Street vendors’ survey starts next month in Panchkula : The Tribune India

Join Whatsapp Channel

Street vendors’ survey starts next month in Panchkula

PANCHKULA: The Haryana Government has decided to conduct a survey of street vendors in Panchkula.

Street vendors’ survey starts next month in Panchkula

Roadside fruit vendors at Sector 7 in Panchkula. TRIBUNE PHOTO: NITIN MITTAL



Rajinder Nagarkoti

Tribune News Service

Panchkula, October 26

The Haryana Government has decided to conduct a survey of street vendors in Panchkula. An agency has been hired for it, which will, in association with the Municipal Corporation, start the survey next month.

Notably, Parliament had passed the Street Vendors’ (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014, which guarantees them the right to work as a street vendors. They can be evicted only as per provisions of the Act.

Panchkula MC Commissioner Rajesh Jogpal said they had recently held a meeting of the town vending committee. The ground work had been completed and the survey would start soon, he said. In 2015, vendors had approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court. They had sought directions to the government and the MC not to evict them, except as per provisions of the Act.

Remove encroachments, demand residents

Residents, on the other hand, complained to the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), Municipal Corporation (MC) and sthe district administration regarding the encroachment of city roads by vendors. Rakesh Aggarwal, chairman, Lok Sarvhitkari Society, Panchkula, said illegal vendors had encroached upon every possible space in the city. “Be it roads or open spaces, street vendors are operating everywhere with the support of the authorities. The issue was raised at every forum but the authorities failed to solve the problem,” he said.

Top News

Arvind Kejriwal to be produced before Delhi court today as 6-day ED custody ends

Excise policy case: Delhi court extends ED custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till April 1

In his submissions, Kejriwal said, ‘I am named by 4 witnesse...

Delhi High Court dismisses PIL to remove Arvind Kejriwal from CM post after arrest

Delhi High Court dismisses PIL to remove Arvind Kejriwal from CM post after arrest

The bench refuses to comment on merits of the issue, saying ...

‘Unwarranted, unacceptable’: India on US remarks on Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest

‘Unwarranted, unacceptable’: India on US remarks on Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest

MEA spokesperson says India is proud of its independent and ...

Bullying Congress culture, no wonder being rejected: PM Modi, backs senior lawyers who flagged attempts to undermine public trust in judiciary

Bullying Congress culture, no wonder being rejected: PM Modi

Backs senior lawyers who flagged attempts to undermine publi...

Gujarat court sentences former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to 20 years in jail in 1996 drug case

Gujarat court sentences former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to 20 years in jail in 1996 drug case

Bhatt, who was sacked from the force in 2015, is already beh...


Cities

View All