19,700 street vendors in city, finds survey

Rajinder Nagarkoti

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 31

The first phase of the street vendors' survey, which started on July 19, has been completed. According to a report of the survey, there are 19,700 vendors in the city. The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation received 37 complaints during the survey.

This was revealed at the monthly House meeting of the MC by Mayor Arun Sood.

Giving details of the survey, Sood said the Haryana Nav Yuvak Kala Sangam, which was given the task, would cover the leftover areas in the coming week and also those who were not able to produce their documents to the survey team. All such vendors could submit their documents at the Janj Ghar, Sector 23, where the agency had set up its office, the Mayor said.

MC Joint Commissioner Virender Chaudhary informed the House that during the survey, the civic body received only 37 complaints.

MC Commissioner B Purushartha said since there were only a few complaints, the survey work should be applauded.

Earlier, Congress councillor Subhash Chawla raised the issue of anomalies pointed by residents during the survey and demanded a check by MC officials.

A senior MC official said licences would be given by September-end and the scheme would be implemented in the first week of October.

The survey was conducted by the Haryana Nav Yuvak Kala Sangam under the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014.