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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.
New Indian Express
30-04-2025
- Business
- New Indian Express
GHMC, 26 ULBs told to demarcate vending zones, issue certificates
HYDERABAD: The MAUD department has directed the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and 26 other Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), mostly in the Hyderabad periphery, to demarcate Street Vending Zones — green, amber and red — in all 30 GHMC circles. The demarcation process will involve the chief city planner and vending certificates will be issued to eligible street vendors. Besides GHMC, the ULBs where demarcation is pending include Ghatkesar, Kompally, Peerzadiguda, Pocharam, Adibatla, Amangal, Bandlaguda Jagir, Jalpally, Kothur, Manikonda, Meerpet, Narsingi, Shamshabad, Shankarpally, Thukkuguda and Turkayamjal in Rangareddy district; and Toopran, Bhootpur, Haliya, Nakrekal, Nandikonda, Kosgi, Maktal, Khanapur, Manthani and Sultanabad. Currently, the city lacks formally demarcated vending zones. A similar initiative taken nearly a decade ago in some parts of Hyderabad failed to take off due to various reasons. To support urban street vendors, Telangana MEPMA, a wing of MAUD, has asked all ULBs to implement the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014. Additionally, the department has asked the ULBs to facilitate financial aid to street vendors through banks, similar to the support provided to Self-Help Groups. Camps will be held to provide social security benefits to vendors and their families under SVANidhi se Samriddhi. Civic infrastructure in vending zones will also be developed to improve their socioeconomic well-being, officials said. Instructions Demarcate vending zones in GHMC and other ULBs in coordination with the Town Planning wing Constitute regular Town Vending Committees as per the Telangana Street Vendor Rules, 2020, replacing provisional ones Form provisional Town Vending Committees in newly formed ULBs with 11 official and non-official members Conduct surveys through a mobile application to identify and cover all street vendors Issue ID cards and vending certificates as per guidelines Hold Town Vending Committee meetings monthly and prepare City Street Vending Plans in consultation with planning authorities Ensure that any eviction or relocation of vendors is done in compliance with the rules
