Standardised vending carts planned for proposed model food streets in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is launching a model food street initiative across six districts, providing street vendors with standardized stainless steel carts and improved hygiene facilities. The project aims to professionalize the street food sector and ensure public health compliance.
Why it matters
This initiative represents a significant effort to formalize the informal economy while addressing public health and sanitation standards in urban areas.
Street food vendors operating at the proposed model food streets will be provided with standardised stainless steel vending carts of a uniform design. In the first phase, the food streets have been planned for six districts: Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchi, Salem, and Tiruppur, according to Tamil Nadu Health Minister K.G. Arunraj.
The food streets were being proposed as part of a concept of creating a brand for street food vendors. Initially, one street in each district will be selected. The streets will have food vending carts of standard design, similar to the uniform tea stalls in Tirupati, along with facilities such as rest rooms and handwashing areas for the public.
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