27 vending zones to be developed in city

  • | Thursday | 20th July, 2017

DEHRADUN: Dehradun Municipal Corporation has identified 27 locations where modern vendor zones in the city will be developed under the National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM).A modern vendor zone will have tin shade, parking, washrooms, electricity and drinking water supply. Municipal commissioner Ravneet Chima said, “We are planning to develop modern vendor zones in the city to settle hawkers in one area. The DMC said that there are approximately 3,000 vendors in the city and lottery system will be used to issue licences. This will ease the traffic as well as benefit vendors.”State president of vendor union Sanjay Chopra said that such zones should be developed in other districts as well. “We had been demanding vending zones from a very long time.

DEHRADUN: Dehradun Municipal Corporation has identified 27 locations where modern vendor zones in the city will be developed under the National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM).A modern vendor zone will have tin shade, parking, washrooms, electricity and drinking water supply. The DMC said that there are approximately 3,000 vendors in the city and lottery system will be used to issue licences. Vendor zones will be constructed in locations like Indra Nagar, Race Course, Vasant Vihar, Kaulagarh, Rajpur Road, Parade Ground, Patel Nagar, Raipur Road, Dharampur and Deepnagar areas.The DMC officials said that at present hawkers wander around the city to sell their goods which hinders smooth flow of traffic.A team from the DMC and a committee of vendors jointly surveyed 35 areas in prime locations of the city of which 27 were approved. Municipal commissioner Ravneet Chima said, “We are planning to develop modern vendor zones in the city to settle hawkers in one area. This will ease the traffic as well as benefit vendors.”State president of vendor union Sanjay Chopra said that such zones should be developed in other districts as well. “We had been demanding vending zones from a very long time. Finally, DMC has worked towards this. This will bring comfort to both sellers and buyers,” Chopra added.

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