmark permitted and prohibited zones for street vendors to do business in the city.
The election to the street vending committee was announced by Trichy corporation to regulate the business of street vendors in all five zones here in a way not affecting public movement. The six representatives to be elected will make suggestions for finalizing the allowed and prohibited zones.
The election, in which vendors from all parts of the city will vote, will be conducted on May 30 at Bishop Heber school in Puthur.
The categories of the election include Backward Class (BC), Minorities, Women, Persons with Disabilities (PwD), Scheduled Caste (SC), and General with two-three members in each. There are 6,220 street vendors provided with ID cards through a GPS-enabled survey conducted by the urban local body. However, as a section of the vendors approached high court alleging irregularities, Trichy corporation conducted another survey as directed by the court and informed that 38 street vendors with ID cards until 2024 have died.
Their names were removed from the electoral roll. Presently, there are 6,182 street vendors eligible to vote in the election.
