Summary:
The rally was held under the aegis of National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI), Surat unit. Vendors want SMC workers and officers to not seize their fruits and flowers from no hawking zone and instead collect fine from them. Surat: Street vendors in large numbers took out a rally from Gandhi Pratima to Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) headquarters at Muglisara in the city on Tuesday and demanded that their right to earn their livelihood be not restricted. Chahwala threatened that if SMC doesn’t take steps in their interests, they will file a contempt of court petition in Supreme Court. We were told the administration will get back to us within a fortnight.”He claimed there were over one lakh vendors in the city and disputed SMC’s figure of 18,346 hawkers..