Summary:
The zonal town vending committees (TVC) of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) are yet to assign hawking pitches to more than 18,000 eligible hawkers. The BMC’s Licence Department has finalised 31,264 pitches across Mumbai’s seven zones for nearly 18,000 eligible hawkers, of which 11,000 are old licensed vendors. Barring zones 2 and 6, five zonal TVCs have approved a list of hawkers and pitches. These two zones have a total of 5,592 hawkers and 9,014 hawking pitches. AdvertisingAccording to the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014, the civic body has to conduct a hawkers’ survey every five years..