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Time of India
07-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
ID cards issued to vendors at Shanghumugham Beach
1 2 3 4 T'puram: In a bid to streamline beachside commerce and regulate informal trade, the city corporation has begun issuing ID cards to street vendors at Shanghumugham Beach. The process is part of a new policy under which only one person per ration card is allowed to operate a stall, an approach aimed at ensuring fairness and curbing duplication. The move follows a decision by the town vending committee, which has mandated that each vendor must submit a valid ration card to prove eligibility. Corporation secretary Jahamgeer S told TOI that the rule has evoked resistance. "Some vendors opposed it since we insist on the ration card rule," he said. Despite the opposition, over 50% of the relocation process has been completed and talks are ongoing with the remaining vendors. All existing food kiosks along the beach were demolished to make way for a new, streamlined food street, developed at a nearby site. The revamped vending zone will feature uniform stalls, a consistent colour scheme and equal space allocation, ensuring both visual harmony and operational efficiency. The town vending committee, formed under the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, has played a key role in formulating the relocation plan. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like An engineer reveals: One simple trick to get internet without a subscription Techno Mag Learn More Undo Additionally, the corporation council has approved the issuance of ID cards to over 3,500 street vendors across the city, marking a wider move to regulate informal trade. The corporation is set to complete the relocation of 116 street vendors at Shanghumugham Beach within a month, marking a milestone in its beach beautification and rehabilitation project. As part of it, 16 designated food kiosks have been constructed and operations are expected to begin shortly. Initially, only 96 vendors were registered at Shanghumugham. But with the area's redevelopment under way, 20 new applicants joined. Corporation officials confirmed the newly built kiosks were allotted based on seniority and the demolition of unauthorised structures is now complete. To support the eco-friendly transformation of the beach, a mechanical composting facility and an organic waste converter have been installed to handle food waste more efficiently. The broader development project is being executed in collaboration with the tourism department, Smart City Thiruvananthapuram, city corporation and the district tourism promotion council. The construction of the new vending infrastructure was undertaken by the Kerala State Nirmithi Kendra, with kiosks set up near the beach entrance and beside the old coffee house. Despite initial pushback, officials remain confident that disputes would be resolved. "Discussions are in progress with the vendors to resolve the issue and all shops will be operational within a month," Jahamgeer said.
The Hindu
18-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
BBMP seizes goods of street vendors on Church Street
When civic officials came armed with an empty lorry to seize goods being sold by street vendors on Church Street on Wednesday, most of the vendors ran to hide their goods. But the officials seized the goods of three vendors and dumped them in the lorry and were about to leave like they did many times before. But Wednesday was different. The street vendors staged an impromptu protest. Swami Gowda, who sold caps and socks on the footpath, said that the civic body, under pressure from shopkeepers and residents of Church Street, had been trying to evict them since November, 2024. 'The BBMP comes armed with a lorry, seizes our goods, and takes them without even giving us an acknowledgement of the seizure. Most times, we don't even get back half of the seized goods. What we get back is usually damaged. It is wrong to target us like this. We have had enough of this and staged a protest on Wednesday, demanding an acknowledgement for the seizure,' he said. Social activists supporting street vendors came to the spot and demanded that civic officials serve notices and do a mahazar of the seized goods as per The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014. 'Civic officials who came for the drive refused to perform mahazar. After a protest and an intervention by the police, an officer gave an undertaking in writing, without any formal sign, or seal from the civic body. The officials only allowed us to take a photograph of it and did not even give us the original,' said Hamdan Quraishi, an activist who was at the spot. Mr. Quraishi further alleged that the police also sided with civic officials and were trying to disrupt the impromptu protest, quoting a High Court order saying any protest outside Freedom Park was illegal.
