Number of vendors swells to 21K

Rajinder Nagarkoti

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Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 4

The Town Vending Committee (TVC) of the Municipal Corporation has accepted the survey of vendors conducted by the Haryana Nav Yuvak Kala Sangam under the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014.

The agency had identified 21,621 vendors during the survey, which is almost three times the number of vendors in 2011. In 2011, there were 7,500 vendors as per the MC survey.

In the committee’s meeting, which was held yesterday, the members also approved to reduce the monthly fee from Rs 5,000 to Rs 2,000. A senior MC official said there were different categories of vendors, therefore, the fees would be reduced in each category. 

The MC had proposed two categories of vendors — service providers and non-service providers. The fee of vendors were also proposed to vary area wise (MC divided areas into three categories - A, B and C) and the type of service they provided.