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Project No :177587
Project Title :Panchkula City Street Vending Plan Project In Haryana
Company Name : Municipal Corporation Of Panchkula
Project Detail :The Panchkula Municipal Corporation’s Town Vending Committee (TVC) has okayed ‘Panchkula City Street Vending Plan’. With the approval of TVC, now, Panchkula has become the first civic body in Haryana to have street vending plan

Meanwhile, the MC has proposed to open three sites for Night Food Street under the same plan on Chandigarh’s pattern. These sites will be in Sector 5, MDC area and Sector 20

The MC will now upload the draft vending plan on MC’s website and will give 21 days to seek public suggestions and objections on the plan

Panchkula MC Commissioner Rajesh Jogpal said they are hopeful that they will implement city’s street vending plan within one month

In the town vending committee, no consensus was made on monthly rent

The MC has identified 24 places in Panchkula for the purpose. The MC will rehabilitate around 2,799 street vendors. A mobile-based application, using the GIS mapping with the digital photograph of vendors, was employed in the survey conducted under the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014. As per Section 3 (III) of the Act, no street vendor will be evicted or reallocated from his/her place of livelihood till the survey is completed

Notably, Parliament had passed the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014, which guarantees them the right to work as street vendors. They can be evicted only as per provisions of the Act

Key features of town street vending plan The TVC will register all existing street vendors after due verification in the Municipal Corporation

The registration will be valid for 5 years

One time registration fee of Rs 100 will be deposited by the applicant

The vendors will not construct any permanent structure on allotted space

Will pay the rent of the allotted site on monthly basis

About 30% of sites shall be reserved for SCs women, persons with disability and minorities

The vending will be allowed from 6 am to 11 pm

Four postgrads, 58 graduates among vendors

Among 2,799 street vendors in Panchkula, four are postgraduates and 58 graduates

As many as 54 per cent street vendors did not attend school whereas 10 per cent attended school only till the primary level

Project Location : Panchkula - Haryana - India
Project Industry :Civil Works
Project Estimation :Refer Document
Status :Announced
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