Market vendors await zones, licences Cannot shift as vending is their livelihood

By Hamsaveni N

Moststreet vendors in KR Market don’t have a street vending license, making it difficult for them to do business

Easu, a street vendor, informed

The Observer: “We are often asked to move away , but as this is our only livelihood, we cannot move away from the market We have been doing vending business for many years We face roll calls every day No official has visited us Most street vendors are unaware of the licence and the PM Swanidhi scheme ”

Laxmi S, a vendor, said: “I depend on the money I get from this vending business Very often, we are asked to remove our business

On Sundays, there is a huge crowd here, and the place gets filled with garbage It will be helpful if there are proper vend- ing zones We should be allowed to do our business freely ” “I heard about the street vending licence, but none of the offi- cers has approached us It will be helpful if we receive the licence and we can avail loan from the government,” said Rathnamma, a vegetable vendor

Vending zones have not been allotted Very few vendors have the vending licence issued in 2019 when the Town Vending Committee (TVC) was formed under the municipal corporation

The vendors have been sitting in a haphazard manner in the market, blocking roads and causing huge traffic congestions

The vendors are often asked to move away from the place Most of them are from poor or lowermiddle class families, and vending is their only source of income

According to The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014, a Town Vending Committee (TVC) that is supposed to look after street vendors should be formed in every district under the Municipal Corporation

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