CHENNAI: The Greater Chennai Corporation held elections to the Street Vending Committee in Kodambakkam zone on Saturday.The elections were held on the corporation higher secondary school premises on the Arcot Road.There are 6,907 street vendors in Kodambakkam zone who have ID cards. “Only those with ID cards are allowed to vote. This zone has the second largest number of vendors in the city. The biggest area is T Nagar ,” said a corporation official in the revenue department.“Out of the six categories, general, OBC, women, SC, ST, disabled, elections are being held only for OBC and women. All the other categories were selected unanimously by the vendors, themselves,” the official said.“Once the elections are completed, by December 15, we will set up the committee that will comprise 15 members. Elections were held in just Thiru Vi Ka Nagar, Ambattur and Teynampet. In all other zones, members were unanimously selected by associations,” said an official.But street vendors from T Nagar area said the elections were not held fairly.“Our association in T Nagar was not even allowed to submit application forms for the elections. When we fought and somehow tried to apply, our applications were rejected stating our residential address was not in the zone,” said P Muthu of Tamil Nadu Netaji Subash Chandra Bose (Unorganised Workers) Association.The rules were clear, and elections were being held fairly, said corporation revenue officer Sukumar Chitti.The results will be announced in the evening.

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