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RANCHI: Ranchi Municipal Corporation RMC ) is all set to start shifting street vendors into the Atal Smriti vendor market from Tuesday in order to remove the encroachers from road between Kutchery chowk to Sarjana chowk.A total of 416 vendors classified under three categories will be allotted space in the market complex. A few people tried to outsmart authorities by claiming themselves as vendors but we identified them.” Out of 416 vendors 302 are in single occupancy category, 102 are in two-in-one category (Two vendors of the same family) and 12 are in the three-in-one category (three of the same family in one shop). However that didn’t happen as the town vending committee of RMC which has 12 elected members cancelled around 150 claims after a thorough background verification which was conducted twice. However, I am thankful to the civic body that they conducted a revised survey or else I would have lost my livelihood.”Narendra Pandey, member of Town vending committee of RMC and president of Ranchi Hawkers association said: “98% of vendors are satisfied with the survey as the genuine vendors haven’t been left out..