Street vendors will be accommodated in notified vending zones: CM
Bengaluru officials have launched a 'Safe Footpath' campaign to relocate street vendors from major roads to designated vending zones. The initiative aims to clear pedestrian spaces while providing support and subsidies to affected vendors.
Why it matters
This highlights the ongoing tension between urban infrastructure development and the livelihoods of informal sector workers in rapidly growing Indian cities.
Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday said that street vendors being removed from major roads as part of the ‘Safe Footpath’ campaign would be accommodated in notified vending zones.
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