Time of India
04-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Paper Plans, Pavement Chaos: NMC Yet To Demarcate 43 Hawking Zones
Nagpur: More than four years after the Covid-19 pandemic forced thousands into street vending for survival, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) failed to legally accommodate even a fraction of the city's street vendors. Out of an estimated 50,000 hawkers in Nagpur, only 1,225 were issued official licences. Shockingly, even among the 3,149 hawkers who were registered and authorised to vote in the formation of the city's Town Vending Committee — a key step under the Street Vendors Act — most remain unlicensed and without any designated space. This stark mismatch exposes the civic body's failure to translate policy into action, leaving thousands vulnerable to eviction while footpaths and roads continue to be overrun in the absence of proper planning. According to official data, the zones with the highest number of licences issued — Laxmi Nagar (176), Dharampeth (250), and Hanuman Nagar (81) — account for only a fraction of the vendors on the ground. Zones like Gandhibagh (109), Sataranjipura (77), Lakadganj (105), and Ashi Nagar (41) reflect similarly dismal figures. Mangalwari zone has seen only 91 licences issued so far. "What makes the situation worse is the stalled implementation of the 2014 Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act," said TVC member and hawkers' union leader Abdul Razzaq Qureshi. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch vàng CFDs với mức chênh lệch giá thấp nhất IC Markets Đăng ký Undo Although 3,149 hawkers across all 10 zones were authorised to cast their votes in the election of Town Vending Committee (TVC) — the statutory body responsible for vendor regulation — the civic body failed to translate this democratic mandate into action, revealed data obtained from the NMC's town vending committee department. Zones like Dhantoli (859 voters), Dharampeth (451), Gandhibagh (427), and Laxmi Nagar (239) had significant participation, underscoring hawkers' eagerness for formal inclusion. The TVC finalised 43 hawking zones and even received approval from the state's urban development department. "Yet, the actual demarcation of these zones remains pending with the NMC's market department. This delay has effectively paralysed the licensing process and deepened the regulatory vacuum," pointed out Qureshi. Instead of rolling out a comprehensive rehabilitation strategy, the NMC has focused its enforcement selectively — particularly on Sitabuldi main road, where hawkers are being repeatedly cleared to maintain a hawker-free zone. In the rest of the city, however, anti-encroachment drives have been inconsistent and largely ineffective. Vendors cleared in the morning are often back by the evening, underlining the futility of force-driven tactics. Activists and urban planners have long warned against this piecemeal approach. "You cannot solve a structural crisis with arbitrary removals. Hawkers are part of the urban economy and need designated space, not persecution," said a local urban researcher. The consequences are dire for both vendors and pedestrians. Footpaths in commercial zones like Dharampeth, Nehru Nagar, and Dhantoli remain choked, while key junctions in Gandhibagh and Sitabuldi are plagued by traffic snarls due to encroachments on carriageways. BOX Street vendors' woes Zones---Hawkers who cast votes—Licences to Hawkers Laxmi Nagar---239---176 Dharampeth---451---250 Hanuman Nagar---174---81 Dhantoli---859---161 Nehru Nagar---233---126 Gandhibagh---427---109 Satranjipura---147---77 Lakadganj---288---105 Ashi Nagar---134---41 Mangalwari---197---91
The Hindu
26-05-2025
- The Hindu
Street vendors knock on GHMC's door against harassment
Street vendors from across the city arrived at the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation's grievance redressal platform 'Prajavani' on Monday, with complaints against removal of pushcarts by the police, and non-implementation of the The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014. The 30 to 40 street vendors who arrived at the GHMC headquarters were representing hawkers from several areas, including Ameerpet, Dilsukhnagar, Kothapet, Saroornagar, Dilsukhnagar, Dammaiguda, Secunderabad and several others. They complained about Operation ROPE (Removal of Obstructive Parking & Encroachments) by the Traffic Police, which has majorly impacted the livelihood of the pushcart vendors. In the name of the operation, the police were removing and destroying the pushcarts, they said. Despite shifting to the lanes and bylanes, the vendors got no respite, and the police continued to impose fines and take away the weights, balances, and commodities as a threat, they said. 'Very recently, they deployed earthmovers to destroy the pushcarts near Saroornagar Rythu Bazar. The action was taken without any notice, and about 80 vendors were affected by it. They have had no work for the past few days. How will they live?' questioned Shree, Director of the Informal Labourers and Workers Federation, who led the delegation along with the National Hawkers Federation. The Street Vendors Act, 2014 exists only on paper, with a large number of vendors having the cards issued by GHMC, but not allotted any vending space, she complained. Two vendors each were selected from various locations of the city, to represent the issue, said. About four to five vendors were allowed inside the Prajavani programme to air their grievance, while all others were made to stay outside. Meanwhile, two children from Moosapet were brought to the Prajavani programme with a request for development of a colony park. Space allocated for park in Anjaneyanagar colony was encroached, and was cleared by the authorities, but ₹50 lakh sanctioned earlier for development of the park has not been released, they said. A total 62 complaints were received at the GHMC headquarters, while 104 complaints came through the programme conducted at the six zonal headquarters, a statement from GHMC informed. Majority were complaints pertaining to the Town Planning department.
The Hindu
15-05-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Complete street vendor survey in two days: VMC chief
Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) Commissioner H.M. Dhyanachandra has instructed officials to complete the ongoing survey to identify all street vendors in the VMC limits within two days and submit a report. Participating in the survey in the city on Thursday, the commissioner interacted with a vendor and reviewed the 45 points mentioned in the questionnaire in the survey. Upon completion of the survey, all identified street vendors will be issued an identity card. The initiative follows the recent meeting of the 19-member Town Vending Committee held after a gap of three to four years. A decision has been taken to divide the streets into three zones— red, amber, and green zones—as per the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014. The survey, which began on May 13, is the first since 2018. According to information from the VMC, the last survey identified 17,282 street vendors. The present survey aims to identify how many of those vendors are still active and if any new person has come in their place. As many as 286 welfare secretaries are participating in the survey, and three zonal commissioners are closely supervising it. The process is also expected to ease traffic congestion, especially on Besant Road, where shop owners allege that there has been an increase in vendors recently, narrowing the already congested street and leading to traffic disruptions.
