MCD News: The Delhi government has requested that the MCD finish its census of all street sellers by October of this year to meet the demands from many organisations that represent street hawkers. The civic body has currently identified about 75,000 street sellers. The estimated figure for overall street vendors could go as high as 5 lakhs, as per the authorities.
MCD to finish survey by October
An MCD official stated that a directive has been given to the urban development department to finish the survey of the remaining street vendors by the end of this year, in October. MCD representatives state that the business surveying the vendors has been given instructions to resume operations.
“Yes we will start the survey as soon as the impanelled agency starts working, the survey of left-out street vendors will restart. The agency has not yet started working” said a senior MCD officer. The Delhi government has so far identified almost 75,000 street sellers till December 2022, and the MCD has so far granted Certificates of Vending to 63,724 vendors throughout all zones.
Vending committees
The Delhi government had previously announced 28 Town Vending Committees for the first time. Following the notification, the vendor committees’ initial action was to survey all of Delhi to identify street sellers.
Meanwhile, the Hawkers’ Association has expressed confidence in MCD to finish the survey by the end of this year.
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